Florent Lea and his team are working on a project to optimize SAM costs. In the days of on-prem software, cost control was easier, but now that this becomes a thing of the past, compliance is no longer a problem, but cost control is all the more difficult. The question of cost optimization is a question of cost reduction. Florent Lea and his team want to reduce SaaS costs and SAM cost optimization becomes a question of SaaS transition. An overview must be gained of which functions of the software used are actually used and which are not, in order to avoid unnecessary costs. Software usage needs to be standardized, even though the terms in SaaS are not standardized, and for this, product owners need to be educated about optimization.

Key Takeaways:

- How do we get better control over our SAM costs?
- How can we standardize our software activity?
- How do we define what we expect in the result?

KEYTOPICS

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How to optimize IT assets on-site and in the cloud management technology?

How can we Increase internal cross-functional collaboration?

Which data discovery technologies provide better software lifecycle management and costs saving?

Which tools generate smooth system integration and license optimization?

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How to use enterprise SaaS Management platforms for improved tracking, controlling and benchmarking of SaaS applications?

How to advance reporting and analytics for data-driven planning and decision-making?

How to improve your understanding of new licensing models – on-premises, hybrid licenses, cloud subscriptions?

SAM and IT Procurement on a global scope – how to improve IT integration and setting up standardization processes?

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