1. Must Read SAM Resources
(Blog/IT Management)

  I am trying to collect the valuable Software Asset Management resources.  The must read SAM resources I found after a while on google are the following: http://books.google.com/books?id=oPyApmO07pMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=software+Asset+Management&hl=pl&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ...

2. IDC & Software Industry Research Board - SAM White Papers
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  This is the link to IDC Software Asset Management (SAM) White Papers: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/licensing/campaigns/sam/IDC-white-papers.mspx  ...

3. Customer satisfaction survey for SAM
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  Below there is the link to customer satisfaction survey for Software Asset Management. It could be useful for all those interested in measuring level of satisfaction in this domain.   http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/enterprise-solutions/sample-customer-satisfaction-survey-for-software-asset-management-26266 ...

4. UK SAM Networking Event
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  On Wednesday, 30th of June, UK SAM Networking Event is being held. It will be great networking opportunity. There will be possibility not only to find out about the latest SAM news but also meet ...

5. Sample policy for Software Asset Management
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6. Software Asset Management - KPMG presentation
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Software Asset Management View more presentations from Jacknickelson.

7. Are there any standards supporting Software Asset Management?
(Blog/IT Management)

... 19770-2 are  already published. 19770-3 and 19770-4 are being developed. This week there is a meeting of SAM Standards Working Group (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 WG21) in Niigata in Japan. The group is responsible ...

8. Don't assume your organisation is compliant
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9. Does ITAM have many in common with Software Asset Management?
(Blog/IT Management)

  Actually it is a part of it. Software has specific requirements in context of Asset Management. The most difficult parts are software identification and software licensing. They are not similar ...

10. Software Asset Management - Key to Infrastructure Optimization - presentation
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Software Asset Management

11. FAST SOS Survival Guide for Software Audits
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  Researches show that more than 40% of UK organizations are over-licensed and 60% are under-licensed. The numbers underline the need for effective SAM solutions. If you don’t want to be suppressed ...

12. Moving towards process based adoption of SAM
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13. The UK Software Management and Licensing Conference
(News/Latest)

... recent findings from IDC SAM research project, with results you can use to support any SAM business case •    Licensing requirements for both SaaS and the Cloud •    Milestones to move up the SAM maturity ...

14. Software Asset Management - Mitigating Risk and Realizing Opportunities
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  According to the KPMG report titled 'Software Asset Management-Mitigating Risk and Realizing Opportunities', "It will not be long, in fact, before companies with limited SAM capabilities will become ...

15. The business case for Software Asset Management (SAM)
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  Well prepared business case for Software Asset Management: http://www.computacenter.com/softwareservices/documents/Business_case_for_sam.pdf   Business case written by Peter Alderson, SAM ...

16. ABC of ICT....THE critical success and fail factor!
(Articles/Articles)

... heads in recognition and said “that is what we do in our organization!...’. Ten years later we gave the exact same presentation and received exactly the same response. In the meantime we have had ITIL ...

17. Software Asset Management - The Vendor Perspective
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18. Guess method in software audit
(Blog/IT Management)

... temptation of showing the expert the Dilbert strip.   I started to think how the expert thought. My first thought was that we are just not on the same page in terms of what we know about the installed ...

19. How Will the ISO/IEC 19770-2 Standard for Software Tagging Influence Your Organization's Decisions?
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... environments.  However, I doubt that they will form a majority.  I am afraid there is so much money behind the public tenders that the vendors that give up will soon be marginalised.  For that very same ...

20. SAM ROI tool
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  SAM ROI tool  can help you to create a business case for SAM and calculate real value of it in your organization. To receive free access to the tool you have to register at: https://www.fastiis.org/resources/ROI/ ...