What We Do: Asset Management

As sales continue to slow, software companies are becoming increasingly aggressive in enforcing strict penalties for license violations. To make matters worse for businesses, license costs continue to rise as vendors search for ways to boost profits during weak economic times. Establishing a sound software asset management program offers substantial benefits not only by preventing licensing fines but also by ensuring the availability of information critical to system restores. If a disk drive crashes, properly recorded software information allows all programs to be seamlessly reinstalled without purchasing new OEM licenses.

The benefits of a robust IT asset management program are numerous and include reduced costs and increased operational efficiency, software license compliance and optimization, business continuity improvements, and more accurate resource planning. In fact, the total cost of ownership savings from hardware asset management is estimated at 7 to 10 percent and nearly 37 percent for software management. Software Expressions can help the DSEC team maximize the value of its IT assets by implementing a comprehensive and extensible asset management program built around established industry best practices.

According to Bill Kirwin and Jack Heine of Gartner Research, "IT asset management is a 'meta-process' in that it defines best practices that come from other key IT processes - such as change and configuration management, help desk and procurement. IT asset management is a bellwether for the overall state of the digital infrastructure." In other words, deploying a strong asset management infrastructure is both contributory to and representative of a sound overall IT strategy. Gartner recommends that enterprises "assess the quality and depth of their asset management programs and processes, carry out a full hardware audit if inconsistencies appear, implement robust, scalable IT asset management tools, and ensure closer and better planning between IT and business managers."

Software Expressions can help your business implement an asset management solution that's affordable and right for you. It's just one of the many consulting solutions we offer that can help you make the most of your information technology.