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15 July 08
Tideway and Concorde Partner to Drive Software Asset Management and Compliance in the Data Center.

Automated solution removes cost and risk, speeds time to value.

Tideway, one of the fastest growing providers of IT automation software, today announced a strategic partnership with Concorde, experts in software asset management. The joint solution will help customers ensure effective software asset management, mitigate risk through on-going license compliance and identify areas for significant cost savings in their data centers.

The combined Tideway and Concorde offering will allow enterprises to analyze their IT infrastructure and generate an automated audit of the software, hardware and applications running in the data center. Tideway Foundation continuously maps an organization’s entire IT infrastructure across all technology layers to deliver a 360-degree view of the IT estate. Customers can then baseline their software usage and compare a snapshot of their current inventory against their contracts to determine if they are over licensed, under licensed or have unused software in their data center. Data from Tideway will link seamlessly into the Concorde managed service which ensures continuous and effective IT asset management and license compliance.

“Analyst firms now estimate that software license audits are up by 35% in the last 12 months, as large vendors attempt to squeeze more from their existing customer base to generate revenue,” said Peter Grant, VP of EMEA Sales at Tideway. “Tideway and Concorde provide the market with a simple and fast turnkey solution to the complex problem of software asset management and compliance in the data center. Our partnership will deliver fast time to value and ensure our customers can be in a position of strength during license negotiations.”

The automated solution represents a fast and cost-effective alternative to traditional manual audits. A one-time manual inventory of 1000 servers can take up to 60 person-days of work – and is often outdated before it is even complete. By automating this process, customers are empowered with complete and accurate information about all their infrastructure components and can remove excessive IT costs while reducing the risk of service outages.

“The number of custom developed applications and software running in global enterprises continues to grow and represents significant exposure for customers in terms of license compliance,” said Martin Prendergast, Managing Director at Concorde. “Being able to identify both out-of-the box and custom assets and map their relationships and dependencies is critical to helping our customers ensure software license compliance. Tideway allows us to achieve this in a faster, less intrusive manner and provides an excellent platform for on-going compliance.”

22 July 07
Concorde Solutions and ManageSoft form partnership to provide best in market IT asset management solutions.

Europe’s leading independent compliance and software asset management experts Concorde Solutions are delighted to announce a new partnership agreement with ManageSoft, leading supplier of Continuous IT Compliance solutions for global enterprise asset recognition, configuration management, license reconciliation, and end- user self service. Together their combined marketing and sales channels will help to create opportunities, win new customers, and drive revenue. 

“We are dedicated to delivering optimal results for our clients and bringing together the best resources and solutions to meet their asset management requirements. Our strong relationship with ManageSoft will allow us to enhance our service offering and ensure that our customers are empowered with the appropriate tool for their project.  We have been looking for a tool that is consistently competent in hardware and software asset management for many different organisations. ManageSoft’s toolset has the widest range of capabilities that we have found so far.  It helps our consultants deliver their projects on time and within budget.“

01 Feb 07
Concorde Solutions today announces the appointment of a new Chairman, the high profile Michael Jackson, former non-executive chairman of SAGE and current non-executive chairman of a number of other high profile companies.

05 Jan 07
Concorde Solutions are proud to announce achieving preferred supplier status for Serco, a public sector outsourcing company, to deliver SAM solutions.

12 Dec 06
Concorde Solutions completed its longest-running project to date, achieving compliant status for Linklaters plc.