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managed sam (software asset management)
Services We Offered
- Managed SAM (Software Asset Management) - Standard & Recurring
- Software Audit Protection Services
- Risk Reduction & Compliance
- Asset Management Roadmap & Vision
- Application Usage Monitoring (used for renewals)
The Need | Managed SAM (Software Asset Management)
Cost Optimization
- Software is a significant component of IT spend.
- Customer may be over-licensed and paying maintenance costs for software licenses not being used.
Asset Management
- Monitoring & Tracking of software in use is difficult.
- No “silver bullet” technology solution.
- Diverse and complex software licensing models.
- Reallocation of software licenses when hardware is moved or decommissioned.
Organizational Governance
- Getting compliant and staying that way also helps eliminate the potential damage to reputation that could arise from a legal dispute.
- Compliance with industry standards.
Security
- Properly implementing SAM limits legal and financial exposure should problems with software licenses arise.
- Select industries have regulatory requirements on SAM.
Risk – Software Audits
- License Compliance Audits are on the rise➔ Gartner continues to predict an increase in vendor audits.
- Software vendors use license compliance audits to decrease squeeze on margins.
- Software industry alliance “bounties”.
Risk – Legal & Regulatory
- Properly implementing SAM limits legal and financial exposure should problems with software licenses arise.
- Select industries have regulatory requirements on SAM.
From in-house SAM tool evaluation to Continuous Process adoption and improvement as a part of Managed Services
Concept Behind The Advocacy Demystifying & Enabling
- Phase – I: Determination of Scope
- Phase – II: IT Discovery Workshop
- Structuring of Global Software Licensing Contracts
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
- Cost Optimization
- Independent Advisory on Technology Evangelization
- Governance, Compliance, and Control on Software Licenses
- Licensing Training
- Phase – III: Purchase History & Entitlement Analysis
- Phase – IV: Gap Analysis & Recommendations
- Phase – V: Optimization
Key Deliverables
- License Compliance Skills and Attributes – SAM Process and Best Practice
- License and Subscription Optimization Skills and Attributes – Cost Optimization Experience
- Optimized Configurations Skills and Attributes – Economies of Scale
- Minimal Unnecessary Costs Skills and Attributes – Data Custodianship and Integration
- Minimized unused Software Skills and Attributes – Detailed usage rights intelligence
Why SLS (Key Differentiators)
- Independent SLS does not work with any publisher either as a funded Auditor or Large Account Reseller
- SAM Roadmap and Vision SAM Maturity Assessment is a part of our standard process, and we provide necessary vision and recommendations to bring cost efficiency.
- Complete Ownership SLS takes end to end complete ownership of SAM reviews in case of Audits/ reviews funded by Publishers
- ISO Standards Our approach and methodology follow ISO 19770-1 and related best practices
- Forensic Approach Methodology to identify not only deployments but also un-installations, cracks, keygens, publisher specific advanced checks and component analysis
SAM Deliverables | Service Outcomes
Minimal Unnecessary Costs
Skills and Attributes – Data Custodianship and Integration
Minimized Unused Software
Skills and Attributes – Detailed usage rights intelligence
Optimized Configurations
Security Operation Centre (SOC)
License Compliance
Skills and Attributes - SAM Process and best practice
License And Subscription Optimization
Skills and Attributes – Cost Optimization Experience
SAM Services | Compliance, Governance And Control
One-Time Assessment
One-time snapshot of software license compliance for single or multiple publishers
Audit Assistance
Identify the areas of risk and help mitigate the same using best practices and approach
Managed Services
Real-time compliance management, usage metering and license optimization services based on the publisher risk assessment
