Here's how a large, complex company with 12,000 employees, managing 10,000 clients and 2,000 servers, got started with Software Asset Management.

Automotive supplier decided to eliminate manual processes in SAM and provide automated license compliance for all Microsoft products and around 100,000 workstations.

Together with Aspera, a global automotive supplier implemented a quality standard for all its SAP license data. How did we achieve this while also reducing the cost of SAP Named User contracts by 10%? Read more here.

Even Microsoft surprised: in just two short months, the Haufe Group used SmartTrack to effortlessly create a complete overview of their Microsoft licenses. How did they do it?

Salesforce is a powerful CRM tool for many organizations, but costs can easily rise if you don’t know what to look for. This licensing guide shows you the must-knows for effective Salesforce SaaS management, so you recognize your risks.

By enabling access to current and transparent data, it’s now possible to quickly retrieve data for any audit request and to negotiate with software vendors on a level playing field.

8 tips to find software license serenity now. This Guide is packed with proven strategies to help reduce your Oracle costs. Use this expert advice to identify efficiencies that save you time and resources.

IBM licensing can seem fraught and perilous, but when you achieve those two crucial feats – mastering your usage and entitlements – make your quest for IBM compliance simpler. You can respond effectively to the IBM audit, make smarter (and more affordable) purchases, and improve your relationship with the vendor.

Public roads agency Koezút chose Aspera’s Rapid Vendor Analysis for SAP. The results: a clear overview of their license position, optimized SAM processes, and significant savings.

The US 14th largest school district Gwinnett County Public Schools System relies on Aspera SmartTrack to effectively manage their daily license activities.

This white paper gives you a solid license management strategy to make your cloud migration quicker, easier, and more cost-effective.

Microsoft’s audit strategy is avoiding the software audit. Instead it prefers to request a “friendly” review with its customers to check license requirements and compliance. This Playbook helps you prepare for it and how to negotiate a better deal after the review.

Cloud providers choose to keep things flexible. But the price of flexibility is sometimes over-usage and non-compliance. This eBook will debunk the 10 biggest cloud compliance myths and show you how to protect against non-compliance.

As boundaries around organizations’ IT infrastructure dissolve, managing resources become more complex—and more crucial. Discover strategies for modernizing the way you manage software in today’s hybrid business environment.

SAP customers face major changes worldwide – new measurement and pricing models for indirect access, the migration to SAP S/4HANA, new cloud products, and more. Get solutions here. 

This Audit Playbook provides the tips and tools to anticipate and minimize your risk, avoid unexpected costs, and make your Oracle estate look less mind-bendingly complicated. While Oracle audits are an inevitable experience, they don’t have to be a painful one.

This eBook gives you expert software license audit defense tips and tools to ensure you own your next audit, from start to finish.

This paper outlines how to build an effective Cloud Management practice to ensure that using cloud foundations is safe, secure, and cost-effective. It highlights how to minimise Cloud Shock – the unexpected, unbudgeted cost increase from delivering IT services via public cloud.

Managing increasingly complex software estates is a top priority for organizations. For the third year in a row, Gartner research recognizes Aspera in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for SAM Tools. Get a strategic market overview in the report.

This white paper will take a deep dive into the SaaS spend challenge based on real experiences with Salesforce.

Get your Software Asset Management program ready for the cloud by taking a process-based approach. Processes such as Software Reharvesting will bring your SAM into the future.

This eBook takes the agony out of your SAP audit with SAP license management tips and tools.

According to Gartner, "Through 2022, in any given month, over 30% of the growing expenditure on software and cloud services will be unused." Use new Gartner research to evaluate key SAM managed services providers that deliver skilled, cost optimization resources to your organization.

Use your own numbers to see how you benefit from Software Asset Management by looking at the most common areas companies save.

This short eBook will give you the basics of the new Java licensing rules, what it means to you, and what you can do. It will help you go from confusion to confidence.

Ramping up a new Software Asset Management program but not sure how to start? Our SAM Program Guide will give you all the insights you need to get your SAM ball rolling.

