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"License management solutions pay for themselves very rapidly through automated monitoring of the number of software licenses acquired and the usage of these licenses... Very beneficial [is the Columbus] optional integration with an ordering system, so that additional licenses can be directly requested."

Brainware Columbus has a special position in the market, because it is the only product beyond the Enterprise Systems Management Segments, that adresses technical aspects as well as company financial ones ...

All systems administrators today will agree that continuous patch management is an absolute necessity. However, there are solutions approaches that are actually patches in themselves rather than a long-term solution. The current author shows how patch management can be an integrated component of client lifecycle management.

As a result, this year's winner is again Brainware Columbus Enterprise 6.7. The product has been further improved and matches the typical requirements of this target group extremely well. It can however also be used extremely successfully in larger environments.

The new modules for the asset, contract and licence management "connect the technical view on the IT-devices with the business side. The integration is succesful". It "convinces... through simple operation and lets expect a clear value for the users.

Many businesses lost the overview over used software licenses. The introduction of 'Columbus Licence' creates clarity and helps in the legal exclusion. In addition license budget and maintenance costs are optimized.

Brainware "... is the best choice, because its product Columbus with its comprehensive functionality is less complex as the other solutions and, moreover, because as a Swiss manufacturer can also convince with regard to closeness to customers and support".

"Brainware extends the software distribution with Columbus 6 toward a comprehensive client lifecycle management. Functions for packaging, patch management, inventory and trouble ticketing (helpdesk) are included."