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Software Asset Management
Overview
Software is so often ignored as an asset of the company. It would be
unthinkable if a business did not know how many vehicles it owned, the
makes and model and whether or not they are taxed and insured. It is no
different to not knowing what software you use, the version, if it is
licensed and supported. Using an unlicensed vehicle is illegal, just as using
unlicensed software.
Services Offered
A QBS Software Asset Management (SAM) services will help you:
Save Money, by only having the licenses you need redundant or retired
software can be removed or reallocated.
Get Peace of Mind, you know you are compliant with software licensing
legislation.
Help Keep Your Data Safe, by holding all your licenses in secure
storage in case of disaster.
Improve Business Performance,
Optimize Deployment
Reduce Support Costs; unauthorized software can cause additional
problems which take time and resource to solve.
Increase Staff Productivity
What the service entails
Perform an initial software inventory
Find out exactly what software you have installed by conducting a software
inventory both on network and stand alone PC’s.
Match software installed to licenses owned
Once we have an inventory we then match up the licenses to the software.
These can be in various forms such as OEM Software (pre-installed), FPP
Software (retail product) or Volume Licensing Programs.
Review policies and procedures
QBS Software Ltd
7 Wharfside
Rosemont Road
Wembley
HA0 4QB
Call: +44 (0) 8456 580 580
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8902 7600
Email: sales@qbssoftware.com
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Do you need to centralize your procurement process and or establish a
software check-in process? What policies do you need to ensure all software is
documented and licensed? Lastly we work with you to create a disaster
recovery plan for software should the unthinkable happen. We use the latest
ITIL guidelines in our documentation.
Develop a SAM Plan.
Lastly we develop a SAM Plan to ensure your software needs are analyzed to
reduce support costs and keep your software safe. Moving forward we provide
you with the tools and training to managed your own SAM Plan with a
software map and regular inventories to reduce your costs.
Case Studies
A production company’s software and licensing administration had
become very complex. Through implementation of a Sam Plan, the
company experienced a 15 percent reduction in costs, simplified
software administration, and improved legal compliance. The
principle saving was in over licensing of operating system software.
Every new PC in an organization automatically had a set suite of
software installed. A SAM Audit showed that on 30% of PC’s one or
more of the standard suite of software was never used. This
allowed the IT Department to make five figure savings in software
costs by reallocating licenses.
Support costs have been reduced within a local authority because
users are no longer allowed to install unauthorized software. By
ensuring that support staff know exactly what is installed on users
PC’s problem resolution is both faster and more efficient.
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