According to Juan Fernando Rivera, director of the Microsoft Worldwide Software Asset Management Program ; "Software Asset Management is the entire infrastructure and processes necessary for the effective management, control and protection of software assets within an organization, throughout all stages of their lifecycle. As an industry-recognized business process, Software Asset Management is a way to help organizations realize greater value from their IT infrastructure,".
Hence it is important to put value on software assets and to see it as an investment. When software is utilized in the proper manner, productivity will be increased and things will get done faster.
Four steps mentioned in the article about software asset management:
* Take inventory.
* Perform a license reconciliation by locating documentation.
* Review policies and procedures.
* Develop an asset management plan moving forward.
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