DocumentCode
3149402
Title
Managing Software Assets in a Global Enterprise
Author
McCarthy, Matthew A. ; Herger, Lorraine M.
Author_Institution
IBM Corp., Raleigh, NC, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
4-9 July 2011
Firstpage
560
Lastpage
567
Abstract
The IBM Corp invents, develops and manufactures IT products, including computer systems and software, system networks, storage hardware and microelectronic products. The IBM CIO Global Infrastructure Architecture and Strategy (CIO GIAS) team is responsible for running and optimizing IBM´s internal IT operations which include more than 500,000 users connecting to over 20,000 servers across 170 countries. The solution described below, implemented between 2008-2010, is a response to managing software licenses in one of the world´s largest distributed enterprises.
Keywords
software management; systems software; CIO GIAS; IBM CIO global infrastructure architecture and strategy; computer systems; global enterprise; microelectronic products; software assets; storage hardware; system networks; Automation; Companies; Investments; Licenses; Software; Workstations; IT Assets; IT Services; License Management; Service Management; Software;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Services Computing (SCC), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0863-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-7695-4462-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SCC.2011.119
Filename
6009307
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