If you’re looking to improve the way you organize software licenses and IT contracts, then SAManage is the ideal solution for your needs.  It enables you to eliminate the time and errors associated with multiple spreadsheets and other manual software license tracking methods.  In fact, our suite of IT management tools can simplify and enhance the way you handle software assets and related vendor contracts throughout their entire lifecycle. Getting started is fast and easy.  You [...]

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 are likely to face significant challenges. For a variety of reasons, they will struggle to effectively monitor the various components within their [...]

Understanding your organization’s software license compliance standing is a key part of managing your routine business risks. To mitigate the risk of an external license audit or noncompliance fines, you have to be in a position to easily view your company’s compliance status at any time and take any required action to get back on track. To analyze your company’s license compliance status you have to reconcile your organization’s software licenses (“what you own”) with [...]

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 to software licensing and compliance considerations, your new virtualization strategy could actually put your company at risk. Virtualization makes it possible to run [...]

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 unprepared for a vendor audit and the potential fines that could result from lack of license compliance. These results demonstrate the enormous risk that IT departments [...]

Organizing Software Licenses and IT Contracts in SAManage has become a lot easier: This week’s release includes the new CSV Import feature that makes it easier to get started with organizing your financial records and Contracts. Simply create your new Contract and import items, products or purchase records to that Contract using the following three steps process: Select the Contract to import to: Select an existing Contract (the Contract type can be either a software [...]

We recently enhanced the SAManage Contract Organizer and made it easier to organize software licenses and IT contracts: you can now use the vendors and resellers repository to track the vendors you do business with, and capture the vendor’s details in one place, making it easier to keep track of your financial assets and business relationships: The SAManage Contract Organizer makes it easy to store your software licenses and contracts, and add purchase records to [...]

SAManage makes it really easy to keep track and organize your software licenses and IT contracts such as subscriptions, hardware leases and maintenance agreements. SAManage’s Contracts Organizer will help you keep track of contract details, renewal schedules, agreement terms and proof-of-purchase records as attachments. Software Licenses: Keeping track of software licenses you own is a tough job. Licenses are purchased from multiple resellers and OEM with new hardware. To be fully license compliant, it is [...]

Did you know that many companies are still using a spreadsheet to manage software licenses? whether you are a 10 person company or a large enterprise, software licenses are a business asset (and a rather under-utilized one) and deserves better care. Like many other business assets, software licenses can and should be optimized to extract more value to your business. Optimizing software licenses can help you reduce your software costs by only renewing the licenses [...]