Speaking of Software Asset Management (SAM)...Irv Brownstein, president of The Productivity Group is also a member of our team and an expert on SAM. He's written a guest column this month about SAM.
WHAT IS SOFTWARE ASSET MANAGEMENT?
SAM is the business discipline companies use to optimize investment in software assets by tracking and reconciling installed inventory, measuring usage of products and integrating this information with contract and licensing data. To be successful with SAM you must properly integrate people, process and tools since SAM choices can impact the entire enterprise. Software has become the fastest growing single IT expenditure and is rapidly becoming one of the largest overall expenses in an organization's budget.
In today's dynamic business environment, you need crucial information about your software assets to make the right decisions, to plan, budget, negotiate contracts, and manage every aspect of your operations. If you are also required to be SOX compliant, then SAM is a critical business discipline to obtain and maintain ompliance.
A recent study showed that one out of four software business applications installed on workstations in the US is an unlicensed copiy. This piracy rate led to $2.6 BILLION in lost revenues for the US software industry, several times the amount worldwide. No company of substantial size can afford the penalties associated with large-scale noncompliance.
SAM helps companies address both compliance issues and internal audit issues as the only option that can accurately track and reconcile both installation and purchase information, providing current and comprehensive answers.
What are some of the benefits of a SAM organization for you and your company?
* Control vendor SW costs
* Contract compliance and "clean" audits
* Leverage vendor contract negotiations
* Efficient server usage and consolidation
* Improved operational performance and reduced maintenance costs
* Much, much more...
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