Greetings,
I'm looking for information on how Autodesk subscription software is deployed in organizations of various sizes, and how long it typically is shelfware before being deployed. For example, the 2008 product line was shipped last year, but how many of those subscription seats are not in use today, and what was the typical length of time between release and deployment for those managers who have deployed 2008? Version skipping under subscription is of interest too.
For example:
With a previous employer, (on the order of 300 licenses) we moved to the subscription (VIP program) with R12, received pallettes of R13 product, but did not deploy R13 at all, and did not deploy R14 until post y2k. v2000 & 2000i were shelfware, and AutoCAD 2002 was not deployed until v2004 was almost ready for release. v2004 and 2005 stayed on the shelf until 2006 was released, and then v2005 was deployed.
With the current employer, approximately 80 licenses under subscription, 2002 was in place as of Feb '05, and the 2006 product line was not deployed until Nov '06. v2007 stayed shelfware, and 2008 is still shelfware.
What's your experience in your organizations? How many seats on subscription, and how long a shelf life?
cheers,