http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog IT@Intel Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:29:46 GMT Clearspace 2.5.9 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-04-03T17:29:46Z http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/04/03/integration-can-be-a-difficult-task-for-software-management Over the last two years our software inventory solution has evolved as our policies and procedures were adopted throughout the company. We started shifting our primary focus away from inventory reduction (end of life) and I (personally) have began to application_inventory Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:29:46 GMT john.e.simpson@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/04/03/integration-can-be-a-difficult-task-for-software-management 2009-04-03T17:29:46Z 7 months, 4 weeks ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/integration-can-be-a-difficult-task-for-software-management http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12027 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/02/12/our-journey-continues-with-software-inventory-control If you read the 2007 and 2008 Intel IT Annual Performance Report, you will see a few sections describing the contributions we were able to provide towards effective software application inventory control.   In 2007, some of the quotables are: cost_savings application_inventory Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:09:20 GMT john.e.simpson@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/02/12/our-journey-continues-with-software-inventory-control 2009-02-12T22:09:20Z 9 months, 2 weeks ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/our-journey-continues-with-software-inventory-control http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=11884 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/08/12/how-do-you-record-audits-against-software In the world of effective software inventory management there are audits. Those audits are done comparing the software to physical installations or against budget. There are audits performed when a HFE (Human Factors Engineer) analyzes your usability or application_inventory data_quality Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:08:27 GMT john.e.simpson@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/08/12/how-do-you-record-audits-against-software 2008-08-12T17:08:27Z 1 year, 3 months ago 7 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/how-do-you-record-audits-against-software http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=11420 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/06/20/how-do-you-measure-data-quality-in-your-application-inventory It is vitally important to give data consumers an indicator of the quality of your information. This helps to build a trust in the completeness and review state related to what they are consuming. What we have implemented is real-time, includes embedded value software_development application_inventory cost_savings data_quality Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:28:22 GMT john.e.simpson@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/06/20/how-do-you-measure-data-quality-in-your-application-inventory 2008-06-20T18:28:22Z 1 year, 5 months ago 2 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/how-do-you-measure-data-quality-in-your-application-inventory http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=11292 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/03/19/application-inventory-the-start-of-data-sustainability Up to this point I have covered Application inventory as a cost savings initiative followed by a discussion of Application inventory starts with a definition , and finally Application inventory, what do you capture?   Following the natural value software_development application_inventory cost_savings Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:17:40 GMT john.e.simpson@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/03/19/application-inventory-the-start-of-data-sustainability 2008-03-19T15:17:40Z 1 year, 8 months ago 3 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/application-inventory-the-start-of-data-sustainability http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=10988 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/02/21/application-inventory-what-do-you-capture Up to this point I have covered Application inventory as a cost savings initiative followed by a discussion of Application inventory starts with a definition .   In our specific implementation, we started with a base set of attributes. Some of value software_development application_inventory cost_savings Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:28:19 GMT john.e.simpson@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/02/21/application-inventory-what-do-you-capture 2008-02-21T22:28:19Z 1 year, 9 months ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/application-inventory-what-do-you-capture http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=10923 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/02/13/application-inventory-starts-with-a-definition Every software project I have worked on always started with some form of conflict and complicated interactions.  This usually resolved itself through the use of a definition regarding roles and responsibilities.  That definition kept people on the same value software_development application_inventory cost_savings Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:19:07 GMT john.e.simpson@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/02/13/application-inventory-starts-with-a-definition 2008-02-13T21:19:07Z 1 year, 9 months ago 4 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/application-inventory-starts-with-a-definition http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=10905 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/02/04/application-inventory-as-a-cost-savings-initiative Fourteen months ago my (new) manager approached me with a unique problem. It was discovered that we did a very poor job of keeping track of the applications (software) that we build and/or install within our enterprise environment. This lack of tracking value software_development application_inventory cost_savings Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:30:33 GMT john.e.simpson@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2008/02/04/application-inventory-as-a-cost-savings-initiative 2008-02-04T18:30:33Z 1 year, 9 months ago 4 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/application-inventory-as-a-cost-savings-initiative http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=10879