Purple Griffon announce two new 1 day courses for Software License Management

The problem…

Despite improvement in software inventory discovery and license management technology and an increase in its deployment, effective Software Licence Management continues to be highly dependant on manual processes and individuals licensing knowledge. It’s therefore an essential pre-requisite to ensure you have staff skilled in software licensing and license management in order to manage your licenses effectively.

This is why Purple Griffon have introduced two essential courses that give your organisation the correct level of software licensing knowledge that’s needed to procure and deploy software optimally and to put the policies, processes and procedures in place to maintain compliance during the software lifecycle as infrastructure and people continually change.

Why bother?

As software is now the largest cost of delivering applications to the business, the exposure to risk from unlicensed software, through inadvertent deployments or ignorance of license use rights, is extremely high.

It’s estimated that 30% of all organisations are under-licensed and at risk of a large fine and an unbudgeted cost to true up their license position.

Another 30% are over-licensed through poor license management and are wasting a significant proportion of the IT budget that could be used to improve other IT areas.

Software licensing Fundamentals - 1 Day - £295

London 01/09/2008 or 03/11/2008

This course will give delegates:

• A thorough understanding of why correct licensing is essential to reduce legal risks and costs.
• Knowledge of the key license models in use today.
• Knowledge on how to select the correct license models and volume agreements for your needs.

This course is aimed at:

• IT Procurement professionals who are involved in the procurement of software and associated hardware systems.
• IT Risk Managers who need to understands the risks that arise from incorrect licensing and how to minimise the risks.
• IT Asset Management professionals who are responsible for license compliance and cost effective implementation and management of software and related assets.

Software license Management Best Practice - 1 Day - £295

London 15/09/2008 or 17/11/2008

This course will give delegates:

• The techniques and strategies to implement effective license management processes, leading to continuous license compliance and optimised license costs.

This course is aimed at:

• Managers who wish to understand the risks from incorrect licensing and the cost benefits from optimal software implementation and management of licenses.
• Procurement and IT professionals who are involved in the specification, procurement, deployment, and maintenance of software and associated assets.
• Service Management practitioners who wish to understand how license management is aligned to ITIL version 3

For further details please contact: sales@purplegriffon.com or call us on 01539 736828