Tag: Software License Optimization

Track These Software Asset Management Program Metrics for Success

(Image source: Spectrum Scoreboards) Nobody plays a sport and doesn’t keep score. But plenty of organizations implement a software asset management and license optimization program without any …

November 11, 2016 Chris Grinton

Microsoft Windows Server License Management

Many organizations own and deploy multiple editions of Microsoft Windows Server operating systems in their environments. However, many often struggle with efficient tracking and management of th…

September 2, 2016 Eric Cassens

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

Software Asset Management and Governance – The Road to Hell? (Part 1)

Michael Gerrard, Research Vice President at Gartner has written that “IT governance addresses two major topics: demand governance (“doing the right things”) and supply-side governance (“doing things r…

April 14, 2016 Flexera

I have an ITSM solution, why do I need a Software Asset Management solution too?

Many of the enterprise customers we work with already have, or are in the process of implementing, an IT Service Management (ITSM) solution such as BMC or ServiceNow. IT Service Management is focused …

February 2, 2016 Flexera

Software license consumption—when does it happen?

When does software license consumption actually occur? That is, what constitutes consumption of the license? The answer is that it depends on the license model being used for the software in question.…

October 30, 2015 Flexera

Use Gartner’s Tool Decision Framework to Select the Right Software Asset Management Tool

Gartner Analyst Hank Marquis recently published a report titled: Use Gartner’s Tool Decision Framework for SAM to Create Your Roadmap. The intent of the framework is to enable IT Asset Managers and IT…

October 2, 2015 Flexera

You’re Getting Warmer—License Management for Hot, Warm, and Cold Backup Servers

Managing datacenter server software licenses, as we all know, can be a challenge. One of those challenges is dealing with licensing terms and conditions related to backup servers. First, you have to k…

June 26, 2015 Flexera

Cloud and SaaS make my software license management problems go away. Right?

I’ve talked to several companies over the past few weeks who believe that their software license management problems will disappear with the move to Cloud and SaaS delivery models. Unfortunate…

March 17, 2015 Cyndi Tackett

Software Asset Management Best Practices—Policy, Process and Hardware Asset Management

By Jill Powell Software asset management (SAM) best practice principles that companies should adopt include: Manage hardware assets effectively throughout the full asset life-cycle Define software application requirements (i.e. which applications, versions and editions should be purchased) Centralize purchasing and maintain a central license repository Collect hardware and software inventory (including physical and virtual machines) Reconcile in…

March 25, 2011 Flexera