Tag: Software License Optimization

Harvest Millions in Savings by Automating Software License Reclamation

Software licenses and maintenance are big line items in most IT budgets. Upwards of 30% of IT budgets are dedicated to software projects. Software is an asset that improves productivity, builds rela…

July 20, 2017 Flexera

Are You Going to the Design Automation Conference?

The Design Automation Conference, or DAC, is an annual event, and it is a combination of a technical conference and a trade show. First held in 1964, DAC is the premier conference devoted to electroni…

June 12, 2017 Flexera

Beware of SAP Indirect Access

Lawsuits between large software vendors and their customers often make the news. In 2015, Adobe took legal action against fashion apparel giant Forever 21 over alleged use of pirated software. And in …

February 28, 2017 Flexera

What resources do you need to manage your SAM program?

The responsibilities for managing a Software Asset Management (SAM) program can vary depending on the organization and there is no easy formula to determine staffing levels required. There is no “one …

February 15, 2017 Flexera

Gartner Report: Cut Software Spending Safely with Software Asset Management (SAM)

A few months ago, Gartner published this report: Cut Software Spending Safely with SAM Organizations can cut spending for software licenses by as much as 30% by implementing the three software license…

December 20, 2016 Flexera

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

SAM 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