Software Asset Management based on ISO 19770-1:2012 is a solid foundation to:
- get visibility on your hardware and software assets
- understand your license entitlement position
- your optimization possibilities
- your cost reduction possibilties
- your risks
- to measure your SAM processes
- to measure your SAM knowledge
- to understand your required organisation
- prepare of any potential assessment / audit
- to predict and measure your software budget
Parameters / areas which make SAM really complex:
- Vendor specific license metrics
- Infrastructure
- Public Cloud/ Private Cloud/ Hybrids
- Increased frequency of new software versions
- Rebranding by software vendors
- Use of multiple tooling and analyse techniques
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