At The SAM Club, we have always prided ourselves on staying at the forefront of Software Asset Management (SAM) tools, including industry leaders like Snow Software and Flexera. While these tools are undoubtedly powerful, their cost can sometimes be hard to justify. The return on investment (ROI) can be a double-edged sword, revealing both under-licensed and over-licensed software. For us, SAM tools represent the next evolution in software asset management, ensuring compliance and efficiency within your business.
We’ve also explored tools like Smarter SaaS to manage Office 365 licenses, excelling at identifying inactive users and providing detailed analysis of usage of Exchange, Teams, and OneDrive. Additionally, it offers a valuable secure score report.
Over the years, we’ve utilised free tools such as the Microsoft MAP Toolkit and RV Tools. However, the MAP Toolkit hasn’t been updated in over five years, leading to incomplete data for newer software like SQL Server 2019 and 2022. RV Tools, on the other hand, remains a reliable option for VMware-based Windows Server analysis.
Announcing Our Enhanced SAM Service
After extensive research and analysis, we are thrilled to announce the enhancement of our Software Asset Management (SAM) service with the integration of Licenseware and Lansweeper. This powerful combination is designed to provide our clients with unparalleled efficiency, compliance, and cost-effectiveness in managing their software assets.
Key Benefits for Our Clients:
- Cost-Effective SAM Tools: Gain access to our powerful new SAM offering with a combination of Licenseware and Lansweeper.
- Comprehensive Software Reviews: Benefit from detailed reviews for software from major vendors such as Microsoft, Adobe, and Oracle Java, ensuring thorough compliance and efficiency.
- Enhanced IT Asset Management: Lansweeper automatically discovers, and inventories all connected devices, providing detailed information about each asset to streamline IT management.
- Frequent Compliance Updates: Receive more frequent and detailed compliance updates with Licenseware’s integration with Lansweeper, keeping your software assets in check.
- Transparency and Ease of Use: Enjoy a cloud portal which provides your own IT Team with read-only access to your Lansweeper data, enhancing transparency and ease of use.
- Reliable Free Tools: Continue using reliable free tools like RV Tools for VMware-based Windows Server analysis.
The Combined Solution
Our combined solution includes Lansweeper’s Enterprise Cloud plan, which can be accessed through a separate contract with The SAM Club. With the addition of Licenseware, our pricing is determined by the number of assets discovered each month. An asset typically refers to any device with an IP or MAC address, whether physical, virtual, or smart monitors.
Licenseware will be managed by The SAM Club, enabling us to provide more regular in-depth reporting on SQL Server, Windows Server, Adobe, Oracle Java and more.
Lansweeper will be accessible via a cloud portal, offering read-only access to your data which enhances the attractiveness of our solution. Additional features of Lansweeper include:
- Comprehensive IT Asset Discovery providing complete visibility over your entire technology estate.
- Integrates vulnerability information from the NIST catalog, helping you quickly identify and respond to assets with known vulnerabilities.
- Hardware asset management with the collection of warranty status information for physical devices, saving time and reducing manual effort.
- Lansweeper Marketplace provides powerful integration capabilities with applications like ServiceNow, FreshService, ITSM, ARMIS, TOPdesk, Jira Software plus more.
If you currently have Lansweeper’s cloud offering under either the Pro or Enterprise plan, we can integrate it into our solution. Please be aware that there will be an additional monthly fee for Licenseware to cover our costs.
If you would like to learn more about our exciting new offerings, please don’t hesitate to reach out for more information.
