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Promoting SAM awareness and best practice requires a collective effort..."
The first SIRB survey was completed at the end of July 2008. It was the first UK survey of it's kind; it targeted both private and public sector organisations to assess their current understanding of licensing practices, their attitudes towards software acquisition, their perception of new technologies and to understand where they will make changes to benefit from a more cost-effective and risk-free environment in the future. The first white paper based on the resulting data 'Maturity of SAM Practice in the UK Market – Perception & Reality of Risk!' was released in November '08 and the first supporting webinar was delivered on the 16 December '08 by SIRB member, FrontRange Solutions.
The SIRB research project will run annually to survey the market and where appropriate compare the changes every year.
The 2009/2010 SiRB White Paper
This paper will use the maturity model to map organisations’ asset management level of maturity. It will look at what level of risk they associate with poor asset management.
Audience: press; government; CIO (end user); software vendors; channel
This second in a series of four white papers that provide a guide to successful software asset management (SAM), looks at managing software assets from the IT management perspective. The next paper in the series will look at SAM from the perspective of general management and procurement. The aim is for each paper to show the common areas that IT management and general management have in approaching SAM, as well as the areas of difference.
We would encourage general management and procurement to read this paper to get an understanding of the role of IT, and IT to read the next paper to get an understanding of the role of general management and procurement.
This third in a series of four papers that provide a guide to successful software asset management (SAM), looks at the role procurement and non-IT stakeholders have to play when it comes to managing software assets. The second paper in the series provided the IT management perspective on this topic, this paper complements the second paper in the series in looking at how non-IT management is viewing the subject.
We would encourage IT professionals to look at this paper for a view of the procurement issues and we would encourage non-IT professionals to read the second paper to gain an understanding of the IT challenges.
This IDC White Paper, the last in a series of four that provide a guide to successful software asset management (SAM), looks at recognising the signs of unnecessary risk in your software management practices.
IDC surveyed 600 organisations demographically spread across the UK. The purpose of the survey was to identify current software asset management (SAM) levels of maturity. Based on the statistically significant results of the survey, an overwhelming majority (91%) of UK organisations need significantly more work to effectively manage their software investment. The potential rewards are high, with a number of organisations that have implemented a fully effective SAM programme recognising savings of more than 20%.
Overall, however, organisations appear to be failing to grasp that software is an important corporate asset that, like other assets, needs to be leveraged to contribute to the financial health of the organisation.
This survey, carried out in May 2008, polled technology aware business leaders to discover their attitudes to software piracy, it's ease and likelihood given current concerns with the "credit crunch". Its results are a timely reminder that, as the economic climate worsens, pressure can increase for IT departments to deliver applications, upgrades and purchases with “no questions asked”
Commenting on the survey results, John Lovelock, Chief Executive of FAST IiS points out "What this survey demonstrates is that the current economic climate could in fact have a detrimental impact on the current low levels of software piracy. This emphasises the need to drive home the benefits and cost savings that can be achieved through effective management of software licenses; and the necessity to continue to raise awareness of the impact that corrupt software can have on an organisation's IT estate, not forgetting the risks of being non-compliant."
Download the full survey results
Software as a Business Asset
The Effect of Organisational Growth on SAM
Public Sector
Urged to Make Savings
Effective Software Management
Managing Software Estates
In the Public Sector
Managing Software Estates
In the Enterprise