Software asset management (SAM) has evolved from simple back-office record-keeping to more complex licence and contract management that integrates innovative technologies such as artificial ...

Ken Hess: Software Asset Management (SAM) must move to the Cloud for scalability's sake. Now that mobile devices are part of the overall bucket of software use platforms, we must have a way to track ...

When software asset management (SAM) started to show up as a singular discipline, the IT industry tried to do what it does to solve any other problem – throw technology at it. Glacial evolution in the ...

Over the past few decades, employees have come to rely more and more heavily on software solutions to automate and enhance a variety of core business activities – from sales order entry and ...

SaaS offers cost-savings but complicates software asset management. For software as a service (SaaS) applications, the purpose of an effective software asset management (SAM) strategy is less about ...

Ever-evolving technology has drastically changed the way businesses manage their software assets. Software asset management (SAM) is a set of proven processes and procedures to manage and optimize ...

As software deployment options increase and licensing models evolve, these have made software asset management (SAM) more complicated. That said, observers stressed that the extra investments and ...

Tommy Peterson is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology and is a frequent contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. When the task of managing the software on ...

A new report issued today by Flexera Software argues that software asset management (SAM) needs to evolve to keep up with software as a service (SaaS) and virtualisation moving into the mainstream.

John Edwards is a veteran business technology journalist. He co-authored the first book on using computers in a law office and is a former columnist for Law Technology News. With IT departments being ...

Software license compliance mistakes can quickly cost millions of dollars. Therefore, SAM software is a crucial component of proactively managing your software deployment. This guide will provide ...

John Edwards is a veteran business technology journalist. He co-authored the first book on using computers in a law office and is a former columnist for Law Technology News. Good IT governance ...