SAM Cloud Assessment

ServicesConsultingRisk consultingThird party risk management & assuranceIT Asset Management and Control (ITAM)

SAM Cloud Assessment

Currently the cloud presents several ways to implement technological solutions and choosing the one that best optimizes costs, take advantage of current software investments and minimize the risks for non-compliance in terms of software licensing is vital for companies. To fulfill with the above, companies must have a strategy that considers all factors of both, your current infrastructure, and the different options available in the cloud.

The accelerated growth in cloud services adoption requires the modernization of Software Asset Management (SAM), demanding governance, transparency in consumption and compliance in software licensing throughout the entire organization. Although the risk for non-compliance in software licensing may be lower with Cloud adoption, "OnPremise" licenses that are migrated to a platform as a service (PaaS) or infrastructure as a service (IaaS) must ensure compliance with the rights of use that this implies.

Additionally, costs of services that are provided and yet not being used in practice (shelfware) are a predominant factor in current software offers, reason why controlling spending in this area can represent savings of up to 30% according to the cloud analysis conducted by Gartner in 2018.

Mazars offers a SAM evaluation for cloud services, advising our clients to:

  • Optimize licensing costs of your cloud services
  • Evaluate compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) from cloud providers
  • Evaluate the current IT infrastructure and performance metrics of our clients and identify those assets that meet the appropriate profile to be migrated to the cloud, the necessary changes or alternatives for those that do not, as well as a series of recommendations for the cloud scheme that best aligns with business objectives and that optimizes the associated costs
  • Analysis of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) vs. Scheme based on the cloud

Our methodology is based on identifying all different factors that should serve as base for any Cloud migration strategy and the impact that it entails, as well as on the optimization of acquired yet not used software licenses and the risks that companies run by not having a SAM process tailored to their operation.

Are you interested in our services to evaluate and optimize your cloud licensing? Contact our team.

Contact