Reduce annual software expenditure by approximately 20 percent
Minimize risk of non-compliance fines
Re-harvest and re-allocate under-used assets
Stop maverick and non-authorized software purchases
Manage vendor negotiation more effectively
The price of mis-managing software is high. Typically, organizations over-spend on software licensing by around 20 percent (purchasing duplicate licenses, failing to re-harvest, buying outside of volume license agreements etc) and the cost of reacting to a software audit can be as high as $500,000* if you don’t already have Software Asset Management (SAM) practices and technologies in place. [“Gartner Research: “Q&A on Dealing with a Software Audit” November 2008]
FrontRange SAM Suite is designed to help organizations take control of software assets, licenses and the ongoing management of applications on the network. SAM Suite provides a complete end-to-end solution for software asset management, comprising:
With market-leading Discovery technology, an innovative and powerful license management interface, unparalleled automation capabilities, and a powerful SAM project management toolset, FrontRange SAM Suite provides all the best practices and tools necessary to manage the proof of entitlement to utilize software assets in line with the Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM), ISO 19770-1 and ITIL standards.
There is no shortage of good reasons to take a fresh look at how your organization manages the software on the network. In almost all cases, end user organizations will be both under and over-licensed on different applications – creating both a compliance risk and an unnecessary over-spend.
FrontRange SAM Suite addresses both these critical issues:
Eliminating Over-Spend
With FrontRange SAM Suite, organizations can drive out unnecessary costs by:
- Re-harvesting unused applications
- Better visibility and allocation of existing licenses
- Identifying and stopping maverick purchases
- Improving negotiations with software vendors
- Connecting the IT and Finance departments with a common management interface
Minimizing Compliance Risks
With industry analysts now stating that 56 percent of organizations should expect at least one audit per year, software license compliance is a critical business issue. FrontRange SAM Suite helps organizations manage compliance by:
- Auditing all software on the network
- Creating a consolidated repository for licenses
- Reconciling licenses against installed software to provide an effective compliance position
- Highlighting where under-used assets can be re-deployed to improve the compliance position
Bringing together People, Processes & Technology
Unlike other SAM tools, FrontRange SAM Suite acknowledges that effective software asset management isn’t just about the technology; it’s about putting together the right project plan, the right processes and getting the support of the right stakeholders across the business.
To this end, FrontRange SAM Suite includes the unique SAM Essentials project management application, providing you with documented best practices and SAM project plans. SAM Essentials helps you scope, plan and execute the SAM project, getting the most out of the FrontRange SAM technologies along the way.