Just wondering how others dealt with the problem of SAM, ie software asset management or keeping track of installed software and making sure one has paid the requisite licences for it. Because Heythrop is quite small, I use two tables in access, one with an audit of what machine is used by whom and what software is installed thereon, and another giving the amount of licences we have purchased. I run queries against them, and where what we have doesn't match what we bought, I log in to Civica and purchase what's needed.
What do people think of companies that try to sell SAM services? If one checks regularly to ensure one is compliant, are they really necessary?
Tony Corley
Network Manager
Heythrop College University of London
Kensington Sq, W8 5HQ.
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