IT Asset Management @ YOUR-COMPANY
Using the internet to manage IT assets and contracts, reduce IT costs and better control your assets.
Use this PPT presentation to build the business case for IT Asset Management for your company. Please apply your PPT template to this presentation.
Abstract
• With maintenance cost rising and software audits becoming more frequent, managing IT assets within an organization has become a high priority. • This presentation will discuss the need for IT asset management and help you build the business case and discover the potential cost savings that can be achieved.
Agenda
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What is IT Asset Management ? Benefits Signs of need Business case Getting started
What is IT Asset Management?
• A framework for managing company’s IT assets. • The collection, processing, and reporting of financial, physical and contractual information of IT assets. • Assist in managing a company’s IT hardware, software and license assets.
According to Gartner: Organizations that implement
IT Asset Management will enjoy cost savings of around 30% in the first year alone, as a result of renegotiating terms on under-used applications, for example.
Defining IT Assets
• • • • • • • PC’s, servers and laptops Hardware & software inventory Virtual machines licenses & Software applications Optimize assets contracts repository Network devices Printers Policies Business logic IT contracts enforced? enforced? Software licenses
Benefits
Gain Control • Know what assets you have and their location. • Know who is using them and how. • Know what software is being installed. • Be prepared for a software compliance audit. • Easily audit your IT assets to meet regulatory requirements. • Know what IT risks exist in your network.
Reduce Risk
Reduce Costs • Eliminate unnecessary software licenses. • Improved vendor management and negotiations. • Track licenses and contracts and their supporting documents. Improve Productivity • Ensure users are using the authorized technology stack. • Detect unproductive software (games, p2p tools, etc).
Signs of Need
• • • • • • Do you know which assets you have? Where they are and who is using them? The asset’s current & historic configuration? What risks exists? Can you easily track your software licenses? Are you in compliance with software licenses?
The Business Case
• Investment
– An IT asset management service
• Savings
– Asset discovery, recovery and retirement – IT audit made simple – Reduce IT support calls – Eliminate risk of none compliance – Improve employee productivity
YOUR-COMPANY ROI
Investment
SAManage Subscription
Formula
$20 (Annual fee per PC) X number of PCs
Annual Investment
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Return
Total Cost of Ownership
Formula
# of PCs X 4 (support tickets per PC each year) X $40 (cost per ticket) X 20% (reduction in average call length as a result of having an inventory tool) # of PCs X 0.25 (Hours it takes to audit each PC) X $33 (Hourly pay rate for IT staff) X 2 (# of annual audits)
Annual Savings
Reduced help desk costs
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Manual audit / inventory costs IT Governance Improved employee productivity License Compliance
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# of PCs/employees X 10% (employees that encounter productivity loss) X 156 (# of hours per year spent using unauthorized software) X $18 (average hourly pay rate)
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Potential Fines
# of PCs X 15% (probability of audit) X 5% (PCs with at least 1 unlicensed app) X $30,000 (fine per incident)
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Total return on investment
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Steps in implementing ITAM
• • • • • • • Implement an ITAM tool Discover what assets you have Retire obsolete assets Eliminate redundancy Resolve risks Organize licenses and contracts Ongoing, proactive asset management
Getting Started
• Review the supporting white paper • Sign up for SAManage SaaS IT management
– Easy to get started and gain value – No servers required, no software to manage – Risk free 30-day trial available
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