Softchoice -Assessment_Overview

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• Over 10 years of experience in IT Asset Management for over 3,600 clients • Tool agnostic leveraging a flexible approach to data collection • Over 7,600 assessments delivered • Proprietary asset management and reporting platform • Experience with organizations with 50 to 100,000 users across North America • Certified ITAM Consultants with a variety of specialized backgrounds • Surveyed over 8 million end points • Extended community of subject matter experts and Solution Architects to evaluate impacts Connect with us today. 1.800.268.7638 | www.softchoice.com @softchoice facebook.com/softchoice Softchoice TechCheck Practice Overview Without a clear picture of the current environment, determining the next step is difficult and can potentially add unnecessary expenses and cycles. The Softchoice TechCheck provides insight and guidance to get the most out of existing and future technology investments. Knowledgeable people with advanced vendor training and extensive industry experience provide actionable direction to your business goals. How the Softchoice TechCheck process works: Why Softchoice for TechChecks? Softchoice offers a variety of TechCheck services for each unique client engagement. Delivering a fact-based portrait of the environment DATA COLLECTION SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ACTIONABLE INSIGHT + = Data-based findings Software Asset Management Network Server & Storage Client & Cloud Evaluation Structured deliverable • Agent-less data collection tool gathers information about the existing environment • Provides a baseline of the current state • Flexible approach to rapid data collection based on the client’s unique environment Microsoft Adobe Symantec Oracle IBM SQL ITAMaaS • Network Discovery • Cisco Contract TechCheck • Server Virtualization • VMware • Server Scorecard • Storage • Client Fair Market Value • SaaS • Windows 7/ Client Scorecard • Mobility • Softchoice’s certified consultants evaluate the details of the report • Provide insight into the existing environment • Vendor agnostic process and recommendations provides next steps based on unique client needs • Structured review of the TechCheck report • Highlight risks and remediation through guided data review • Evaluate options with a Softchoice subject matter expert Converged Infrastructure “Softchoice delivers high quality services that enable the business to operate smoothly.” - IT Director, Large Enterprise Health Care Company

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• Over 10 years of experience in IT Asset

Management for over 3,600 clients

• Tool agnostic leveraging a flexible approach

to data collection

• Over 7,600 assessments delivered

• Proprietary asset management and

reporting platform

• Experience with organizations with 50

to 100,000 users across North America

• Certified ITAM Consultants with a variety

of specialized backgrounds

• Surveyed over 8 million end points

• Extended community of subject matter experts

and Solution Architects to evaluate impacts

Connect with us today. 1.800.268.7638 | www.softchoice.com @softchoice facebook.com/softchoice

Softchoice TechCheck Practice Overview

Without a clear picture of the current environment, determining the next step is difficult and

can potentially add unnecessary expenses and cycles.

The Softchoice TechCheck provides insight and guidance to get the most out of existing and

future technology investments. Knowledgeable people with advanced vendor training and

extensive industry experience provide actionable direction to your business goals.

How the Softchoice TechCheck process works:

Why Softchoice for TechChecks?

Softchoice offers a variety of TechCheck services for each unique client engagement.

Delivering a fact-based portrait of the environment

DATA COLLECTION SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ACTIONABLE INSIGHT+ =

Data-based findings

Software Asset Management NetworkServer & Storage Client & Cloud

Evaluation Structured deliverable

• Agent-less data collection tool gathers information about the existing environment

• Provides a baseline of the current state

• Flexible approach to rapid data collection based on the client’s unique environment

• Microsoft• Adobe• Symantec• Oracle• IBM • SQL• ITAMaaS

• Network Discovery• Cisco Contract TechCheck

• Server Virtualization• VMware• Server Scorecard• Storage

• Client Fair Market Value• SaaS• Windows 7/ Client Scorecard• Mobility

• Softchoice’s certified consultants evaluate the details of the report

• Provide insight into the existing environment

• Vendor agnostic process and recommendations provides next steps based on unique client needs

• Structured review of the TechCheck report

• Highlight risks and

remediation through guided data review

• Evaluate options with a Softchoice subject matter expert

Converged Infrastructure

“ Softchoice delivers high quality services that

enable the business to operate smoothly.”

- IT Director, Large Enterprise Health Care Company

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Connect with us today. 1.800.268.7638 | www.softchoice.com @softchoice facebook.com/softchoice

Softchoice TechCheck Practice Overview

Softchoice TechCheck Offerings:

TechCheck Offering Overview

Software Asset Management • Focuses on major software publishers such as Microsoft and Adobe• Identifies gaps in the current usage and licensing approach and defines recommendations

for next steps

Server & Storage • Fact-based portrait of the current server and/or storage environment• Map out next steps through intelligence that informs cost savings, performance

improvements and capacity planning.

Network Discovery • Provides birds-eye view of the network current state• Identifies a clear view of configuration recommendations and remediations

Cisco Contracts • Allows clients to understand their overall support profile • Enables consolidation, co-terming & managing your Cisco contracts by assisting in

road-mapping the environment over the upcoming years

Converged Infrastructure • Prepares clients to take the transformational journey from legacy silos of technology to converged infrastructure

• Evaluates current state environment and helps plot the way forward led by a Data Center Solution Architect or subject matter expert

Client Fair Market Value • Consolidate the overall financial value of the device landscape• Capture and evaluate the overall fair market value of the devices

SaaS • Provide a clear picture of the SaaS apps within the environment• Offers strategic recommendations for opportunities for standardization, rationalization and

cost consolidation

Client Scorecard • Understand the current portfolio of devices within your corporate IT infrastructure• Catalogue all devices and understand the warranty lifecycle and Windows 7/8 readiness

of the overall client portfolio

Mobility • Understand the current mobility devices connected to your corporate IT infrastructure• Identify the types of devices being used in the environment• Evaluate the impact of the current trends surrounding mobility and BYOD