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SNOW LICENSE MANAGERLEIGH MARTIN
• Snow overview• Where do I start?• Who is the right person to manage software compliance?• What information do I need to collect? • The day to day management of Software Asset Management
Tools• Future risk
AGENDA
ABOUT SNOW
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Snow License Manager
Software Recognition Service
Snow Inventory
External Data Provider
Oracle Management Option
Snow SAP Optimizer
SAM Services
Snow Proof of Concept
Entitlement Services
SAM Implementation
Oracle Review Services
Snow Product Training
Snow Software's products are designed to deliver fast ROI, superior data collection & reporting capabilities. From initial deployments through to SAM baselines & cost-reduction programs, Snow offers a range of services.
DRIVERS FOR A SAM PLATFORM
Pay for what you use – remove unused software and avoid unnecessary software investments
Re-harvest software in license pools at end of PC life cycle
Turn local software purchases into company assets
Become legally compliant and avoid audit fines with less effort
Spread costs within the organisation and create local incentives for cost savings
Renew your maintenance contracts based on actual software usage
Avoid piracy and illegal application usage
Consolidate your software estate and reduce maintenance cost
WHERE DO I START?• Entering Entitlement
Roles & responsibilities• IT
• Procurement• Change Control• Software asset manager
• DBA• Security• Finance• Support
WHO IS THE RIGHT PERSON?
?
• THE CHALLENGE: A generic ‘SAM Manager’, the fact is that Software Asset Management is rarely a one-man job
• For most organisations, there should be a virtual team of stakeholders from multiple departments (IT, procurement and governance) and business units. Organisations can drive additional value from integrating SAM with other IT systems such as the helpdesk - access to inventory and licensing data can dramatically accelerate resolution times.
SOFTWARE ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAM
Technical staffLicense purchaser
License Manager Global SAM owner
Local application owner
+ +
• Adopting the tool• Client roll out / integration• Maintaining Entitlement• Support
(licensing,downgrades etc..)• Agreements / Renewals • Complex Licensing • Pricing
DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT
DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT• Pricing
• Adopting the tool• Client roll out / integration• Maintaining Entitlement• Support (licensing,downgrades
etc..)• Agreements / Renewals • Complex Licensing • Pricing• Monitoring Usage
DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT
WHERE DO I START?• Understanding Usage
• Adopting the tool• Client roll out / integration• Maintaining Entitlement• Support (licensing,downgrades
etc..)• Agreements / Renewals • Complex Licensing • Pricing• Monitoring Usage• Software Library
DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT
DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT • Software Library
• Adopting the tool• Client roll out / integration• Maintaining Entitlement• Support (licensing,downgrades
etc..)• Agreements / Renewals • Complex Licensing • Pricing• Monitoring Usage• Software Library• Software Request & Deployments
DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE REQUEST & DEPLOYMENTS
IT departmentMarketing Manager• Budget controller• Sign off
“Professional Marketing user”• Requests Visio Professional
Spare license? Purchase?
DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT
DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT
Marketing Manager• Budget controller• Sign off“Professional user”
• Requests Visio Professional
Spare license? Purchase?
IT department• Security• Operations• Support
Reporting• Usage• Costs• Allocation
Approval process• Business justification• Re-charge
Re-harvest? AgreementsWeb?
SOFTWARE REQUEST & DEPLOYMENTS
BE AWARE OF CURRENT & FUTURE RISKS
• MSDN / Dev Software• BYOD• Cloud
• Virtualisation• Web based applications• SPLA• Hosted• AWS/Azure• SaaS
• Audit response
• New License metrics• Mobile Apps • Indirect Licensing• Hardware Licensing• Maintenance • Datacentre
THANK YOUQ&A
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