By Eric Feldman
Software as a Service (SaaS) and other cloud services make it very easy for a business manager to purchase resources to get their job done. Really, all it takes is a credit card, and in minutes, a subscription to an ERP, CRM, or other enterprise IT tool can be purchased.
But the proliferation of cloud resources is not without issues, especially from an IT Asset Management and Software Asset Management perspective.
In what you could call "traditional IT," assets and their lifecycle from procurement through deployment and disposal are tracked. Software is purchased and utilized according to license agreements to leverage entitlements and mitigate software audit risk.
But what about "cloud IT?" When anyone in an enterprise can easily subscribe to IT resources and applications, how does that impact ITAM and SAM processes? What are companies doing to manage their cloud environments? And what challenges are faced by asset managers who must stay in compliance and manage license spend when faced with what you could call "cloud sprawl?"
In a new on-demand webinar by Flexera Software sponsored by IAITAM "Cloud and Its Impact on ITAM and Software License Optimization" we discuss these issues and provide an overview of the cloud market and the role of ITAM and Software License Optimization in "cloud IT."
And during the webinar, we will give you instructions on how you can enter a drawing for a free iPad® Mini!
The webinar will only be available for a limited time, and the and the drawing winner will be notified during December, so be sure to watch the webinar today by clicking the link above, or the title slide below.