Providing quality assurance for software asset management (SAM) tools and managed services
Schedule a Free ConsultationSoftware asset management (SAM) is a set of software applications manages an organization’s software assets throughout their lifecycle. Combined with managed services, businesses are able to:
SAM tool vendors such as Flexera, Snow and ServiceNow market their platforms as “easy button” solutions for managing software assets. It’s not that simple. Tools vendors, managed service providers and customers mistake the SAM reports from these tools as being endorsed by the publishers. That’s a mistake. Often times, this understanding puts customers in the position of enabling a major publisher’s financial leverage, rather than abating it.
While SAM tools offer numerous benefits, implementing and maintaining them can be challenging.
Remend takes an outside in approach by advising from a publisher’s viewpoint to ensure that customers get the promised value from their SAM tools and managed services providers. We provide the quality assurance on your SAM investments.
Spend less by replicating the publisher’s audit practices without an expensive SAM tool.
Turn around failed or underdelivering investments in a SAM tool.
Focus on what the publishers care about, not what the SAM tool or managed services provider prioritize.
Supplement the data that SAM tools can’t discover with other collection sources.
Publishers (Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, SAP, etc.) have disclosed that SAM tools do not supplant their audit rights. Instead, they view these complex tools as an extension that gives them deep insight into an organization’s software landscape.
Why is this important? The information received from SAM tools shortens publisher’s revenue cycle from audit to incremental orders. In return, customers are vulnerable and pushed in the desired direction of the publisher and managed services provider.
As an independent advisor, Remend will help you understand the significance of the data that you’re sharing and take back control of the outflow of that data. This saves you time and money while minimizing audit opportunities.
Assess whether a given publisher necessitates an investment in SAM tooling.
Analyze data captured by existing sources and supplement with scripting or free publisher-specific tools.
Finalize executive-level reporting to fulfill SAM initiatives.
Curate reporting and supportive data to meet the minimum requirements of a publisher’s audit terms.
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