What software is your company deploying? Is it used regularly? Are all the licences up-to-date? Which products are over-licenced and what savings could be made? Transparency is the key to the whole process. Our SAM Services help you to manage, control and protect your software assets. You may look forward to a comprehensive set of tools and templates to assess, design, implement and operate your Software Asset Management processes.
First, PC-WARE examines all the processes used for software
requirements analysis, procurement and installation. Next, we look at your licence agreements and check their terms and duration. We then inspect existing licences and complete an inventory of the software used on all the computers in your enterprise.
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SAM DNA, ITIL & ALM conformity etc.)
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At the end of the analysis phase - after completing an inventory of the software used on all the computers in your enterprise - PC-WARE will have a comprehensive report detailing your licencing situation. This report contains all instances of over- and underlicencing, sorted by vendor and product or based on computers and infrastructure.
We then look at how to best move forward from the current state of affairs. What steps should your company take to manage software assets efficiently in the long term? What is the best way to go about this? These are the key issues to be addressed. Our PC-WARE SAM consultants help you to create an incisive concept tailored to your needs.
SAM DNA Description
SAM DNA is a combination of software and a service. With an integration into existing asset management solutions, it provides a high level software recognition in a standardized format. With the service, the customer is allowed to upload the inventory to PC-WARE to provide his data for an individual DNA rendering. Depending on the choosen license model, the customer receives new DNA-setups in different periods.
- Software:
The softwarepart of SAM DNA is an integration of database objects in the corresponding host asset management system. With a setup all tables and procedures are being created, which are required for the software definitions and the functionality for software calculating. With only one execution of a procedure, the software for all relevant clients is calculated and cached. The results are available for further processes.
- Product Recognition:
The product recognition definitions are created by a specialized team. The customer inventory is compared with the existing recognition rules. These rules are updated and new rules are added. The definitions and the annexed calculation engine enable the creation of complex definitions for software products, which is reflected in the quality of the evaluation.
- Evaluation:
The calculated software contains information about the software manufacturer, productversion and –edition, license type and up- and downgrade paths. The calculation created a list with a mapping of software and client.
- Service
Depending on the choosen license (annual/monthly) the customer is allowed to upload the inventory data to PC-WARE. After DNA rendering, he receives a new DNA-Update in fixed periods (each quarter/monthly).
SAM by PC-WARE - Fully-compliant and cost-efficient
PC-WARE works in line with the internationally recognised IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). The aim of this standard, which draws on best practices, is to ensure that information technologies are tailored as closely as possible to the needs and objectives of an enterprise. Since our processes are fully ITIL-based, you can rely on us for fully-compliant professional IT services, delivered in a clear and cost-efficient way.
We base our development work on the principles of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). This is based on the concept that to achieve ongoing success in software development; the entire process must be streamlined and optimised as a whole. In other words, software development should be a unified process – from the development request through to implementation.