This company gained an increasing global overview of its licenses and drastically reduced software costs with Aspera SmartTrack.

This short video presents Forrester's financial analysis of using LicenseControl for Cloud. See how this organization found $10.2M in benefits by managing their SaaS.

Here are 10 arguments you can use to convince your deciders and stakeholders that Software Asset Management for SAP is worth the investment.

What data do you need to choose the right cloud licences and how do you use it? SAM Enterprise Architect Geoff Worsley helps you to migrate smoothly and develop a cloud strategy.

BITMARCK wanted to invest in a professional SAM solution, and decided on Aspera due to the consultants’ expertise and SmartTrack’s functionality and connectors.

Engaging stakeholders is the key to successful Software Asset Management. Learn how to build relationships and secure their support, as well as how to keep them engaged in the long-term process.

One of the world’s largest companies set out to reduce information silos, internally chargeback licensing costs, and decrease audit risk by implementing software license management.

This e-book offers information and insights that bring transparency to your licensing situation with SAP.

The ITAM Review independently validates SAP tools’ features to help you find the best one and has verified LicenseControl for SAP to meet its tough criteria.

From budget to scope to top software vendors, find out how to start a successful SAM project.

Wherever you are in the process of implementing Software Asset Management (SAM) in your business, this ebook provides information to help you go further, quickly and easily.

The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework for evaluating the potential financial impact of LicenseControl for Cloud on their organizations.

Since 2012 Voith has been using Aspera’s expertise and technology for the implementation of group-wide, tool-supported Software License Management.

A look at SaaS initiatives: Discover the most-used SaaS applications and the biggest challenges from our recent survey.

Learn how Aspera Managed Services go beyond a tool and implementation to increase the success of your SAM program.

This handy Oracle licensing guide looks at the BYOL rules for Oracle software running in public cloud environments.

Forrester Consulting found that Aspera enables license management, audit efficiencies, license cost savings and a risk-adjusted ROI of 124%.

Forrester Consulting found that Aspera enables license management, audit efficiencies, license cost savings and a risk-adjusted ROI of 124%.

A former auditor at PwC gives insights about what he looked for in software audits, and gives tips on what you should consider for your own data to prepare for an audit.

Gerrit Gipmans, Service Delivery Manager at Aspera, explains why it is important to manage your Cloud software licenses.

Christopher Brune, Product Manager and Microsoft expert, talks about why companies should invest in Software Asset Management.

Robbie Plourde, SVP for Sales Engineering at Aspera, talks about Software Asset Management and his role at Aspera.

Linda Erwich, Account Development Manager, talks about her role at Aspera and how she helps customers establish their Software Asset Management project.

Lawrence Dempsey, Services Delivery Manager at Aspera, explains his role at Aspera and how we approach Software Asset Management projects.

Presentation at the USU World: Maxime Pawlak, CEO Aspera France, shares insights from over ten years of experience facing Oracle audits.

SaaS subscriptions are widely accessible which makes them a challenge to control and difficult to track. We will show you how to gain control over your SaaS costs!

In this video, Hirsa Navid, license manager at the Austrian Federal Railways and responsible for Asset and Application Management, shares her recipe for a successful SAM.

Read about the importance of Compliant Identity Management (CIM) in SAP, and how SAM helps companies to stay compliant while ensuring efficient user rights management.

Janik Schipp, Sales Engineer for SAP solutions at Aspera, talks about the importance of knowing your SAP indirect access and how SAP customers should handle it.

Dr. Matthias Vianden, Head of Solutions Development, talks about the changes of SAM and cloud challenges companies will face concerning Saas, IaaS, and PaaS.

Robbie Plourde explains what SAM as a Symphony means for him and how Aspera meets this understanding.

Lawrence Dempsey explains what is needed for a successful Software Asset Management program.

As data becomes the most valuable asset a company can own, Guido Schneider, SAP expert at Aspera, shows how companies can protect the integrity and confidentiality of their data.

About Aspera: Make sure your software is healthy with Software Asset Management by Aspera.

This white paper examines how companies approach SAM and explores how they can reap the benefits of a more engaged, proactive, strategic approach.