SOFTWARE ASSET MANAGEMENT

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What is SAM?

A vital business process that provides a system for the effective management, control, and protection of the software assets within your organization.

The Business Case for SAM

Software asset management helps you avoid unnecessary costs and minimize risks.

Control Costs

• Save money by using what you already have. • Eliminate waste by determining true software

needs. • Get the best deal on licenses. • Gain financial security and tax benefits. • Continue seeing more value.

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Optimize Performance

• Simplify purchasing, deployment, and support. • Enhance IT control and improve system

performance.• Align infrastructure with business goals. • Empower your people and improve their

productivity.

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Mitigate Risks

• Proactively reduce non-compliance risks. • Ensure your systems are compliant. • Secure your technology investment. • Eliminate worries about viruses and other

threats.

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Add to Your Prestige

• Secure documented proof of your compliance. • Promote it to differentiate your company from

competitors.

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The Operational Case for SAM

Software asset management can give you better control over your company’s IT environment, while eliminating the uncertainty around compliance.

Get Control

• Regain control of all your systems. • Reduce technology conflicts and increase

stability. • Know what licenses you have and reduce

redundancy. • See what software you really need.

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Reduce Risks

• Protect and secure your IT environment. • Minimize security threats and prevent

unauthorized software downloads. • Stop worrying about compliance and over-

licensing.

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Increase Efficiency

• Improve system, user, and help-desk performance.

• Be ready with backup and recovery plans. • Implement infrastructure optimization and

standardization.

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SAM Helps Your Entire Organization

Software asset management makes many jobs easier, increases productivity, and lowers the cost of doing business.

Everyone Benefits from SAM

• IT Staff– Make every day easier by knowing what you have, so you can streamline

procedures and efficiently plan upgrades and deployments.• Department Heads/Business Unit Managers

– Increase the visibility of current IT spending to ensure better budget planning of projected spends and acquisitions.

• Legal– Be ready with complete documentation of compliance, should the need ever

arise.• Purchasing

– Gain centralized control and implement/enforce procurement procedures, and greatly simplify reporting, budgeting, and acquisition of IT assets.

• Human Resources– Ensure employee compliance by implementing/enforcing policies that

minimize legal and security threats.

SAM Benefits Summary

• Reduced costs• Better intelligence • Assured compliance• Increased security • Streamlined processes• Improved user productivity• Simplified IT management

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