Software Asset Management (SAM) is a practice that involves managing and optimizing the purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and retirement of software applications within an organization.
As per the industry analysts, the global software license management market will grow steadily at a 9% for next 4 years.
Trends Impacting Software Asset Management Market
- Increased adoption of Hybrid Cloud Model
- Strong inclination to Open Source Tools in Infrastructure Management
- Bundled/Customized offerings based on feature specific requirement from customers
- Requirement for increased visibility, productivity and consistency for IT Asset Lifecycle Management
- Software Asset Management adoption is expected to see a 400% growth from 2014 to 2017
Key SAM Tool Vendors
- Flexera Software
- Snow Software
- Eracent
- Aspera
Leo Services for SAM
- SAM Solution Design and Development
- Software Licensing Audit and Advisory Services
- SAM Process Definition
- Software License Entitlement Analysis and Reconciliation
- SAM Tool Implementation and Consulting
