IT managers today face multiple challenges in organising and optimising their IT assets, particularly their software licenses and deployment. In order to gain control over the IT assets that a company owns, a systematic and sustainable solution must be adopted. This would allow the company to optimise its IT investment for efficiency, as well as avoid the risks of weak security and unintentional non-compliance of software licensing terms and conditions.

Through SolveSAM™, our proprietary IT Asset Management software, we

	maintain software license inventory by creating barcode labels for individual licenses and associated proof of purchases and media;
	maintain computer inventory with barcode labels for each computer;
	scan the network to collect computer configuration and installation data;
	match the licenses owned with the computers installed with the license;
	enable easy user assignment of authorised licenses to installations;
	allow easy search and filter of data so that different reports can be generated for the efficient and effective management of IT assets; and
	configure alerts to notify relevant IT personnel on unauthorised software installations and outdated patches.

Together with our systematic set of Inventory Catalog Files which will hold the essential reports and proofs of licenses and software media owned, and our issuance of License Compliance Certificates, these services and tools allow us to provide the following comprehensive IT Asset Management service modules:

	Software License Inventory Management Clients will be able to review and organise software licenses, establish the exact ownership status, track the exact number of licenses owned and deployable, and identify the number of obsolete licenses that can be used as base licenses to purchase new upgrades. Apart from optimising their software purchases, they can avoid the legal and security risks of unauthorised installations, unintentional non-compliance of software licensing terms and conditions, and over deployment of software licenses.
	Computer Inventory Management Apart from computer inventory recording and tagging, computer configurations including BIOS, processor, hard disk and firewall settings are recorded, and the exact software installations are matched against each computer and recorded.
	License Optimisation Our License Optimisation and Compliance Report, along with License Optimisation Charts, document the results and recommendations from our detailed reconciliation analysis and allow clients to achieve recorded compliance to licensing terms and conditions. In addition to this peace of mind, clients can better plan their IT budget and optimise their IT investments, making the best use of their resources. Furthermore, our reconciliation analysis of the licenses owned and used, along with our issuance of a License Compliance Certificate where appropriate, provide an independent testimony of license compliance within the company.
	IT Asset Management Policy and Process We help to review and analyse our clients’ IT asset policy, processes and procedures, to enable them to move towards complete IT Asset Management cycles. The processes include IT asset acquisition, software deployment, license compliance, discipline management and inventory management. Through interviews, reviews and analysis, we will document existing processes, draft policy and procedures, and formalise them.
	Technology Asset Inventory Management We enable clients to gain greater efficiency in the day-to-day maintenance of their IT assets, through SolveSAM™. Apart from a speedier, systematic and more accurate way of maintaining software and computer asset inventory, including the purchase planning and updating of new software acquisitions, clients will also experience efficiency and ease in troubleshooting or locating assets. We are also able to provide periodic license compliance evaluation to ascertain users’ compliance status.

Our credentials in IT Asset Management are also evident in our appointment by Microsoft as its Certified Partner in licensing solutions, and as a Trainer and Advisory Partner in software asset management in Asia Pacific.