Software Sprawl
The Software Sprawl report offers insights into software deployment, lifecycle management, and its relationship with hardware. It identifies inefficiencies, lifecycle risks, and patterns between software and hardware to optimize software usage and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
The key features of the report include:
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Software Deployment Insights—Helps understand sprawl across categories, manufacturers, and versions. |
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Lifecycle Management—Helps monitor lifecycle stages of software and assess risks. |
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Hardware-Software Correlation—Identifies dependencies between software versions and hardware products/models. |
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Organizational Context—Maps software technology currency across business services, business units, cost centers, and locations. |
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Lifecycle Dates—Displays the following two tabs: |
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Researched— Displays data based on manufacturer provided lifecycle dates only. |
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Researched+ Calculated—Displays data based on a combination of manufacturer provided dates and Flexera predicted dates. |
Note:The previously used field Calculated Support Lifecycle Stage Name (which combined researched and calculated values) has been deprecated and is hidden for further use. This is replaced with new field Lifecycle Stage Name Researched Calculated.
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Clone the reports to leverage the new fields, which now clearly separate researched and combined lifecycle dates. |
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Hiding this field does not break existing cloned reports, but we strongly recommend to update the reports to align with the new reporting structure and ensure clarity of use. |
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A new filter called Lifecycle Date has been introduced, offering two options: Researched and Researched + Calculated, which help differentiate between the types of lifecycle dates. This is currently hidden. The default view is the Researched + Calculated view.. |
The Value of the Software Sprawl Report
The Software Sprawl report provides:
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Visibility into Software Sprawl—Detects over-deployment or redundant versions by manufacturer, category, or product. |
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Lifecycle Optimization—Identifies obsolete or unsupported versions for proactive management. |
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Informed Decision-Making—Provides insights into software-hardware interdependencies to ensure efficiency and compatibility. |
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Alignment with Business Objectives—Links software technology currency to organizational structures for better governance and resource allocation. |
This report equips you to address inefficiencies, reduce sprawl, and align software investments with long-term organizational needs.
Software Sprawl Report Pages
This report includes the following pages:
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Software Sprawl
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This page includes the following details:
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Products and Installs—Visualizes deployment by category and manufacturer. |
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Top 10 Products—Highlights the most deployed products and installations. |
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Versions to Product Ratio—Provides detailed table summarizing versions per product by category. |
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Software Lifecycle Insights
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This page includes the following details:
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Displays top 10 products by versions and installs across lifecycle stages. |
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Displays versions by subcategory and lifecycle stage. |
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Lifecycle Summary Table—Includes category, subcategory, manufacturer, product details, lifecycle stage, and counts for versions, releases, and installs. |
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Software and Hardware Correlation
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This page includes the following details:
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Correlates software versions with hardware products they are installed on. |
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Correlates software versions with hardware models, revealing patterns or dependencies. |
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Correlation Summary Table—Presents relationships between software versions and hardware products/models. |
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Organization Statistics
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This page includes the following details:
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Technology Currency Status—Maps software lifecycle stages to business services, units, cost centers, and locations. |
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