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• IT Infrastructure Audit
• IT Asset Cost Management
• TCO Analysis

IT Infrastructure Audit: The word audit usually makes security and IT staffs either groan or quake with fear. Failing an audit is everyone's worst nightmare because of the potential damage to the organization's reputation and its ability to transact business. Yet with the increasing importance of regulations and standards such as Sarbanes-Oxley the number of audits is increasing. Also increasing is the time it takes to perform the audit and the cost to the organization.
Companies are being told by regulators to control key IT information processes and to clearly demonstrate such control through rigorous systems and audits. Scenario Systems helps customers continuously increase service maturity and improve their IT operations so they can meet business commitments in this dynamic environment. As part of its ongoing support relationship with customers, Scenario Systems applies industry best practices and standards by an integrated team of technology and service management professionals who provide full proactive and reactive support for the people, processes, and technologies that deliver business critical IT services. Scenario Systems helps customers understand availability risks, develops a plan to address them, and provides ongoing assistance to drive improvements and manage change. Read More...  Back To Top

IT Asset Cost Management: To reduce asset costs and enhance your ability to meet both regulatory and vendor contract compliance requirements, organizations are challenged to:

• Avoid both overspending for, and underutilization of assets
• Identify and correct vendor invoicing errors
• Minimize software audit fines and penalties
• Eliminate unplanned lease extensions
• Allocate IT services in line with business priorities
• Free up IT funds for investment in strategic projects.

Scenario Systems’ IT Asset Cost Management solution helps clients address their full spectrum of asset and financial management business challenges. The solution proactively manages all IT assets in the customer’s business environment and provides instant knowledge of what assets are deployed. It delivers full-featured asset tracking capabilities through automated discovery, hardware and software inventory, configuration management, software usage monitoring, software license management and extensive cross-platform reporting. Designed for the most demanding environments, Scenario Systems’ IT Asset Cost Management supports the the complete enterprise. To learn more about Scenario Systems IT Asset Management Solutions Read More...  Back To Top

TCO Analysis: In the cost-conscious business world, an understanding of the complete cost of a technology-based business solution is essential. But assessing the total cost of a project can be tricky. Pilot programs can mask the expense required to increase functionality or rollout across an enterprise. Conversely, pilots that require steep initial investment may derive their true value from low-cost add-ons as implementation goes forward. Back to Top
What will a solution cost, and how much functionality will an investment yield? Where will costs be most significant—in hardware, software, training, maintenance, or other services? What can be deferred, and at what cost?

Scenario Systems' Total Cost of Ownership Analysis has been designed to answer these questions. The TCO Analysis helps eliminate hidden costs and surprises. Our years of experience in designing knowledge and information-based solutions enable us to identify key issues quickly and comprehensively.
The TCO Analysis provides a side-by-side comparison of the total cost of ownership associated with all valid solution scenarios. Tradeoffs between different implementation scenarios, and the differences in total costs associated with each, can be evaluated in context. The analysis looks at the entire project plan, from pilot to phased subsequent rollout(s) in stages. It illustrates how costs can be minimized at a defined point, yet yield improvements in deployment and functionality. And by taking a holistic view of your solution and enterprise, the TCO Analysis gives you useful information for determining how to leverage existing expenses and plan a strategic rollout.Read More...  Back To Top

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