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
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
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
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