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The benefits of Software Asset Management

Software Asset Management, or SAM, is defined by ISO as "effective management, control and protection of software assets within an organization".

 

In practice license management means to maximise return on investment of your  license investments, ensure legal compliance as well as improve efficiency and minimise administration through control over license ownership, installations and usage.

 

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Cost control

Save money

Save money

With complete control over license ownership, installations and usage you can easily identify unused applications for re-use in other parts of the organisation. Use the usage information as the grounds for actual need when you are about to renew agreements or purchase new licenses.

  • Reduced direct costs of software and related assets
  • Reduced time and cost for negotiating with suppliers
  • Reduced costs through improved financial control.
  • Reduced costs for infrastructure
  • Reduced support costs

Statistics from Gartner show that an organisation normally saves as much as 20-30 % of their license costs from year 1.

Risk Management

Decrease risksReduced risk for:
  • Interruption in IT services
  • deterioration in th quality of IT services
  • Legal and regulatory exposure
  • Damage to public image

Ensure compliancy and avoid negative effects of potential audits

Direct access to information on license ownership and installations gives you the benefit of ensuring license compliance. The information can be used on an everyday basis for your purchase department and is easily accessed and exported in case of a software audit.

 

Avoid unwanted software

Make sure your users do not have unwanted software, for example poker and file sharing clients, and the correct versions on their computers. 

Competitive advantage

Make the administration more efficient

More efficient administration

Correct and updated information on actual usage makes it easy for you to monitor actual need for an application. Knowledge enables you to sign better deals, lessen your administration and makes it easier for you to maintain an IT environment in line with your users' needs.

  • Better quality decision making thanks to availability of more complete and transparent information
  • Being able to deploy new systems and functionality more quickly and reliably
  • Providing IT more closely aligned to business needs
  • Being able to handle the IT aspects of business acquisitions, mergers and demergers more quickly
  • Improved personnel motivation and client satisfaction due to less IT problems
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