Introduction

Software Services Overview

License Reconciliation Service

Insight:LicenseAdvisor

e-Procurement

Licencing Information

Adobe

Business Objects

Citrix

Cyberlink

F-Secure

IBM

McAfee

Microsoft Open

Microsoft Enterprise

Microsoft SPLA

Mindjet

Nuance

Oracle

Sophos

Symantec

TechSmith

Trend Micro

VMware

Software Services Overview

Trusted Software Advisor

As a testament to the strength of our global software offering, Insight holds distinguished accreditations with all the leading software vendors. Insight adopts a vendor agnostic approach, ensuring we continuously act as a trusted partner to our clients through providingindependent advice that is tailored to meet all of their software needs.
Insight has the tools, capabilities and expertise to guide organisations through the full software lifecycle, from selecting and procuring the right products and licensing agreements, through to managing ongoing software environments to optimise technology investments.
Software Asset Management

In addition to our comprehensive licensing expertise, Insight offers a range of software services. These centre largely around Software Asset Management (SAM), a term that can be found on the agenda of almost every organisation. Topics such as Sarbanes Oxley, the need to meet audit requirements and the continual pressure on organisations to reduce costs, are causing organisations of all sizes to address the question of SAM.

SAM is the term used for all those processes and the infrastructures required to manage, monitor and protect the software assets of an organisation throughout their entire lifecycle. Software in this sense includes both the licenses and the installed applications. SAM tracks business process as well as legal requirements. Increasingly, IT administrators are being confronted with software issues:

• Which software is installed where?
• How many licenses are available?
• What is the company’s licensing situation - are there too many or too few licenses?
• Is the company spending too much on licenses?
• Is the company using the right licenses?
• Are the right processes in place for license management?
• Which software solutions fit our business needs?
• How are we reacting to the demands of software manufacturers for license verification?

Currently, only a limited number of companies are in a position to answer these questions. SAM provides organisations with the means to effectively address these issues.

The Benefits to Clients

• Complete licensing know-how
• Highly competent support
• Proposals based on costs vs. benefits
• Product and vendor independent support
• Optimum price/performance ratio
• High rate of savings realisation

SAM Services

The only realistic way of setting up SAM processes in an organisation and ensuring their success is by following a rational strategy that takes into account both the organisation and its requirements.The general approach to introducing SAM can be split into three important main steps:

1. Creation of a basis for future Software Asset Management
2. Setting up suitable license management processes
3. Introduction of a solution for implementing and backing up the processes

Insight offers a range of SAM services through our experienced SAM Team, who advise clients and deliver a solution that best meets their needs.