SOFTWARE ASSET MANAGEMENT
INCREASE COST TRANSPARENCY
Connect and import inventory, contract and cost data from your cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to have a transparent and up-to-date view of your cloud costs at all times. New IaaS and PaaS cloud services will be automatically created in your service catalog or assigned to existing services.
INCREASE EFFICIENCY
Get an overview of all cloud consumption and technical resources to better understand which employees are using SaaS apps on which devices and how often they are using them.
WHITEPAPER
In this white paper, SAM managers, procurement officers and IT managers learn how to uncover expensive over- and under-licensing, by:
Discovering the true costs of flat rate contracts,
Preventing license violations by controlling IT changes,
Identifying superfluous maintenance expenses with transparent contract management.
OPTIMIZE COSTS
Enable invoice reconciliation and gain insights into rising SaaS, IaaS or PaaS service costs without the need to switch between different cloud service provider portals. Analyze actual costs, and their evolution over time, per business unit, or region to identify the reasons for rising costs. Service Catalog integration allows you to allocate the incurred costs to the right business unit.
OPTIMIZE FUTURE CLOUD SPEND
Dive into out-of-the-box dashboards and real-time reports and gain quick, visualized insights. Get a quick overview how cloud costs for different cloud services change per term, region, and cloud platform provider. Leverage synergies and cost saving potentials by identifying reservation candidates and down- or upsizing potential. Map your actual cloud spend to contracts and planned budget to better plan deviations and future needs.
STEPS TO SUCCESS
It pays off.