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Most companies today manage their technology inventory by logging and tracking assets manually, a process that is both cumbersome and error-prone. In fact, more than 65 percent of companies have immature IT asset management strategies in place, according to Meta Group.
Companies who don’t use automated tools to manage hardware and software inventory [...]
Continue Reading →As technology budgets continue to remain stagnant (IDC expects only a 2.6 percent increase in spending this year), companies need to find – and eliminate – the hidden software costs that can drain IT funds.
What are some of the best ways to reduce hidden software costs?
Eliminate Extra Licenses
Gartner believes that [...]
Unauthorized software utilization is at an all time high. In fact, in the Sixth Annual BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study, released last month, it is estimated that more than one-fifth of all software currently running on PCs has been installed illegally. These findings are likely to prompt software vendors to be more proactive – [...]
Continue Reading →The potential costs associated with IT asset theft are astonishing. For example, a 2007 report published by DataMonitor claims that the average laptop holds commercially sensitive content and intellectual property valued at approximately $972,000. Therefore, companies need to take aggressive measures to secure their technology components and proactively prevent incidents asset theft.
Many experts believe [...]
Continue Reading →When it comes to virtualization, there are many things to consider before executing your plan. Sure, there are many advantages – among them reduced costs, improved flexibility and scalability, optimized performance, and minimized administrative burden – and you want to begin reaping those benefits as quickly as possible. But, without proper attention [...]
Continue Reading →In a recent King Research survey, approximately two-thirds of the more than 340 IT professionals from mid-market companies polled claimed they were not properly addressing license compliance, with unlicensed software existing somewhere within their organization. An even higher number – more than 70 percent – state that they are [...]
Continue Reading →IT Management and automation solutions are robust technology tools that help companies to streamline their most critical IT management processes. For example, with IT management automation, businesses can significantly enhance their enterprise asset management and improve the way they track their assets from purchase through replacement, manage financial [...]
Continue Reading →Cost of ownership as low as one third of traditional software – SAManage white paper shows
SAManage, a leading provider of on-demand (SaaS) IT Management services, today released a new white paper to help organizations compare the costs of SaaS-based IT Asset Management versus the traditional on-premise software model.
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Continue Reading →We are excited to launch our free SaaS IT Asset Management service and would like to highlight some of the benefits of using SAManage to implement a Software Asset Management program. With the introduction of the free service, companies of all sizes can now use SAManage to better manage their [...]
Continue Reading →The latest release of SAManage adds a great way to classify and manage your assets:
1. Classify assets based on their status (operational, loaner, disposed, in-repair and more).
2. Assign assets to organizational units (both sites and departments).
3. Assign a technical owner to an asset.
Coupled with the asset categories (marking an asset as [...]
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