SAM AT TRANSITION BETWEEN ON-PREMISE AND XAAS

• Basic requirements for the SAM in the Subscription Economy
• Bring Your Own License – Which licenses can we use on which IaaS?
• License Mobility in Practice: Which server applications can be deployed with the existing licenses on AWS and which ones need to run on instances in dedicated hosts?
• AWS Marketplace & Co.: Buy per click – What is the future of IT Procurement between fast deployment and cost transparency?
• Are G Suite and Google Cloud Platform an alternative given the licensing models and costs?
• SAP Indirect usage: New sales, audit and pricing model – is everything clear now?
• License optimization in complex hybrid system landscapes
• On the other side of the Cloud: On-premise licenses – Shelfware or off to the used-software market?
• Legal aspects of used software

IT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

• Demand-oriented design of license agreements
• Negotiations with the big SW manufacturers
• Vendor and vendor management in the context of XaaS
• Avoid vendor lock-in with cloud services

AUDITS 

• Audit defense strategies and dealing with multiple parallel audits
• Sovereign handling of audits: keep control & regain – tips and tricks from practice
• Changes in relationships between software manufacturers and customers
• Company-wide cooperation in audits
• Exchange of experience on audits of the largest manufacturers

THE FUTURE OF SAM?

• Container-based virtualization and the consequences for SAM
• IoT in terms of license management – “Digital Access” vs. “Human Access” – What are the basics for license design?
• The API Economy from the perspective of license management
• SAM & Security: Proactive Management of Risks & Vulnerabilities via Software Classification – a Task for the SAM?

SAM IN DYNAMIC AND DECENTRALIZED BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS

• Company-wide coordination of software procurement processes
• Effects of M&A, Carve-ins / Carve-outs on Software Asset Management

SAM IN SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES

• Designing & implementing efficient SAM with limited resources
• Leading successful negotiations with major software publishers as a small company?
• Open source software as an alternative?

CONTROL & MONITORING: TECHNOLOGIES, TOOLS & SYSTEMS

• Technology driven enterprise-wide software license management: from theory to practice
• SAM tools, systems and reporting solutions at a glance
• AWS budgets, etc. are enough, aren’t they? Cloud Services and the evolution of SAM Tools

SAM ESSENTIALS

• Quickly reduce license costs and ensure compliance
• Building and developing an efficient SAM
• Practice-oriented key competences for new software asset managers & IT buyers