SAM Suite
Software Portfolio Management
What is Software Portfolio Management?
Software Portfolio Management is an "out of the box" solution that helps you to manage your software portfolio and procurement activity in the most effective manner.
In many organisations getting to grips with the software already owned and then using this information proactively to ensure that new software purchases are absolutely necessary is challenging. Procurement teams are spread geographically if not globally and in many cases purchases are authorised at a local level.
Working with Bytes will provide you with the peace of mind that you are not only fully compliant but also that you are not wasting money and all investments in padding: 0px;software are right for your organisation.
Why work with Bytes to manage your Software Portfolio:
- Access to a comprehensive set of services addressing as much or as little as you require in the areas of software compliance, procurement, contract management, or SAM technologies.
- We can integrate with your procurement teams and/or systems globally to ensure you only buy what is necessary and re-harvest unused licenses.
- Advice on how to rationalise applications in use and under support to reduce costs and complexity of managing and supporting your IT estate.
- Management and visibility of all your software contracts.
- We can identify and measure vendor support risks where products in use have gone "endof- life" and help you take proactive steps to address this.
- We can provide strategic input to your IT plans and provide procurement advice in line with vendor product roadmaps.
- Collation of boxed products into a structured software library with the additional option of having these products available for download in a hosted software library.
- Access to the Bytes Portal where software contracts, compliance reports and analysis of your IT estate can be made available online.
Our Engagement Model
We pride ourselves in our vendor, procurement and customer knowledge and relationships. They help to ensure that we bring the best opportunities to our customers with regard to product lifecycles. Through understanding customer needs, vendors and licensing programmes, we can create unique solutions for our customers as well as ensure our customers procure software under the best possible terms.
