软件资产管理softwareassetmanagement-cpttmwebsite2.ppt

* * * 1.Quick 2. Different categories of membership –Worldwide, Policy, Regional, Local * * * * For many organizations, the proliferation of information systems has produced an uncontrolled increase in software installations, generating management and operative inefficiencies that are not to be overlooked: only partial knowledge of the existing products, failure to optimize IT investments (for example due to redundant purchases), impossibility of correctly planning the future development of the software platform, lack of the information required for assessing the need to upgrade technology, no information on the software compliance of installations, with respect to the terms of use and the copyright laws. It is therefore important to perform within the organization a check of the software resources that can prevent or correct the situations described above. In this sense, a valid monitoring system for software resources is offered by the methodology known as Software Asset Management or SAM. Software piracy refers not only to the illegal reproduction and sale of copyrighted software (commonly known as counterfeiting). It also includes the use of unlicensed software by businesses (or business end-user piracy). Business end-user piracy can take a number of forms, including: A company deploys one licensed copy of software across multiple computers and under-reports its licensing needs. An employee casually downloading illegal software for use in the workplace. A business taking advantage of upgrade licenses without having a legal copy of the version to be upgraded. An entity miss-using academic, OEM, developer or other restricted software. A company using a multiplexing device on the false understanding that this may reduce the number of software licenses it will require. In many cases, business end-user piracy results from poor I.T. governance and a lack of appreciation of the legal and I.T. security risks arising from use of illegitimate software. The consequ