Seemingly a life-time ago, I was sailing the high seas on HMS Nottingham – a Type 42 Destroyer. As a member of the white mafia (aka the Supply & Secretariat Branch) it was my job to grease the wheels in respect of all matters administrative. It just so happened that the location of the Ship’s …
Software Asset Management (SAM) professionals are used to audits. External vendor audits, ‘SAM/Compliance Engagements’ or visits from the likes of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) are part and parcel of a SAM professional’s life. What SAM professionals are less used to is an audit of their function as part of the organisation’s internal audit strategy. …
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As ever, we can lose sight of what’s important in SAM, especially if we are chasing a rapid implementation to generate ELP’s for a collection of vendors we fear will knock on the door at a moment’s notice. If your company is still at that point where a SAM tool is some way away, but …
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