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Overview
SAMLite is a Software Asset Management solution developed to take away the pain of managing software. The objective of SAMLite is to give organisations an alternative to tedious physical auditing methods, or expensive and complex software auditing methods.
SAMLite comprises of a set of utilities aimed entirely in assisting the software administrator in the process of tracking, managing and reporting software usage within an organisation. SAMLite enables IT Administrators to:
- Automatically detect machines and software installed on those machines
- Record software movement to facilitate reconciliation
- Automate the process of request and approval of software
- Calculate the cost of investment in terms of installed software
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About SAMLite
SAMLite is perfect for Software Asset Management
Secure your environment
Identify risky installations and ensure usage of important software patches.
Manage legal liabilities and license compliances
Detect software installations and removals. Track the use of illegal and unauthorized software.
Reconcile software procurement
Match software purchases with software currently in use in a single click.
Comprehensive Reporting
Use the search capabilities, graphical reports or simply export to Microsoft Excel to create the report that you need.
Plan your software usage
Reliable use SAMLite data to plan for software upgrades, maintenance programs and purchase budgets.
Why SAMLite?
Easy to deploy
You need not be a rocket scientist to deploy SAMLite. With comprehensive documentations and email support, SAMLite typically takes less than a week to deploy and capture the installed software data on all desktops and servers.
Because there are no active agents installed on your machines, you can rest assure knowing that it will not impact any existing applications.
Dependable and cost effective
With more than 100 clients and growing, SAMLite is the choice for cost effective systems assets management. The administrative overhead of SAMLite is very low. SAMLite can be left running without user intervention for months while the data is collected automatically 24 hours a day.
SAMLite is suitable for organisations with as few as 25 PC's, and has been proven to run seamlessly and unintrusively in environments with over 10,000 managed desktops, even across WANs. For all its features, SAMLite is very affordable both in startup and operational costs.
Benefits of SAMLite
- Ensure that hardware and software assets are efficiently and effectively utilized
- Manage software upgrades by being able to identify what needs to be upgraded
- At any one point in time, be able to have access to the inventory of hardware and software in the environment
- Calculate and compare between purchased software and actual installation base, thus being able to manage software deployment
- Have access to knowledge of changes in the environment such as information on new PCs, or software being installed or removed
- Reduce the risk of software licensing non-compliance and litigation
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Key Features
Lightweight Discovery and Inventory
The award-winning SAMLite lightweight inventory engine has been improved and optimized to ensure even better performance. It is non-intrusive, doesn't require agents to be installed on PCs, and is fast and easy to deploy.
Comprehensive software license management
Manages product keys, license count, purchases, installation history, and software categories. SAMLite reports the total cost of ownership by software categories, hardware, department etc.
Hardware Lifecycle Management
SAMLite will not only manage your software licenses but also the complete lifecycle of your hardware inventory, from deployment to retirement.
Greater visibility and control in managing your business operations
You will be notified when your hardware warranty is near expiry or when your software licenses are near the end of life. This data can be personalized to show information that is important to you.
Fully web-based using the latest Internet technologies for ease of use
Ease of use via an AJAX driven web-based interface. User accounts are used to grant permissions to certain groups or individuals for normal or privileged access into SAMLite, thereby increasing the level of security.
Multi-organization support
For IT offices that manage multiple subsidiaries or companies, this feature allows assets to be managed centrally from a single administrative console without needing multiple systems.
Comprehensive reports for asset management
Improved reports based on the best practices of Software Asset Management are available natively. Advanced analysis and visualization are now supported with 3D charting capability.
Integration to Microsoft SMS 2003 and SCCM 2007
Seamless database integration means that the asset inventory can be collected using existing Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 infrastructure and used by SAMLite for asset management purposes.
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Software Preview
Take a trip through SAMLite
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Guide & Documentation
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Feature Comparison Chart
Features highlighted are features that are different from SAMLite version 4.0 and 4.5
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Awards winning software
SAMLite has been recognized as a leading product in world-class software asset management solutions.
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Winner
Software Asset Management Advocate of the Year
Microsoft Worldwide Certified Partner Awards 2003
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Finalist
Software Asset Management Advocate of the Year
Microsoft Certified Partner Awards 2003, Asia-Pacific Regional Finalist
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Merit Award
Best Software Application Category
MSC Asia-Pacific ITC Awards 2002
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IPR
Advocate of the Year
Microsoft Malaysia Partners Awards 2001
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Case Studies
The following case studies are examples of some of the many companies that have realized improved manageability, lower IT administration costs and increase efficiency.
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Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power uses Software Asset Management to improve manageability and lower IT administration costs.
"By adopting a robust SAM plan and SAM tool that is SAMLite 3.0, we have been able to reduce the time spent by our administrators on calls by 50%. This has improved productivity and employee satisfaction tremendously."
Nalakumar R S, Corporate Champion - IT & Business
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Galaxy Surfactants
Galaxy Surfactants uses Software Asset Management to lower IT administration costs and increase efficiency.
"We know exactly how many licenses we have for each software title, so that instead of acquiring more, we can redeploy software from department to department."
Yogesh Kalra, Senior Manager - Finance, Accounts & Systems
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Meet our partners
We work with a number of partners to deliver complete software asset management solutions to our customers.
Singapore
A & B Group
Advanced & Best Technologies Pte Ltd
16 Kallang Place
#06-08
Singapore 339156
Contact No: +65 6837 2336
Fax No: +65 6220 4532
Website: http://www.anbgroup.com
EmBeyond Pte Ltd
1 Tannery Road,
#04-06 One Tannery,
Singapore 347719
Contact No: +65 6412 0550
Website: http://www.embeyond.net
UIC Asian Computer Services Pte Ltd
750A, Technopark@Chai Chee,
#05-02/03 Chai Chee Road,
Singapore 469001
Contact No: +65 6241 5388
Hong Kong
Infocan Computer (HK) Ltd
Suite 1901-02, 19/F.,
Two Chinachem Exchange Square,
338 King's Road, Hong Kong
Contact No: 852-2882-2277
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Frequently Asked Questions
Latest support information, common issues, downloads, instructions, troubleshooters and more.
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