I’m on my way back to London after presenting to a client in Glasgow, travelling economy class on the train. It wouldn’t be too bad except for the unruly kids demanding constant attention from parents that seem to have given up on the concept of discipline and authority. This has left me thinking two things – one, I now understand why the windows are sealed shut on the train, and two – whatever happened to my business class, five star IT consultancy lifestyle of a few years ago?

The answer is something I’d rather not go into here, but the end result is clear – we all live in a changed reality. Companies want value for money more than ever. The days of spending time in three room suites overlooking the coast in another part of the world are over.

One way to save money for the enterprise desktop is to provide applications that your users need, rather than deploying applications the company think you use. This can be achieved using Camwood Survey, an application that can measure human interaction with each application on each desktop. Most products in this space say that they can achieve this functionality, but this tends to be based on an open and close time of an application. Just because an application is open all day doesn’t mean it’s being used, or that interaction with the application is required.

Camwood Survey can actually tell how frequently an application is being used, providing you with real time data on your environment, saving you money on licenses that are not being utilised. Think of it as a small investment up front to reap the rewards later. We have plenty of ideas like this that can revolutionise your desktop – so come and talk to us and see how we can help.