SAM Success Fee self-repayment of your project!
Softline offers implementation of SAM projects following the Success Fee model, when you pay only for successful implementation We are confident that Software Asset Management can bring considerable economical benefits to any company! Success Fee is a unique proposal for IT market: payment for the project shall be performed only if the client was really able to reduce his maintenance costs.
No secrets! How does it work? In every company, software asset management has its own unique features depending on its industry, scale and many other reasons. Our specialists have diverse competences in the field of software asset management, and they can help you to achieve the best result for your company. They have mastered a broad variety of various methods to help you reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for software assets. How is the fee of Softline calculated? If the project is successful, payment for Softline services will be 30% from proven return on project investment. How to calculate return on project investment? We have decided to make this formula as simple as possible: S1-S2 S1 Total Cost of Ownership for software used by the client before the beginning of project implementation S2 Total Cost of Ownership for software used by the client after software asset optimization
SAM optimization methods for your company S1 Total Cost of Ownership before the project Specification analysis Server audit Software utilization analysis Contract optimization Cloud solution analysis Cost savings due to SAM Success Fee project implementation (proven return on investment) S2 Total Cost of Ownership after the project 1. Specification analysis Specification is usually a list of ambiguous letters and numbers, often they contain unnecessary cost items or cost items that do not meet business demands. 2. Server audit Analysis of corporate data centers, virtual environment, server operating systems and products. Licensing in virtual environments is quite a complicated task, because the expenditures may differ depending on the license assignment method that is used. Consideration and analysis of alternate variants of server and virtual infrastructure architecture. 3. Software utilization analysis Using technical means to discover which part of applications installed on workstation is actually used by employees, and how fully do they utilize their functionality. Selection of alternate software variants. Reducing the amount of unused software. 4. Contract optimization Expert assessment of signed and planned contracts with vendors, analysis of used and unused product features. Contract options that might lead to financial liabilities. Refusing from unused product features or finding the way to make use of them. 5. Cloud solution analysis Analysis of the possibility of using cloud technologies in your company and the opportunity of comprehensive estimation of cloud migration project from the financial point of view. Licensing flexibility: it is no longer necessary to pay for unused resources and licenses. Reduction of costs on technical support and maintenance. Reduction of labor costs for IT department.
What are the components of Total Cost of Ownership for software assets? Permanent licenses Concurrent access licenses Specialized software Technical support and maintenance Updates Capital expenditures Operational expenditures Total cost of ownership
Project stages 190 days Total duration of IT cost optimization project activities 1 2 3 4 5 Pre-project works Technical works License compliance verification Software asset management optimization Estimation of financial profit caused by software asset management optimization project
The benefits of reduction of IT infrastructure maintenance costs: 30-50% It will be possible to allocate from 30 to 50% of IT budget to IT infrastructure maintenance and development costs. Eliminate the risks of: errors that are related to prompt confirmation of license compliance of used software for timely license update/ extension errors during decision making process in the field of IT that are caused by absence of properly formed and systemized information about available software license pool excessive costs of license purchasing or extension Softline offers you to reduce your IT expenses and acquire feasible economic results
Gartner statistics 30% SAM allows to reduce the cost of every software asset by 30% during the first year and by from 5 to 10% during each next year, due to systemization of IT asset lifecycle management. 7-10% The absence of adequate ITAM practices might increase the total cost of ownership for hardware assets by from 7 to 10% annually. 30% Up to 70% of organizations suffer from mismatch of actual quantity of workstations (which has been revealed during inventory) and quantity according to accounting records (managerial accounting data). This discrepancy can achieve 30% and more.
Our competitive advantages 01 Completed projects in various industries (more than 50 implementations, including projects for clients with over 20,000 PCs) 02 Rich SAM experience in 10 countries, including 20 projects for largest international companies 03 Official BSA auditor status 04 Detailed calculation of software cost taking in consideration the existing non-trivial opportunities and product expertise 05 Client recommendations, possibility to hold reference meetings 06 Full-scale SAM audit on international level 07 Confirmed SAM statuses from Microsoft, Symantec, Aflex software, ASKON, Corel, PROMT and other vendors 08 SAM implementation in compliance with ISO/IEC 19770-1 standard 09 Certified specialists in the staff
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