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Centrix Software
ISV Partner Alliance Value
Centrix Software helps Microsoft
customers with faster, simpler,
more cost effective Windows
deployments by dramatically
shrinking the app compat barrier.
WorkSpace iQ user behavior
analytics helps customers cut
the number of supported apps by
as much as 50% to reduce costs
of user surveys, app packaging,
deployment, support & training.
Centrix integrates with
Configuration Manager to bring
complete app usage tracking to
System Center.
Assets and Inventory - ISV Partner Alliance Value
Centrix Software
Faster, simpler, more cost effective Windows deployment with User Behavior
Analytics to reduce supported apps by as much as half, cut complexity and time.
Track all users, devices, apps (local, virtual, web & cloud) and content. Prioritize
IT spending based on actual usage to dramatically cut costs & reduce waste.
WorkSpace iQ provides very detailed usage data for every user, device, apps
(local, virtual, web & cloud), and documents\content . Match usage with inventory,
acquisition and operating costs . Align IT budget with actual usage of devices,
apps and content to cut costs and focus IT investments, time & resources on
most used projects.
Import System Center Configuration Manager asset inventory data currently and
provide additional app usage analysis above native capabilities. New
Configuration Manager Console Extension displays all app (local, virtual web &
cloud) and content usage data with Configuration Manager console.
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User Behavior Analytics (WorkSpace iQ)–Perpetual - $45\user, Annual
subscription $32.40 \user
WorkSpace aggregation (WorkSpace Universal) - $75\user , Annual Subscription
$54\user
Support Type
Yes
Self-Help (web,
forums)
Assisted: Web/mail
Assisted: Phone
Assisted: On-Site
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SCA Partner - Enterprise Client Initiative
Architecture
WorkSpace iQ Administration Guide
WorkSpace iQ Practitioner Guide
WorkSpace iQ Reports Guide
SCA Partner - Enterprise Client Initiative
Deployment
http://www.centrixsoftware.com/support
Devices that run WorkSpace iQ Server require hardware with the following
specification:
• Processor speed of, at minimum, 2.0GHz, but preferably 3.0GHz or
WorkSpace iQ Introduction Guide
faster
• 2GB memory, 4GB or more recommended (limited to 4GB on x86
processors)
WorkSpace iQ Installation Guide
• Available free disk space of 50MbytesWorkSpace iQ
WorkSpace iQ uses Microsoft SQL 2008 to host its databases; thus
WorkSpace iQ requires one the following:
• SQL Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise Edition
• SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (with SQL Server
2008 compatibility mode enabled)
Web Server (IIS) role, with the following features enabled:
• ASP.NET
• IIS 6 Management Compatibility
Agent requires Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7,
Windows 2008
WorkSpace iQ Administration Guide
WorkSpace iQ Practitioner Guide
SCA Partner - Enterprise Client Initiative
Case Studies
Title: Co-Operative Group uses Centrix tool to cut
down apps in preparation for Windows 7
Title: Centrix identifies over $15m in savings with
Centrix WorkSpace iQ
Summary: The Co-Operative Group has been able to cut Summary: WorkSpace iQ “discovered that Centrica had
down the number of applications from 1,400 to 322 as 33,000 desktop devices - this was 3,000 more than the
a result of tracking app usage with Centrix WorkSpace iQ. company had initially thought it had. Centrica also
believed it had more than 1,700 unique applications on
Customer Quote: “The Centrix Workspace iQ tool allows the desktop devices, with thousands more across the
us to automatically capture what the user is actually using whole estate.
both in terms of applications and shared drives, so it
Customer Quote: “The discipline of the discovery
becomes a lot easier and faster… The amount of detail
process, the rigor of identifying and prioritizing value
you can go into is quite significant. We aren’t having to
based on criteria and the ability to engage with a complex
jump from spreadsheet to spreadsheet, and we can get a array of stakeholders is what underpinned Centrix’s
really clear idea of what users are doing with applications success in this project. Centrix identified savings through
and drives” – Ian Clawson, Sr. Architect
reduced software spend and delivered sustainable
savings.” – Russel George, Finance, Centrica
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