Which of the following statement best describes the current purchasing model of Contoso?

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Exhibit

Options

• ATransactional purchasing through a Volume Licensing agreement
• BEnterprise-wide purchasing through a Volume Licensing agreement
• CTransactional purchasing through retail channels
• DEnterprise-wide purchasing through retail channels

• A
  72% (26)
• B
  8% (3)
• C
  6% (2)
• D
  14% (5)

Explanation

Case Study 8 - Litware, Inc. (Question 104 - Question 116) Company Background Corporate Information Litware, Inc. is a provider of managed services. The company has 5,800 employees and expects an increase of 300 new employees a year. Physical Locations Litware has a main office and several branch offices. The main office is located in Boston. The branch offices are located in the United States, Asia, and Europe. The company' s main office makes all of the purchases. Existing Environment Existing Licensing Solution Litware purchases licenses through the Open License program and the OEM program. The cost of software licenses prevents Litware from implementing new technologies. Existing IT Environment Desktops run different versions of Windows and Microsoft Office, some of which came preinstalled from the manufacturer. Litware has an external facing web portal that runs on a third-party application. The web portal runs on a Windows Server 2008 server and has Microsoft SQL Server installed. The company's customers use the web portal. The IT department upgrades software every two years and replaces one-third of the desktops Business Requirements Problem Statements An administrator and a developer are required full time to manage and perform updates of the third-party application and the web portal. The administrator does not have the required technical skills to migrate the existing web portal to an equivalent Microsoft solution. Planned Software Changes During the next three years, Litware plans to install the latest version of the following software: - Windows Server - Microsoft Lync Server - Office Professional Plus - Windows 7 Professional - Microsoft System Center - Microsoft Exchange Server - Microsoft SharePoint Server - SQL Server Business Intelligence - Microsoft Forefront Protection Suite Litware has the following business goals: - Retain perpetual use rights for all licenses. - Migrate the web portal to a Microsoft solution. - Reduce the costs associated with migrating the web portal. - Reduce the costs of upgrading to the latest version of software. - Maximize the return on investment (ROI) for software and hardware - Standardize desktop operating systems. - Standardize desktop applications by using an imaging technology. - Upgrade to the most current version of a server software as it is - Implement a software purchasing process to improve compliance and prevent over- purchasing. - Reduce the administrative overhead associated with managing and maintaining the web portal.

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