OMB’s New FITARA Guidelines for Software Asset Management: The Federal Government Got it Right

The federal government spends more than $6 billion per year on software.  Without a government-wide Software Asset Management strategy in place, Flexera estimates that as much as 25 percent of that software spend – or $1.5 billion – is wasted annually. That waste occurs because software is a fundamentally complex and difficult asset to manage.  Without Software Asset Management (SAM)/Software License Optimization people, processes and technology …

June 3, 2016 Jim Ryan