GeminiSix is a SAM competency center focused on helping businesses correctly manage
their Software Assets and Licenses throughout their entire life cycle. With our SAM services
we will ensure the lifecycle and management of your entire software estate
is managed and controlled. Our primary goal is to maintain compliance and reduce cost
for your organisation and to ensure that all users are using software within their
product use rights. Our services aim to provide management and optimization of software fixed assets and
license management incorporating a set of proven processes and procedures for managing
and optimizing IT assets for our clients.
Our services help to protect our client’s software investments and help them recognize
what they have, where it’s running, and if their assets are used efficiently. Our goal
is to reduce information technology costs and limit business and legal risk related to
the ownership and use of software, while maximizing IT responsiveness and end-user
productivity. With our SAM services we will ensure the lifecycle and management of your entire software
estate is managed and controlled. Our services include:
MANAGED SAM SERVICE
Our SAM managed service we will ensure the lifecycle and management of your software from the minute it is requested,
through procurement, deployment, recycling and finally retirement. Managing your software estate, tools and processes
requires constant attention and the availability of highly skilled and experienced staff. GeminiSix can offer you
end-to-end software asset management no matter where they are: on-premise, in the cloud or in a hybrid environment.
1.
PLAN & DESIGN
Define roles, requirements and processes
2.
IMPLEMENTATION
Install, configure and setup required interfaces
3.
ONBOARDING
Understand Vendor requirements, initial compliance
4.
OPERATIONS
Administrate, monitor int. and data quality, compliance reports
5.
OPTIMIZATION
Manage your costs, optimize licenses, demand planning and reclaim assets
6.
DELIVERABLES
Review sessions and delivery of reports
BASELINE SERVICE
Our License Baseline Services service is a one-time assessment that will help our clients fully understand their current compliance
position and identify optimization opportunities. Our team will analyze your software and license estate, identify your current software
deployment and usage, and then compare that to your contract entitlement and licensing use rights.
1. PLAN &
DESIGN
- Project planning
- Deliverables &
Acceptance
2. TOOL
DEPLOYMENT
- Tool consideration
- Deployment planning
3. DATA
COLLECTION
- License collection
- Inventory collection
4. ASSESSMENT
& ANALYSIS
- Effective license
position (ELP)
- Optimization &
Deliverables
5. REPORTING
- Data processing
- Effective license
position
WHY SAM?
RISK REDUCTION
Financial, legal and
reputation liabilities.
Optimize license
usage.
ENHANCED CONTROL
Precise accounting for
existing assets,
services, and cost
Limit license misuse
and rogue purchases.
OPTIMIZED IT
Virtualization & Server
consolidation
Standardization of
configuration & change
management.
INFORMATION SECURITY
Identify unpatched /
unsupported software.
Malicious code /
information leakage.
COST OPTIMIZATION
Knowledgeable vendor
negotiations
Software re-use & limit
IT support costs.
