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[sayit]Keeping tabs on a sprawling software environment can be challenging. With a surge in work-from-home users, overwhelmed IT teams scrambling to respond, and a proliferation of Software as a Service opportunities that end users can quickly jump on by keying in their corporate credit cards, this problem has the potential to spiral out of control.…

If you were asked to describe what someone working in the IT industry looked like, how would you describe them? What kind of background and expertise would they have? Are there specific qualities you would look for? Someone that’s tech savvy? Should it be someone who understands the evolution of the industry? Should it be…

[sayit]Lifecycle asset management offers organizations a robust set of solutions designed to effectively manage their IT assets so that they can optimize use while controlling costs and enhancing security. CDW views LAM as a strategic practice that spans product lifecycles, backed by offerings that position you for success. Our common goal in building out a…

If you don’t know what software your organization owns and runs, you can’t use it effectively. An organization that achieves full awareness of how and where software assets are being used sets itself up to gain efficiencies. It also sees financial and security benefits. The best path toward achieving this goal? The use of a…

Organizations are always looking to save money however they can. One commonly neglected approach to savings is software asset management (SAM), which implements practices and tools to manage the acquisition, deployment, use, maintenance and disposal of software. When used to its full potential, SAM can lead to impressive savings, particularly for organizations that have never…

It’s just a fact of life in our world today: Business executives must be proactive in managing software assets — not only so that their organizations can respond rapidly to demands and changes, but also so that they can manage software costs in near real time. As a business discipline, SAM aims to help businesses…

With so many publishers claiming to sell a software asset management (SAM) tool, how do you decide which tool to choose for your organization? One of the prerequisites is to find out if you need agentless or agent-based server monitoring. Both agent and agentless monitoring use intelligent software to detect and report on computer equipment.…

When you stop to consider just how much work IT managers have on their plates today — mobility, cloud and IT security — it’s easy to see how the task of managing software licenses might be overlooked. IT managers at many organizations aren’t entirely certain when it comes to all of the software they have,…

Software licensing today is complex. But certain publishers and licensing programs take complexity to a higher level.  SAP would have to be one of the publishers in the latter category.  Within the SAP licensing scheme, there are multiple categories which include developer, professional, limited professional, employee and employee self-service.  Within each of the categories, however,…