Software Asset Management (SAM) Discussion

Free license management webinar



Centennial Software has announced a free one-hour license management webinar designed to help organizations understand the critical aspects of successful software compliance and SAM. The event will look at initial planning, through to the first audit and finally matching up installed applications against recorded licenses.

Find our more about the event here.

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BSA hands down largest-ever fine



An unnamed media firm has agreed to pay the Business Software Alliance (BSA) a record £1.7 million ($3.5m / €2.5m) for significant shortfalls in its software licensing.   The firm was reportedly investigated by the BSA at the request of software vendors including Adobe, Autodesk, Avid and Microsoft.

The BSA then worked with police to raid the company and seize assets.

Together with the £250,000 fine levied against a UK organization earlier in the year, it appears that vendors and the BSA are becoming more aggressive in their compliance activities - although it is important to acknowledge the efforts made by firms like Microsoft, which aim to educate their customers not only to the need to be fully compliant but also the business benefits of adopting software management best practices.

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Telegraph SAM project recognized as Governance Project of the Year



The Telegraph Media Group has won the Techworld Award for ‘Governance Project of the Year’ following a SAM and ITAM project which identified more than £100,000 in potential savings. By using Centennial Discovery to find and track all asset on the network, the national publisher found many software titles that were not in current use - thus preventing new purchases being made where existing licenses already existed.

Speaking about the project, Lorrie Dannecker commented: “In addition to the hard facts about what software is installed and where, we have been able to look into how frequently individual applications are used and when they were last opened,” said Dannecker. “In many instances there were applications that had not been used for months or even years. We have been able to remove these from the workstations and cancel licences that previously would have been automatically renewed.”

Maxwell Cooter, Techworld’s Editor, said that the project had been selected as the winner as it combined intelligent use of technology with a clear business case and return on investment.

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SAM in the News

IT department 'will disappear within five years', SaaS maker says
March 27, 2008 - Computer Weekly

Hong Kong rolls out licensed software management campaign
March 17, 2008 - Computerworld Singapore

Centennial Software Upgrades Offering
March 15, 2008 - Northwest Innovation

Impact of SAM on the auditor
March 5, 2008 - The Hindu Business Line

Five steps to software asset management
February 15, 2008 - ITBusiness.ca

Piracy plateau paves the way
February 14, 2008 - What PC

Automatic software asset management sees sales upsurge
January 16, 2008 - Computer Weekly

SMEs 'blind' to illegal software risks
January 16, 2008 - ZDNet


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