Your IT cost management journey starts with having the right data

Why you need visibility into your environment

Good decisions require good data.

Before embarking on your cost management journey, you’ll need a baseline understanding of the software in use across your organization. This can be provided by good software asset management (SAM) data. If you don’t currently have a SAM program in place, SHI’s experts can help you understand the fastest and most effective way to start generating actionable software insights.

If you already have a SAM or IT asset management (ITAM) program, it’s worth asking yourself whether your processes and technologies were designed for a largely on-premises software estate. If so, they will likely fall short as more software is used in the cloud, more devices are remote, and new types of devices are used to access expensive applications and services. Having a good baseline of software data has never been more important or as challenging.

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Help is at hand.

Conquer challenges in getting a holistic view of your estate.

Many organizations find it challenging to manage multiple tools that offer visibility into different aspects of their environments, such as mobile device management (MDM), cloud-specific tools, ITAM, deployment, and security. Despite the broad understanding of good visibility, this struggle persists.

Collecting and aggregating data from multiple sources that then need to be validated and cleansed requires expertise you may not have in-house. For years, the default position of many internal IT teams has been to buy a SAM tool and run it in-house. That works well—if you have the resources to run an effective tools management program and the skills to optimize your licensing and subscriptions.

Arguably, a smarter approach to the challenge of managing software is to bring in the experts—not just the technology—to provide the insights you need to make important decisions with confidence.

Thankfully, SHI has a skilled team of software asset management professionals equipped with an extensive portfolio of technologies. This means that no matter what software you’re running, or in what environment, we can help you realize the cost management objectives outlined on the following pages.