managing it assets
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Managing IT Assets
Greg Giles,
Product Marketing Manager, Service and Asset Management
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CIO Priorities: Aligning Business and IT
• Enabled Business Growth through IT
• Link IT and Business Strategies and Plans
• Governance and Compliance
• Reduce Cost and Complexity of IT Resources
Source: Gartner Growing IT Contribution: 2006 CIO Agenda January 2006
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Opportunity
• Aligning IT with the business means:1. Changing rapidly to support new business
opportunities
2. Driving out wasted time and inefficiency
3. Driving out hidden costs
4. Avoiding unnecessary complexity
• Altiris solutions save time, cut costs and eliminate waste
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Applying These Concepts to IT
• Configuration Management Database (CMDB)• IT Service Management• IT Asset Management
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Service-Oriented Management Solutions
Business and IT Alignment
• Modular, open and future-proof approach• For diverse and widely distributed IT infrastructure• Reduce total cost of management by up to 60%*
Extensible Management Architecturebased on SOA principles
VisibilityHolistic view of IT infrastructure
Lifecycle Management
ComplianceMaximize security, control risks
Enforceable SecurityAutomated Operations
IT SavingsRepeatable, predictable, invisible
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Automation Leads to Supporting Business Needs
Gain Visibility & Control
Standardize IT Infrastructure
Automate Manual Processes
Increase SystemSecurity Posture
MeetCompliance
Demands
Extensible Management Architecturebased on SOA Principles
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Typical IT Groups
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Active Asset Management
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Altiris Architecture: Extend & Enhance
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Forrester Wave™: IT Asset Management
Source: August 2006, Tech Choices “The Forrester Wave™: IT Asset Management”
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Forrester Wave™: Service Desk Management
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Altiris is a midsized player in the NGAM (New Generation Asset Management) market, but you’d never know it from its product – a full-featured CMDB that will run rings around some of its larger, well-funded competitors.
Source: “Asset Management: From Niche to Keystone in Enterprise Management,” EMA, Dennis Drogseth 8/31/06
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Altiris Market Share – US
Source: Gartner Market Share: Enterprise Management, Worldwide, 2004: Laurie Wurster – June 2005
Vendor 2002 2003 2004
Market Share 2002
Market Share 2003
Market Share 2004
Growth 2002-2003
Growth 2003-2004
Configuration Management
1 IBM 84.5 94.0 90.9 24.3% 24.6% 21.7% 11.3% -3.3%
2 Microsoft 73.7 85.8 82.2 21.2% 22.5% 19.6% 16.4% -4.2%
3 Altiris 26.5 32.1 48.4 7.6% 8.4% 11.6% 21.0% 51.0%
4 Symantec 35.9 34.4 46.1 10.3% 9.0% 11.0% -4.3% 34.0%
5 Computer Associates 20.5 20.5 20.2 5.9% 5.4% 4.8% -0.1% -1.3%
6 Novell 25.1 20.8 19.8 7.2% 5.4% 4.7% -17.2% -4.6%
7 LANDesk 11.2 13.8 15.3 3.2% 3.6% 3.7% 23.6% 10.7%
8 Other Vendors 69.8 80.2 75.8 20.1% 21.0% 18.1% 14.8% -5.5%
Asset Management
1 Computer Associates 22.2 24.9 27.8 38.0% 35.4% 28.5% 12.1% 11.5%
2 Altiris 3.0 8.6 14.8 5.2% 12.2% 15.2% 180.6% 73.0%
3 Peregrine Systems 13.3 14.2 12.6 22.8% 20.2% 12.9% 6.4% -11.5%
4 BMC 7.5 5.8 11.7 12.8% 8.2% 12.0% -23.4% 102.8%
5 LANDesk 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
6 Other Vendors 12.4 16.9 28.7 21.2% 24.0% 29.5% 36.0% 69.8%
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Service & Asset Management Suite
Service Management
Asset RepositoryContract ManagementBarcodeConnector
Hardware & Software InventoryApplication Usage 1
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CMDB
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Altiris Advantages
• Unified asset repository & CMDB• Integrated inventory tools • Visibility & accountability• Dynamic reporting • Contract management • Integrated with Service Management • Enhances current Altiris investment• Extensible data model
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Product Demonstration
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Questions and Answers
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