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… Continue reading Software Asset Management – What’s missing?
Month: May 2018
SAM Audit Survival
SAM Audit Survival – let’s go! 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… Continue reading SAM Audit Survival
Contract Management
With SAM and contract management, we can lose sight of what’s important to the business. Particularly if we are chasing an implementation to generate ELP’s for vendors we fear will come knocking asap. If you wish to do something that could help your SAM situation, then a strategic vendor-audit approach could help greatly. A client… Continue reading Contract Management
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