Software Asset Management

Managing your software inventory isn't easy. To do it right, you need fast and accurate access to a great deal of information. If you can't answer the following and many other similar questions quickly and accurately, your organization could be wasting a great deal of money on software licenses and maintenance, leave itself open to negative press and civil (possibly even criminal) liability due to non-compliance, and be at risk of security violations caused by unauthorized and unmaintained software.

• How quickly can you conduct a software inventory audit in preparation for negotiating volume licensing agreements?
• Do you have accurate software and hardware inventory information for distributed PCs that are not connected to your corporate network?
• Are you confident that you're not wasting money on licenses for software no one is using?
• Are you confident that your organization would pass a software license audit or is in compliance with various government or business regulations concerning software inventory?
• Do you know when the licenses are expiring for each of your applications; what are your upgrade and renewal rights?
• Do you know if all your software or hardware will work with the next planned OS upgrade?
• Can you be sure that your user base is not downloading and using unauthorized applications that can pose security risks?

Dell Software Asset Management is a comprehensive software asset management solution that automates the process of software inventory, monitors software usage and greatly simplifies the processes for software license compliance. The benefits of Software Asset Management include:

• Automated software discovery — Collect information on every installed application enterprise-wide, with a fully automated cross-platform discovery engine.
• Distilling of executables into licensed parent applications — Identify parent applications for millions of executable files to track software by publisher, category, size, version, language, file date and more.
• Tracking software usage to help reduce costs — Track actual software usage to uncover unused licenses or improve negotiating effectiveness with vendors.
• License tracking and compliance — Track complex licensing arrangements with multiple vendors in a single system, including alerts for renewals.
• Actionable, detailed inventory reports — On-demand hardware and software reports for individual users, departments or an entire organization.

Software Asset Management is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that is delivered through the cloud. With Dell hosting and maintaining the infrastructure, Software Asset Management can be deployed quickly. Furthermore, there is no hardware or software to purchase and no staffing, infrastructure or  maintenance demands of traditional on-premise software solutions.