Quest® KACE® SMA reduces software license compliance stress

Beyond the reality of hefty fines, if your software installments are not actually mapping to your usage, you could be wasting a lot of IT resources — including remote backup storage space for the software as well as money spent on unused licenses. And if employees are using unlicensed software, your risk of a data breach can increase. According to the Business Software Alliance (BSA), malware from unlicensed software costs companies worldwide nearly $359 billion a year.

So how can you protect yourself and avoid all these risks? One way is to implement a well-thought-out software asset manage- ment (SAM) strategy. According to BSA, when companies take pragmatic steps to enhance their software management, they can increase profits by as much as 11 percent.

This white paper explores how the inventory, software meter- ing and reporting capabilities in the Quest® KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) can help with software asset management, making software license optimization and compli- ance an easy-to-obtain reality across all types of endpoints.