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Software Asset Management & Security | Deloitte US | Finance & Operations Risk Transformation

Software Asset Management can strengthen security tools and processes, significantly improving a company’s ability to protect data and drive performance.

Source: www2.deloitte.com

Where are the decisions made?

The provision of software to employees is a business decision. A user-facing software app store - essentially a software catalog - ensures that requests for software have a defined workflow behind them, so any software request can’t escape from a business line manager approval.

Workflow processes ensure compliance and consistence, crucial for the organization’s drive for authorized software deployment. Here’s the link between SAM and information security, as described in the well written Deloitte article - minimizing the threat landscape -.

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End User Review [2] – We spend too much on Software

Welcome to the second in our series for our new feature – The End User Review. We have had a number of entries for this feature, so thank you very much to everyone that has contributed so far.

Source: www.itassetmanagement.net

Ma be some eye-openers in this article!

Why choose a Service? – License Management as a Service | License Dashboard

Some of the benefits… Save time and money Fast implementation means no disruption to normal business activities and because our service is delivered through the cloud there’s no need for the re-engineering of any existing internal IT infrastructure...

Source: www.licensedashboard.com

License Management as a Service means

enabling SAM teams to focus on proactive actions
being audit ready in days rather than months
introducing cost efficiency through ongoing management savings
connecting (multiple) existing inventory solution to be queried by the LMaaS agent

The Complexity of Software Licensing Rules. – License Management as a Service | License Dashboard

The complexity of software licensing rules is holding consumers back from being truly effective

Source: www.licensedashboard.com

Software is designed to support productivity, not to hindr it!

Our collegues at License Dashboard made some observations why Li cense Managemen as a Service could help Software Asset Managers to focus on busines priorities rather than transactional tasks.

Libby Phillipps on IT Security and Software Asset Management • /r/ITAssetManagement

Libby Phillipps of License Dashboard discusses SAM and Infosec in this article on SAMChannel -...

Source: www.reddit.com

Our collegues at License Dashboard take a different angle to underpin license management importance. Un-identified devices and their software present so far unknown security risks to the organisation. BYOD is another potential challenger. Renew your awareness about license management an ITsecuruty risks.

20 things every CIO needs to know about software licensing

A Software Asset Management strategy is vital. Failure to accurately measure software usage leaves businesses over-provisioned and at risk of huge fines.

Source: blog.crayon.com

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