February 26, 2026 / By Kylie Fowler
The Inventory Importation process is the counterpart to the Entitlement Importation Process. It is designed to ensure you have accurate inventory data so that you can match it to the entitlement data for use in the License Pool Management process.
January 19, 2024 / By Kylie Fowler
Accurate inventory data is the foundation on which all SAM benefits are based. Watch our video to learn more on the matter.
September 8, 2023 / By Rory Canavan
So, the ramblings below are really about establishing good inventory verification checks so that when we view data in the SAM suite we can be confident that the tools which do the discovery are producing the correct data and the SAM suite is interpreting it properly. Any SAM program (not project!) will be keen to
July 14, 2023 / By Antonia Constantin
In theory, this process is straightforward; the objective being to simply capture entitlements acquired through the software purchase process and upload them into the SAM suite. However, in reality, it is easy to get this process wrong with significant ongoing consequences for the accuracy of your effective license positions (ELPs).
February 10, 2023 / By Rory Canavan
One thing I am proud about in our License Compliance Process in the ITAM Accelerate Process Kit is that it makes suggestions as to where you might like to take a compliance report after it has been produced – the license compliance process triggers a number of different processes including the contract review process, the
November 23, 2021 / By Rory Canavan
As a student, one of the better pieces of advice I received was “Don’t shop hungry” – the temptation being to overload a shopping trolley with everything that tingled my taste buds. Procurement around SAM and licensing could do worse than follow this guidance too. Contracts might stipulate that certain purchase quantities must be achieved
October 8, 2021 / By Kylie Fowler
SAM is not just about producing ELPs – you have to do something with the data that a SAM Suite can report on. Recycling & optimisation is just such a process.
June 1, 2021 / By Kylie Fowler
Did you get a fair and just outcome from your last audit? A vendor audit playbook and audit defence process won’t guarantee that you’re compliant, but it will ensure that everyone has clarity regarding what is expected of them and how the audit will be run. We all know how painful audits can be, but
May 8, 2021 / By Kylie Fowler
Knowing what you have in reserve is every it as important as knowing what you have to buy. Don’t be afraid to share this information with others in IT. Kylie and Rory explain in more detail above…..
January 8, 2021 / By Kylie Fowler
Put Your Best Foot Forward When Optimising Software In fact, I would argue that in many organisations, a SAM team’s time is better spent focusing on improving the process for managing subscriptions than identifying unused perpetual licenses that could be reused. After all, you may never reuse those uninstalled licenses, whereas optimising subscriptions saves money