Software Asset Management – only an administrative act “- eGovernment Computing

Public administrations dealing fully and actively with the management of used and required software, will be able to build useful capable and agile IT infrastructure. This dynamics is needed by IT managers and CIOs in the age of cloud computing, mobile devices and industry 4.0.

Still go many decision makers in companies in Germany believe that license and software asset management in particular a organizational and administrative task was. This resulted in a study of Techconsult. Nevertheless, more than 37 percent of respondents believe that important or strategic IT projects are made possible by software asset management activities. In addition, software asset management creates a modern and dynamic environment in order to optimize software and cloud solutions.

What is Software Asset Management needed?

Techconsult sees two important reasons for employment in public administration with the topic Software Asset Management:

• The holistic management of the software used and purchased (cloud) services is of concern because it makes the requirements management and user requirements can be fulfilled only in the corporate IT. The reliability of the IT department is increased and reliability – for the purposes of maintaining the operating processes – ensured
• The software providers will greatly increase the number of audits and plausibility checks in the coming months and years.. For individual providers, this tendency is visible for some time. In this way, from the more abstract risk of failure licensing with civil and criminal consequences of a realistic threat. Software Asset Management is active risk management and the basis for meeting compliance requirements.