central IT: „Managing Software Licences Efficiently“

Software asset management can reduce costs and time – if it works. central IT explains how companies can optimize the management of their software licences and save time and money by that.

Actually, according to the analysts of KPMG and Experton Group, a well working software asset management (SAM) may reduce the costs of software by about 30 percent. Plus, the risks that exist due to underlicencing can be averted. central IT names 12 points that have to be kept in mind for the SAM. Apart from documentation, inventory, checkup and the nomination of a SAM-responsible, central IT points out that there is the possibility of Software Remarketing. Like that, unused licences can be selled on the market for pre-owned software. Thus, the liquidity of the company raises. Checking the secondhand market also pays off in the puchase of software: Savings up to 50 percent compared to the original price are possible here. Furthermore, central IT advises not to be intimidated by the software vendors and to integrate a trader like preo Software AG, to guarantee a smooth transfer process.

 

Source: central IT (German)

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