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Richard Brown wrote: > Hi All > > I have asked for help in numerous ways over the past few years and > mostly on a technical nature. I feel the next request is a mixed bag > and one that I am hoping all can get involved in. > > What am I talking about? Well it is an office in which I manage > numerous computers and servers and have a job of keeping it all going. > However, managing a computer system should be more than that. I feel > we should be thinking ahead and deciding on a course of action that > will improve accessibility, speed, office efficiency, cost > effectiveness and ease of use. > > Firstly, what I am hoping is that someone out there might have already > done this process and can help me start to look at cost right now. > Once that is done and people can see what we're doing now I am hoping > that together we can start to put together a document that looks at > the future and where we can be in say a years time. > > I realise that this is part of my job and maybe something I should do > on my own. But I feel that something like this could become a useful > process for us all and with maybe names and specifics removed a useful > document to use in similar situations and will be useful to us all. > > So back to the initial question has anybody got a link or a document > that could point me to a computer and software audit please? Once > compiled I am happy to post the stuff to an email or maybe blog post > or pdf.... and we could get our heads together to put together a > proposal to move on. For instance, the firm heavily uses Sage... not > just as an accounting system but as a crm and an erp tool. So I have > already started to look at SugarCRM which has a tool for connecting to > Sage. So in order to migrate, we maybe firstly get them using proper > crm, stock control, erp tools and at some point migrate them fully > away from Sage. > > I hope this will be a useful exercise. Many thanks. > So, you're after; 1. a software audit tool (no mention of platform here though) how many machines ? 2. a list of software that we would use to meet the offering of above software items 3. someone to write your report for you 4. someone to write your business case for your bank manager All this at £0.00 ?? I know of a local company that would help, but I'm 100% sure they charge. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html