ABB Inc BUS091185R0201 Life-cycle Products 03-Mar-2003 SoftCare Software Management Program Protecting Your Software Assets
ABB Inc. - 2 SoftCare - Software Management Program "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change” Charles Darwin SoftCare Empowers your competitiveness by allowing you to respond more rapidly to the ever changing business and technology environments
ABB Inc. - 3 Correctly Manage Your Software Assets SoftCare continuously provides you with immediate access to the latest productivity enabling software SoftCare positions you for the constantly changing industry and IT standards by providing: Constant enhancements Better integration Simpler support
ABB Inc. - 4 Benefits of Managing your Software Correctly Improves your productivity with enhanced software functionality Lowers your support costs Keeps you current with latest industry/IT standards through automatic delivery of new software Provides additional support functions/features Productivity Time Single Upgrade Time New Software Software Management Program
ABB Inc. - 5 SoftCare Product Overview Features: Automatic distribution of new software versions On-line downloads of software patches and revisions Access to latest product information via the Web
ABB Inc. - 6 SoftCare Product Overview Products Covered by SoftCare: Industrial IT Software Advant OCS with Master Advant OCS with MOD 300 Symphony (Harmony/INFI 90) Symphony (Harmony/DCI) A 12-month SoftCare agreement—starting with the shipment date from factory — is included in each new software delivery Renewals are available for 12 or 36 months contracts
ABB Inc. - 7 ABB Software Factory – SoftCare’s Backbone Software Factory is ABB’s global license management system Keeps track of all software licenses you are currently using Provides you efficient distribution of new software versions Generates software keys and downloads via the Web
ABB Inc. - 8 SolutionsBank Foundation SoftCare allows you access to the Solutions Bank Foundation. It provides: TechInfoBank: Technical Information, Field Notices, Release Notes DownloadBank: Software updates, Service Packs Continuous access to the latest system documents and software—right at your fingertips
ABB Inc. - 9 SoftCare Benefits in Summary Provides an automated means to keep software current Increasing productivity Lowering support costs Provides access to the latest technical documentation (via Solutions Bank) Simplifies your software management with one easy to budget annual fee