You know why you need an IT asset management (ITAM) solution, but convincing the senior executives at your company may not be so easy.  In today’s tough economy, management teams are tightening their belts, and as a result, technology budgets are a mere fraction of what they used to be.  In order to get the needed support and funding for your initiative, you’ll need to effectively make the business case for ITAM. IT Asset Management [...]

Recent studies demonstrate just how big the problem of IT resource abuse by end users has become. In fact, IT managers claim that employee misuse of IT systems is even more worrisome that potential attacks by hackers and other outside threats. IT asset management solutions can help businesses of all types and sizes to detect – and proactively prevent – abuse of their IT systems. What exactly constitutes IT resource abuse? Most firms will agree [...]

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 that the key to securing laptops, PCs, handheld devices, and other assets is through the implementation and use of automated [...]

Software Asset Management systems combine processes and technologies to improve the way applications are utilized, tracked, and managed throughout their lifecycle. Some of the advantages that can be achieved through software asset management include enhanced software performance and utilization, accelerated return on investment, increased productivity and ensuring license compliance. But, software asset management isn’t just a solution, it’s a strategy. While a software asset management application will deliver significant benefits, there are many steps companies [...]

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. IT Asset Management (ITAM) is a combination of processes and technologies that provides organizations with a greater understanding of what IT assets exist, where these assets [...]

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 software assets and gain significant benefits from adopting a Software Asset Management service. Simply put, Software Asset Management (“SAM”) is a business process that can [...]