Software Asset Management
SAM brings more efficiency to your IT estate
Cost control, compliance and cyber security are among the everyday challenges in IT. Software Asset Management is a verified enterprise solution that brings added value to your IT environment in the shortest possible time. Whether setting up for the next software audit, license management, SaaS and cloud cost optimization, and much more - find out how our SAM tool and services can contribute to your business success.
Your benefits with Software Asset Management
$ 10 B overall costs saved
50 % faster audit response
98 % customer retention
ITAM Review Certification for Enterprise SAM
Software Asset Management from USU meets ITAM Review's high certification standards.
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Our success is built on yours
At USU, we believe the real measure of our success is reflected in the achievements of our customers. It's you who drive us to be better, innovate further, and continually enhance our solutions like USU IT Asset Management and Knowledge Management. Every glowing review and each success story shared is not just feedback—it's a cornerstone of our journey together. Because when you succeed, we do too. Read real reviews from real customers and see how our partnership can transform your business. Together, we'll achieve great things!
License management with SAM for Clients & Datacenter
Maintain an overview of your entire license portfolio - from on-premises and cloud to hybrid licenses - with our highly specialized license management software. SAM for Clients & Datacenter offers you the central platform for managing all major software providers such as Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, VMware and many more.
Thanks to the targeted and always trustworthy cooperation with our partners USU and Raynet, we were able to productively set up an overall ITAM solution that provides us with a full overview of valuable IT data across all METRO companies in over 30 countries at all times. This allows us to use our IT resources much more efficiently!
Ulf Vollmer, Head of Compliance Control at METRO
SaaS management with SAM for SaaS
Stay in control of your SaaS costs with our efficient SaaS optimization tool. SAM for SaaS gives you a complete overview of your cloud services and helps to avoid over-licensing and uncontrolled growth. Thanks to targeted optimization measures such as automated reharvesting, SaaS costs can be reduced by up to 30%.
Axel Springer AGThe experience of working with USU has been excellent and very cooperative. We use the SAM for SaaS solution to minimize software costs and risks. We analyze the utilization of licenses on the basis of rules and compare them with the usage data. This leads to more precise planning of license requirements and thus to clear cost transparency
SAP license management with SAM for SAP® Software
Only pay for SAP licenses, use types, and authorizations that your employees really need.
Our optimization solution for SAP software has one of the most intelligent SAP rule definitions in the SAM market. We determine the ideal economic conditions for you, both on-premises and in the cloud, and ensure your vendor compliance.
License management with SAM for Engineering Software
Keep track of the Engineering software you use and stay compliant.
Our software solution let you monitor, manage, analyze, and optimize your license assets from a central location. This optimization will save you money in purchasing and maintaining licenses while at the same time ensuring that you have the license assets you actually need.
Strong features for power users
USU Software Asset Management offers market-proven features to solve transparency and compliance needs in the most efficient way. Our solution allows customers to manage software costs and risks, covering all the important vendors like IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP, and accurately calculating complex metrics for on-premises servers, public or hybrid cloud, clients and mobile.
Open system architecture
We connect to all system and application data sources with ease and can import, share and
transform data from all formats.
Flexible data collection
Our solution allows two methods for gathering data: agent and remote technologies to get the best coverage and supplementary results.
Powerful data management
We produce software data that is fully reliable for license calculations, made possible through powerful normalization and reconciliation processes.
Virtual & cloud discovery
We manage cloud and infrastructure by pulling all related data for licensing, consumption, and users. “Right-sizing” makes sure you are licensing or subscribing to meet your true needs.
SaaS Discovery
We provide a centralized overview of the SaaS environment helping to track and manage unapproved (shadow IT) or unplanned SaaS consumption.
Bullet-proof compliance
We precisely calculate the compliance for each software product by assessing the metrics and vendor rules for usage. Results can be displayed by personalized dashboards.
Budget optimization
Our technology provides a company-wide view of the finances required for license usage and compliance, designed to budget all software expenditures.
Data center visualization
We visualize complexity and costs of licensing for servers, clusters, and virtualization by simulation of “what if?” scenarios to find the most cost-effective ones.
License & SaaS reharvesting
Our solution provides fully automated reharvesting, which is a powerful way to monitor license and subscription usage and then optimize those costs.
SAM tools in comparison
Find out why our solution is superior to most other competitors in the following areas::
- Data Integration
- SaaS Cloud
- Compliance Optimization
- Operations Automation
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USU IT Asset Management