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Take control of your enterprise software estate

Without software asset management (SAM) processes in place, many businesses either drift into non-compliance or do not gain the value expected from their software investment.

SAM is a practice that enables companies to understand and manage software buying and usage patterns, inventory details, future requirements and contractual terms and conditions, which can result in considerable

savings in license purchase costs and support fees, and protection from the risk of license non-compliance, on-premises and in the cloud.

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Control software costs, compliance and audit risk

Our SAM managed service, underpinned by Control, delivers certainty around enterprise software licence consumption and assurance of your organisation’s IT compliance position.

With our range of SAM managed services, you can avoid unnecessary costs, accurately plan for future software licence purchases, and minimise the stress associated with software vendor audits.

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Enterprise vendor license consulting and managed service – Control

Optimise enterprise licenses, minimise costs, maximise compliance.

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What to do if your in-house resource is struggling to manage license compliance

If your in-house IT resource is struggling to control your software license estate, you could very easily and unwittingly become non-compliant – leading to expensive fines, unbudgeted cost and disruption to your business.

Version 1’s Brian Lavelle and Jason Pepper discuss what to do to manage limited in-house SAM skills, and explain the benefits of partial or full software asset management outsourcing:

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