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Asset Management Vendor Aims to Slash Licensing Costs
By Darryl K. Taft

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An asset management from BigFix, called the Decision Support System - Software Asset Management is designed to cut IT costs by finding unused software licenses, license misallocations, rogue and non-standard software installations with audit and license true-up processes.

BigFix Inc. on Jan. 13 announced the general availability of its new software asset management solution, Decision Support System - Software Asset Management (BigFix DSS SAM).

Jeff Spitulnik, director of product management at BigFix, said the company specializes in high-performance enterprise systems and security management solutions, and BigFix DSS SAM leverages the BigFix unified management platform to bring deep, continuous visibility and automation to software asset management, enabling enterprises to manage software licenses, deployment, and usage with greater speed and accuracy than other approaches.

Indeed, by bringing new levels of visibility and efficiency to software asset management, DSS SAM can help enterprises cut IT costs stemming from unused software licenses, license misallocations, rogue and non-standard software installations, software under-licensing penalties, and expensive software audit and true-up processes, Spitulnik said.

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“We pride ourselves on the visibility and accuracy of the data we deliver,” Spitulnik told eWEEK. “With a tool like DSS SAM you can get extreme visibility into all your endpoints, and you can turn software asset management from a difficult activity to an everyday activity.”

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