Product Integration Agreement Brings Windows-Based 'Total Cost Of
Ownership' Reporting To Isogon Corporation's SoftAudit MVS Product
NEW YORK, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Isogon Corporation and Asset Software International (ASI) today announced an agreement under which the information gathered by Isogon's SoftAudit for MVS product will be integrated with ASI's AssetPRO product to produce Windows-based analysis reports which reveal the "total cost of ownership" for MVS software. Information gathered by SoftAudit and highlighted by AssetPRO helps customers better manage MVS software deployment and usage.
"Isogon's goal is to provide our customers with powerful solutions to complex software control problems," said Isogon marketing director Rob Savette. "We've found that these problems can extend beyond the scope of any single tool; and it is in those cases that Isogon is committed to partnering with quality solution providers like ASI. Quality products and smart alliances are critical components to the Isogon solution strategy."
The demand for IT asset management solutions is estimated to be growing at 30% yearly compounded rate according to studies done by several research groups. In April of 1994, Gartner Group advised that "Isogon's SoftAudit deserves consideration by organizations looking to reduce their MVS software bills."
Greater MVS Software Analysis, PC Report Look and Feel
The purpose of using SoftAudit has always been to allow MVS organizations to eliminate unused software and their "associated costs." This streamlining was achieved by developing a comprehensive inventory of MVS software products installed on IBM mainframes, then tracking and reporting product usage by version, user, or CPU. Now, under the new agreement with ASI, software usage information collected by SoftAudit will also feed the central repository in AssetPRO. The AssetPRO repository has links to additional PC client reporting modules such as Asset Management, Asset Procurement and Problem Management. In short, now MVS organizations can get an even better handle on the 'associated costs' of MVS software ownership.
"Tracking all cost-events is the only way to determine the 'Total Cost of Ownership,'" said Gordon Rielly, CEO of Asset Software International. "In order to track all cost-events, corporations need solutions like SoftAudit and AssetPRO to manage the heterogeneous IT structure of today's corporations. The alliance between AssetPRO and SoftAudit is important as customers are now able to manage both the MVS and PC software structure when implementing an asset management strategy."
SoftAudit is available from Isogon Corporation (800-568-8828). AssetPRO information is available on the Internet at HTTP://www.AssetPRO.ca or via e-mail from AssetPRO@igs.net.
Isogon Corporation is an enterprise systems asset management company based in New York, NY. Asset Software International (ASI), based in Ottawa, Ontario, is a developer of integrated software systems for corporate enterprise asset management.
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