SLAM 
Software Licensing & Asset Management
SLAM | Service Management | Data Intelligence| End User Computing |EATS
A key component in Asset Management is that of managing the software assets. There are a number of tools that will deliver software to desktop and servers automatically like Microsoft's SMS, Altiris, Zenworks and many others. Although some are able to deliver a portion of software compliance capability, we back end our SLAM service offering by utilising a number of solutions that will slipstream into your current environment. This enables us to deliver a complete compliance service by matching software installations with the actual license agreements
IDC's Asia/Pacific Semiannual Enterprise Applications Tracker results for 2008 reveal that the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) applications market in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (or APEJ1) region is estimated to reach US$136.9 million in 2009. It is expected to grow steadily at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10%, reaching US$233.1 million by 2013. The five-year CAGR for EAM application is the highest in the Enterprise Resource Management (ERM2) market for the forecast period. The other applications with high CAGR are Order Management at 8.5% and Procurement at 6.5%.
GET COMPLIANT BEFORE YOU GET AUDITED
Vendors are stepping up audits, read these articles to stay ahead and in compliance!
1. License audits: Preparing now can ease the pain.
Chris Kanaracus (IDG News Service) 21 September, 2009
2. Gotcha! Pursuing software pirates.
Julia King 15 September, 2009
Rest assured that many software vendors are stepping up their audits on mid and large tier organisations and now more than any other time, is it imperative you are compliant. The surge in infrastructure virtualisation can easily make you non compliant without realising it. Oracle and Microsoft license agreements must be managed closely and requires specialist knowledge and tools. Get on the front foot and work with an independent organisation like us who will help you with all of your software and hardware asset management challenges.
SLAM is a specialist software compliance approach to Asset Management that leverages and protects your existing IT investments for managing software. We have innovative tools and processes that quickly enable you to regain control of your software spend. As we are not a software reseller, we offer you independent advice, maximising savings and maintaining compliance.
With many software vendors stepping up audits, experience the benefits of our commercial and technical expertise in this space as we have a number of solutions that will seamlessly integrate into your IT environment and assist in improving the way you manage your software assets.
Independence.
We are not a reseller. We find it strange that some organisations have their reseller undertake some of Asset Management. They’re in business to sell software!
We provide you with a turnkey solution for accurate records & solid processes that will assist you to maintain & negotiate your IT agreements. In addition, we leverage your current efforts in managing your assets and we don’t expect you to replace your current software management tools to achieve it.
- Independently deliver a solution that keeps accurate records of your software & hardware assets (Achieve a continuous compliance state and have confidence in setting your IT budgets)
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Independently analyse your software usage so you get the best value from your investment putting you in a position of strength when negotiating with vendors (our people have worked on both sides of the fence)
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New and improved process re-engineering to maintain accuracy into the future
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“The ITAM service from The Mastermind Group saved us hundreds of thousands of dollars through more efficient management of our licenses, used our existing tools to protect our current investment, improved the relationship with our software vendors (from the accurate records we now have) and provided us with the confidence of being able to predict and plan future IT spend. The part we valued the most was the trust we built with the TMG team and their ability to get the job done in a tight timeframe with a high level of quality. We now have a solid platform for software, hardware and contract management that we are building process on top of to provide a complete asset and lifecycle management solution”
Justin Simmons
Strategic Technology Manager
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