Centennial SAM Academy
Centennial recently launched an initiative called Centennial SAM Academy which is a demonstration of our commitment to help customers to get the most out of their investment in Centennial technology for specific solutions in this case Software Asset Management.
Technology has a role to play in a SAM solution but any customer expecting technology to deliver them SAM will be disappointed. SAM is about technology, people and procesess. We now have technology in market that will automate a lot of the tasks required to understand an organization’s software compliance position and to manage software compliance as part of a SAM solution but without sound processes to complement the technology there is a risk our customers will believe our technology has not delivered.
Centennial SAM Academy should help customers understand what processes they should adopt to ensure success with a Centennial based SAM solution and what SAM Partner services may be required to achieve success.
Centennial SAM Academy is a set of courses aimed at building a customers knowledge of SAM in general but also to give specific guidance using Centennial products in a SAM or compliance project.
The cornerstone of the Centennial SAM Academy is Centennial SAM Essentials .
This is a combination of workshop covering working with different types of licence entitlement with Centennial SAM.Suite and technology. The technology we have produced is a project management tool based on
MindJet’s MindManger to provide a workflow of the journey a customer should go on from finding a base line compliance position using Centennial SAM.Suite to maintaining compliance through to proactive Software Asset Management.
Centennial SAM Essentials will be distributed with a full license of MindManager which means the Centennial SAM Essential “maps” can be customized and evolved to individual customer’s processes. This is important as every customer will have unique challenges when adopting SAM.
The Centennial SAM Academy is designed to give customers guidance of what is required to achieve success using Centennial SAM.Suite. We have Partners that can then work with customers on the how .
I would be interested in hearing customers views on the issues they face adopting Software Asset Management and the usefulness of this type of a solution offering
