Software Asset Management

Often, there are multiple groups involved in the purchase, installation, movement, renewal and disposal of software assets. Along with ineffective governance, absence of standardization, automated renewals and complex software arrangements, this can result in cost overruns, redundancies, and over-licensing.

Most organizations are not equipped to deal with complex licensing issues, such as software that is bundled with other products or services; a wide variety of software licensing terms; and complex software entitlement rules which specify product usage restrictions. It is one task to physically track software assets, but an entirely different challenge to manage and optimize usage to the contractual terms and conditions of each software product used by your organization.

As a result, there are significant risks to your organization in terms of potential financial, legal, and regulatory issues or over-licensing. Even in organizations with well-controlled IT departments, unlicensed software, unapproved purchases, or simple misunderstandings about deployment rules can go undetected for years, typically until a vendor audit is performed. Deloitte’s Software Asset Management (SAM) services can help.