Speaker
Dan Pulsifer
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Description
The Software Distribution site is a Web-based software and license management system developed through a collaboration between the IT and Engineering Divisions. This system enables end-users to download free software as well as purchase licenses for common applications, transfer licenses among co-workers or workstations, and track their own licenses for historical purposes. This is done interactively to allow instant access to new software titles or versions. All licenses are linked to the end users and their workstations by asset/DOE number. The system also performs administrative functions such as tracking licenses for audit purposes, software usage and consolidating expensive one-off software purchases into a once per month "true-up" expense with most of our vendors.
Primary author
Dan Pulsifer
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)