Discover Transparency COMPAREX SAM2GO. Required Licenses Installed Software Purchased Licenses Why...

Discover Transparency

COMPAREX SAM2GO

Required Licenses

InstalledSoftware

Purchased Licenses

Why Software Asset Management?


Cost

Audit Risk

Potential Savings

Our service –

Your value

Our goal:

Licensing in Balance

Your Software License Reconciliation


Softwarelicenses

Installed Software

Compliance as usual


SAM investment

Time

Audit Audit Audit

Compliance review triggered by vendor



A Typical Scenario at a Customer

The following questions were raised:

• How do I approach the problem?

• What do I do first?

• Do I know all license regulations?

• How can I visualize the compliance status in a brief and clear way?

• Where do I find the information about the vendors‘ usage rights?

• …


Customer

License Recon-ciliation

Purchased

Licenses

Inventory

Solution

Why does it not work?

„One-click compliance status“?

Negative!

The Solution?


Customer

„One-click compliance status“!

Many additional features!

All necessary data available!

Perfect!

Why not?

All clear!

SAM-Tool!!! ... A year (and many working days) later

Why does it fail? – A selection of many reasons:

• The implementation was more complex than imagined!

• The initial effort was underestimated!

• Each data set must be "touched"!

• Initially collected data must be continuously maintained!

• The depth of the necessary licensing know-how was underestimated!

• The release cycles for new products are getting shorter and shorter!

• With every new version, the license conditions are changed!

• Can I trust the results?

• How shall the results be interpreted?

• …


Discover a New Way of Transparency!

Use our licensing know-how with

as a managed service!

It is our core competence!


Advantages Over a SAM Tool


Software licenses Installed Software

Rule Engine

• Contains the licensing rules of all (relevant) software vendors

• Centrally maintained, therefore always up to date

• Individually adapted agreements are considered by our experts

Profiler DNASoftware Recognition

• Precise identification of all products including their characteristics (version, edition, language, etc.)

• No additional investment for the implementation of a product identification system

Risk & Costs

The COMPAREX Compliance Process


SAM investment

Time

Continuous SupportDeployment

No snapshots, but continuous monitoring and up-to-the minute information

COMPAREX SAM2GO


Softwarelicenses

Installed software

Software license reconciliation

Automated process

Your individual compliance status report will be always available whenever you need it.


Reconciliation

Product recognition

License regulation

Collectiontechnical inventory

Collectioncommercial inventory

Comparison

License reconciliation

Optimization:Deinstallation & release

Additional purchases risk management Process optimization

CommercialInventory

TechnicalInventory

Contract data

• License agreements• Additional conditions

Procurement data

• Reseller reports• License provider

reports• ERP systems

Manual queries

Regional product responsibles

Discovery Clients

Discovery Server

Discovery Mainframe

Analytics & security tools

MS SMS UNIX Other

Windows SMS

UNIX Other

Procurement and Contract Data

datagathering

consolidate data

TechnicalInventory

consolidate data

datagathering


SAM2GO License Balance

SAM2GO Data Warehouse

Dashboard access via browser

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Vendor reports (MLS)

CPX ERP system (AX)

All other sources

(xml, xls,...)

Software Template

HardwareTemplate

Inventory

SAM2GO Dashboard

SAM2GO Dashboard


SAM2GO License Balance


Required Licenses

InstalledSoftware

Purchased Licenses

Minimize Risks – Open Up Potentials


Cost

Audit Risk

Potential Savings

Our service –

The customers value add

Our goal:

Licensing in Balance

Was macht uns besonders?

Our Approach• Comprehensive SAM Portfolio• Unique SAM2GO Managed Service based on

COMPAREX compliance technologies (COMPAREX

Profiler) and our licensing expertise

Standards & Contribution• SAM standards

• Member of ISO Working Group 21• Contribution to MS SAM Optimization Model (SOM)

• SAM projects based on ISO 19770-1 standard

Our Experience• Over 800 SAM projects / engagements delivered since

2000• Various case-studies and customer references

Our Knowledge• COMPAREX Licensing Academy (complete SAM and

licensing portfolio)

Our Resources• More than 60 SAM Consultants

• 10+ countries (Germany, UK, WE, CEE, India, U.S.)• More than 100 (70-673 SAM MCPs)

Our Success• Worldwide Microsoft SAM and Licensing awards

SoftCare A holistic approach around Software Licensing

COMPAREX Software License Lifecycle

Demand

Purchase

License Management

Compliance Status

Integrated License ManagementDirect registration of purchased licenses within the contract management system of COMPAREXonline.

Efficient Optimization PlanningCertified expert advice and support as well as technological consulting from a single source.

Optimized Strategic PurchaseTraining offers by the COMPAREX License Academy.

Optimization

Best Price Procurement with Complete Legal Compliance Via exclusive best-in-class volume and framework agreements through COMPAREX Arbitrage and Open Book Pricing.

Comprehensive TransparencyCOMPAREX SAM2GO continuously and precisely analyses the software inventory and conducts a final comparison with the contract management (license reconciliation).


COMPAREX Vision is:

To be the best global software license management and services

company.

Thank you for your attentionWe Support Your Success!

Visit us at: www.comparex-group.com

Contact:

Sergiy Purish

GM

N. Grinchenko 4-B· Kiev

Ukraine

phone: +38 044 499 59 89

mobile: +38 050 330 44 98

email: [email protected]

web: www.comparex.com

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