Company Background
Corporate Information
Groveware, Inc.is a large manufacture company which provides medical equipment and distributes the
equipment internationally.
Physical Locations
Groveware has many branch offices all over the world. The branch office in Tokyo has 500 desktops, the
office in London has 450 desktops, the office in Ohio has 480 desktops and the office in Sydney has 300
desktops,
Existing Environment
Existing Licensing Solution
The Sydney office and the Tokyo office manage their licensing respectively. The managers in the Tokyo
office and the Sydney office mainly use OEM programs and Open License programs to purchase licenses.
Existing IT Environment
All employees use desktops with Windows operating systems and Office installed.
The servers in Sydney are shown in the following table:
The servers in Tokyo are shown in the following table:
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
Groveware attempts to make the following changes in the next two years:
* Open five new offices in India. Each new office in India will have 50 employees.
* Add 100 employees to the Tokyo office.
* Replace the hardware for all desktops
* Upgrade all e-mail services to Exchange Server 2007 and upgrade all servers to Windows Server 2003 R2.
* Provide all employees with access to Window SharePoint Services.
* Standardize the desktop operating system to Windows XP Professional.
Business Goals
Groveware has the following business goals:
* Allow flexibility to purchase new editions of server licenses, with or without Software Assurance
* Standardize desktop applications across all companies.
* Minimize the upfront cost of upgrading desktop applications.
* Minimize costs for server licenses.
* Provide employees with immediate access to the latest version of Office while minimizing costs
* Provide employees with access to Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007
Question
Since Groveware needs a budget for the exact costs of purchasing additional Office licenses during the next two years. In the Volume Licensing programs for Office below, which one should you recommend for
Groveware to satisfy this requirement?
A.
Enterprise Agreement
B.
Select License
C.
Open License
D.
Open Value Non-Companywide