SAM Accreditation Services

Get the seal approval for your Software Asset Management efforts: Take a proactive approach to reduce risk and cost

Software licensing audits are on the increase as vendors make moves to protect revenues.

Through the development of vendor accreditation programmes, organisations can now mitigate the audit risk by approaching software vendors and obtaining recognition for maintaining a balanced licensing position.

The emergence of Software Asset Management (SAM) as a best practice mechanism and greater awareness of the benefits of good governance, have driven vendors to recognise those customers that are taking proactive steps to manage their licensing obligations.

Thanks to vendor relationships and SAM expertise, Computacenter guides organisations through the ‘self-certification’ process. By engaging with Computacenter and taking part in the software asset appraisal, the outcome of which is certified with the vendor, your organisation will avoid the risk of an audit or minimise the impact of an ongoing investigation.

Computacenter’s SAM Accreditation services include our Software Asset Appraisal service, which is fully aligned with industry best practices and recognised by key vendors.

As well as providing you with an accurate compliance position for your software estate, Computacenter also facilitates your participation in vendors’ self-certification schemes, including:

Adobe Endorsed by Adobe as part of its SAM Partner Programme, Computacenter’s Software Asset Appraisal will pave the way for your organisation receiving a certificate from the vendor stating that it should not have to conduct a review for another 12 months.
Microsoft Computacenter support your participation in the Microsoft SAM Programme. This will result in a certificate from Microsoft stating it should not need to review your licensing status for another 12 months.
Symantec As an accredited SAM Partner, our Software Asset Appraisal can form the basis of self-certification with Symantec. This will reduce the risk of an audit and prevent excess expenditure on unnecessary licences.

SAM Accreditation Services through Computacenter are confidential and enable you to take advantage of considerable expert experience to find the most cost-effective way to achieve compliance – and maintain it.

By taking a proactive approach to SAM, you will not only be able to maintain licensing visibility and control but also remove cost, complexity and barriers to change.