Unlock the full potential of SAM

As organizations begin to see value from their existing Software Asset Management practices, they seek even greater savings and risk mitigation. Server software accounts for the majority of software spend. iQSonar from iQuate provides the detailed inventory necessary to extend SAM into the data center and beyond, unlocking the full capabilities of SAM.

iQSonar works alongside your existing investment in SAM tools, integrating with CMDB systems, License Management systems and Asset Registers.

iQSonar provides a complete inventory of those systems and applications which your existing discovery and inventory tools cannot audit.

Often initial SAM processes in organizations are focused on desktop operating systems and software. iQSonar allows you to extend these processes into complex data center environments and applications to unlock the full potential of SAM that will allow you to finally deliver signficant benefits to your organization.

Corporate networks today are changing – becoming a hybrid fabric of physical, virtual and cloud based infrastructure. iQSonar understands all of these layers and provides Software Asset Management practitioners, IT Operations and Security staff with unprecedented levels of clarity in increasingly complex environments.

Focus on areas of highest risk – and greatest return

When designing your SAM strategies it is best practice to identify the software assets which represent the largest spend and those which have the highest likelihood of vendor audit, often the same vendors make up both lists.

Server software represents the highest levels of spend for most companies. With vendors like Oracle, IBM and Microsoft
increasing the frequency of their license reviews, it is often the server area which has the greatest priority for strategic software asset management.

Identify Gaps

Once you have identified the most important vendors and software to focus on, you must ensure that you have all of the relevant details needed to identify license requirements. These can include:

  • Application Edition and Version
  • Hardware details such as machine make, model, CPU type, number of cores, speed, etc.
  • Virtual machine and partition mapping – connecting the virtual machines to the physical servers which run them.

iQSonar delivers these details – and lots more as well.  The flexibility provided by our product adpater technology means you can get answers to specific questions unique to you and your environment.  The high value areas for SAM.