Software Asset Management (SAM):Benefits Beyond the Software Audit

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Software Asset Management (SAM):
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Contents
A Software Audit Looms in Your Future. 3The Basics of Software Asset Management. 4Implementing SAM Components . 4Develop an integrated structured asset repository. 4Discover where and how you are using your software. 4Control when software enters and leaves your organization . 4Support SAM with reporting and analytics . 5Conclusion: Survive Audits, Contain Costs and Drive Efficiency . 5
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A Software Audit Looms in Your Future One of the ways organizations protect themselves against If you are increasingly anxious about software audits, you have non-compliance is to overbuy software licenses. If you don't good reason to be concerned: midsize and large organizations understand what you have, you may be tempted to overbuy can expect at least one software audit during the next 12 months, licenses to avoid getting hit with penalties and fees. This crisis-1according to Gartner Research. Software companies have made driven approach to preparing for an audit may avoid fines, but it it their business to collect on revenue losses from unlicensed does nothing to ease the time and money you'll spend to survive software, and they act with backing from government copyright subsequent audits. And license purchase is expensive-accounting 8laws, which permit stiff fines well in excess of actual damages for for as much as 20 percent of an organization's IT budget. 2the use of unlicensed software. And the software vendors aren't The complexities of software management cause many the only ones looking to capitalize on patent infringements. organizations to wait until after a software audit costs Disgruntled insiders within your organization now have them stiff penalties to implement some form of software incentives to make online noncompliance claims through the 9management strategy. For many companies, software Business Software Alliance (BSA), which offers up to a $1 3 management means using th... [download for more]