Applications sit at the centre of business efficiency and competitiveness. Without an efficient, repeatable Application Management strategy, the costs and risk associated with managing software in corporate environments steadily increase. It is widely accepted that today, 60% or more of the internal IT budget is spent on business applications.
Whether you are installing applications using traditional methods, or using innovative Application Virtualisation Solutions from Altiris or Softricity, we can help you answer common questions about applications; How many copies of an application do you have installed? How many copies do you need? Do you have enough licenses? How can you be sure that your applications are packaged to a standard so they can be managed? How can you be confident that your software is updated in a timely, reliable, and repeatable way?
We’ll work with you to identify, plan and implement a solution that not only reduces the cost and complexity associated with software rollouts but also improves system supportability and reduces rates of failure. With our own packaging environment, backed by industry leaders.
such as Wise Solutions, we provide fast, secure packaging, re-packaging and distribution solutions, either on or off-site, to suit your requirements.
Five Steps to Success
By defining five key steps to Application Management success, COAL IT simplifies what can be a complex and frustrating set of tasks. When using our approach you can engage us to perform all steps for you, or opt to use us for only some of the process. This ensures we remain flexible, and can offer assistance where it is most needed.
- Assessment - understand the applications that exist in your environment
- Discovery - create a Definitive Software Library
- Packaging - customise application source files for delivery
- User Acceptance Testing – ensure applications deployed in your environment will operate in a consistent, reliable way
- Deployment – with an automated application deployment mechanism you can target individual computers, groups of computers, and be provided with a full set of detailed and high-level reports regarding applications in your environment
Our client-focused approach and willingness to innovate in application strategy means tangible results in reducing your total cost of ownership (TCO) as well as simply making your applications work better.