Real-world data for IT decisions.
Live Optics is free, online software you can use to collect, visualize
and share data across your IT environment and workloads.

Gain insights for smarter IT investments.
In the evolving digital economy, organizations need to optimize IT to innovate faster and stay competitivein a multi-cloud world. But investment decisions can seem risky without a clear and comprehensive view ofyour current IT environment and workloads, especially when budgets are limited.
Aggregating and analyzing data from individual storage, data protection, server and file systems to makepurchasing decisions can lead to overspending. To optimize your infrastructure for cloud readiness, you needto understand how workloads impact each other in a shared environment over time. Live Optics createstransparency, so you can accurately see and diagnose your unique IT needs and control the buying process.

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Use Live Optics to make informed IT
investment decisions at the speed of business.

Take control ofthe buying process.
Get the data
you need in24 hoursor less.

Live Optics is free, simple, remote and agentless
software for collecting data about your ITenvironment. It streams workload data from yourstorage, data protection, server and file systems toan online analytics engine, then measures, analyzes
and blends workload characteristics.
The Live Optics dashboard shows your results asa summary of individual performance across all
systems and workloads, so you can identify areas
where the entire system can operate more efficiently
as a whole — at potentially lower cost.
Get a clear view of your workload data in just 24hours. If you choose, you can securely share datacharacteristics with your team, trusted advisors,
hardware or software vendors, or anonymously withthe entire Live Optics user community.

Collect, visualize and share workload
characteristics.
Live Optics gives you direct access to the data andresources you need with 3 core features:Collect — Capture performance, software, OS
distribution and VM data for time frames ranging from afew hours to one week. Live Optics runs only in memory,
making no modifications to servers while it gathers datawith near zero overhead. It uses common protocols
that generally require no “change control” or firewall
modifications.

Visualize — See your IT environment in near realtime and eliminate guesswork. With Live Optics, youcan even model project requirements to gain a deeper
knowledge of your workloads. The Viewer console gives
you quick access to graphs and calculations from theLive Optics analytics engine, so you can clearly see
resource requirements for all workloads.

Gain valuable insights and stay in control.
Live Optics was designed with IT and businessdecision makers in mind. Take advantage of thispowerful, free online software to:Save time by automating data collection.
The research and evaluation phase of a typical IT
purchase cycle can last from 4 to 9 months. WithLive Optics, you can collect and analyze your datain 24 hours or less.

Save money by shifting to a workload-based
consumption model.
Many IT departments over-diagnose and overspend
on hardware because they lack accurate usage
data. Live Optics helps you re-focus on workload
optimization to run cost-effectively.

Share — Consult with IT pros worldwide, or justGain transparency and define clear goals.

the people you choose. Using a feature similar to social
media, Live Optics lets you share IT performance andworkload data characteristics securely and anonymously.
You can collaborate with peers, vendors or channel
partners without compromising security.

With deep insights about storage, data protection,
server, file, and high-value workloads, you candocument requirements, create an RFP and guidevendors to tailor a unique solution for you.

The Live Optics dashboard gives you
control with a clear, accurate viewof your IT environment and workloads.

Collect, visualize and share workload data characteristics to help your organizationmake smarter decisions.
Make data-driven IT purchasing decisions.
As enterprise resources and related costs continue
to grow, businesses need to invest strategically. But
examining IT infrastructure and critical workload
performance in silos can lead to overspending. In
addition, lengthy purchase cycles often prompt linesof business to procure their own IT resources.
Live Optics helps you overcome those challenges
with quick, easy access to IT environment andworkload data. When it’s time to optimize, you
can make technology investment decisions basedon facts.

The industry standard for IT analysis.
Live Optics offers workload profiling that is agnostic
to vendor, hardware and platform. It also collects
and analyzes data from industry-leading operating
systems, hardware and virtual environments.

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Live Optics has unique offerings for IT pros and IT
providers, such as VARs, OEMs or MSPs. Sign up
today under the profile that best fits you.
Live Optics is available in 170 countries andsupports hundreds of thousands of end users andchannel partner members, processing thousands ofdata-capture projects per week in 9 languages.

Optimize IT and drive real business results.
Use Live Optics to collect, visualize and share IT
environment and workload characteristics, mapsolutions, create RFPs and more. With directaccess to the data you need, you can make datadriven purchasing decisions, optimize IT and deliver
real business results.

Sign up today at LiveOptics.com