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COMPAREX SAM2GO
Required Licenses
InstalledSoftware
Purchased Licenses
Why Software Asset Management?
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Cost
Audit Risk
Potential Savings
Our service –
Your value
Our goal:
Licensing in Balance
Your Software License Reconciliation
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Softwarelicenses
Installed Software
Compliance as usual
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SAM investment
Time
Audit Audit Audit
Compliance review triggered by vendor
Compliance review triggered by vendor
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?
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Customer
License Recon-ciliation
Purchased
Licenses
Inventory
Solution
Why does it not work?
„One-click compliance status“?
Negative!
The Solution?
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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?
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Use our licensing know-how with
as a managed service!
It is our core competence!
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Advantages Over a SAM Tool
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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
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SAM investment
Time
Continuous SupportDeployment
No snapshots, but continuous monitoring and up-to-the minute information
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Softwarelicenses
Installed software
Software license reconciliation
Automated process
Your individual compliance status report will be always available whenever you need it.
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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
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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
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SAM2GO License Balance
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Required Licenses
InstalledSoftware
Purchased Licenses
Minimize Risks – Open Up Potentials
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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).
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COMPAREX Vision is:
To be the best global software license management and services
company.
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