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Software Asset Management Experts Do NOT Buy Shrink-Wrap Software! PDF Print E-mail
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The software you purchase in office supply store--and from many other resellers--is generally referred to by software asset managers as shrink wrap. I'm sure you've seen it on the shelves--and you have probably also bought your share, too. (Hint: It's covered in plastic...)

Here is your software asset management benefit bottom line: Shrink wrap is THE most expensive software on the market. It also ranks among the top five worst licenses you can possibly bind your company to.

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I’ll bet I can cut your software costs by ¼ with one briefing… PDF Print E-mail
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Does your company have a formal process for identifying, sourcing, testing, negotiating, and evaluating the functionality of a new software package? Do you blindly purchase any product that the software industry dubs “standard”? Do you purchase hardware that the hardware builder has arbitrarily loaded up with software? Do you carefully control and monitor the entire acquisition process to ensure a good investment and positive business value return? Here is a checklist that an effective asset manager might follow to maximize the quality of a given IT purchase.
 


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