IT Asset Management

white papers

 

2009 SAM News:

Automating SAM using an online service.

 

IT Asset Management

and C-level Executives . . .

 

 

 

 

download this whitepaper

 

A large medical center conducted a routine check to make sure its IT systems were complying with medical regulations.   "It saved us real money by identifying a 20 percent volume-discount opportunity..."

 

 

download this whitepaper

 

Banks are no strangers to regulatory compliance. Basel, Sarbanes-Oxley, The Patriot Act and Basel II are being joined by private ratings institutions who peer deep into relationships with customers.  "The risk is being shifted to banks by requiring they police corporate customers..."

 

 

download this whitepaper

 

"...All well-governed IT departments recognize that the adoption of formal policies and procedures enables them to help their corporation meet Sarbanes-Oxley  (or SOX) requirements. "SAM initiative enables businesses to meet their obligations under SOX and exceed corporate goals for IT governance."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now you can easily manage your software and licenses, your hardware inventory as well as contracts and leases - all in one place online.

 

Sign up for a FREE 30-day trial of SAManage IT Asset Management on-demand...

Announcing our newest SAM Partner:

SAManage is a secure, online IT Asset Management service. It is used by IT teams and business users to keep track of their IT assets. Manage your software, hardware, licenses and contracts online. Getting started is simple, and you can try it for free.
 

Features of on-demand IT asset management:

  • Know exactly what hardware and software you have and you use.

  • Organize your licenses, contracts, leases and other agreements.

  • Enforce license compliance and software usage policies throughout the enterprise.

  • Detect IT risks like missing patches or illegal software used in remote locations.

Take the on-demand IT Asset Management Product Tour...

Keeping track of your software licenses is a complex task. Licenses are acquired through OEM partners, resellers, or directly from the vendors, and they all come with different restrictions and terms upgrade and downgrade rights, languages and location restrictions, per-user or concurrent and many other variants. Simplify today...

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

Now that CEOs are signing off on reporting documentation there is significantly more to consider.

Company Board of Directors

Boards are responsible for all levels of compliance within the enterprise, including IT assets.

Chief Financial Officer

With the most at risk, CFOs are requiring more diligence from staff and reliable data sources.

Chief Information Officer

Standing square in the compliance bull's-eye, CIOs have the most to deliver and most to lose.

Auditors and Audit Committees

Auditing digital assets brings a whole new set of complexities to the equation.

Company Lawyers and Law Firms

Legal professionals should prepare the company for the legal effects of compliance.

Company Venture Investors

How companies treat intellectual property can tell a lot about the company culture.

Director of Information Services

The buck stops here - most compliance requests find their way to the manager delivering them.

 

 

Upcoming SAM Events:

IBSMA Chicago SAM Summit

This summit will cover advanced level, cutting-edge topics including ISO/IEC 19770 SAM standards, SAM process assessment, SAM best practices, as well as SAM licensing, tools and legal issues.

 

Gartner Compliance and Risk Management Summit 2008

Gartner’s comprehensive Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) agenda focuses on the tools, technologies, strategies and tactics needed to improve governance, assess risk and ensure compliance within your organization.

 

 

More SAM Resources:

SAM ROI Calculator . . .

 

SAM Info Sites:

http://www.microsoft.com/SAM

http://www.microsoft SAM Guide

http://www.bsa.org/Statistics

http://www.adobe.com/elicensing

http://www.oracle.com/licenses

http://symantec.com/licensing

http://www.IBM.com/licensing

 

 

 

 

 

©2009 SMS, Inc. is an ITGS Company and a trademark of SMS, Inc. all rights reserved all other trademarks are property of their copyright holders | Redmond, WA 98052  toll free (877) 790-5002  terms of use  | sitemap | legal