Increase Software Asset Utilisation and Reduce Costs

Organisations today spend millions of dollars of their IT budget on software licenses for the enterprise. Yet despite this significant investment, many companies do not understand how to optimise their investment in these software assets, nor do they have the resources. This can result in cost increases and lost productivity. Even more, for those companies governed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, failure to put processes in place to manage ongoing software license compliance could mean steep fines for the company and personal liability for their executives.

According to Gartner, U.S. businesses continue to overbuy licenses for 60% of their portfolio and are non-compliant on another 30% of their software assets. Gartner also estimates that companies that have programs for managing their software assets can experience up to 30% in cost savings in one year. So why don´t more businesses have a software asset management (SAM) program? Because compiling and tracking contract and licensing data with installed software, as well as measuring its usage, is time-consuming and complex. Insight has a solution to help you manage your software assets.

The Solution: Introducing Insight´s SAM Services

Insight, a worldwide leading provider of software and experts in license management solutions, helps organisations fully realise the value of their software investments. Through our SAM services, we can help you critically assess your entire software environment, providing you with reliable counts of licenses owned and licenses utilised, and can offer strategies for embracing best practices and technologies for reducing total cost of ownership and ongoing software compliance.

The Methodology

Our certified, licensed professionals partner with clients using a consultative approach. By analysing data and internal processes, these experts focus on diagnosing the problem and then implementing solutions and best practices that create continuous improvements.

Insight helps you answer these key questions:

• What software do I own?
• What software is installed?
• What is the difference between the two?
• How do I uncover licensing compliancy issues?
• How do I maintain compliancy and save money?

Our team of experts can help you track and reconcile contract and licensing data with installed software, as well as evaluate IT and procurement policies and procedures to ensure you´re maximising your software investments.