Independent Software Licensing Advisory
Independent Software Asset Management, License Compliance and OEM Audit Defence services to help organizations manage software investments, understand licensing obligations and respond confidently to publisher audits.
Our Services
From Software Asset Management services and software license optimization to Effective License Position assessments and software license audit defence, we help you build an accurate, well-documented view of your licensing position.
Software Asset Management services that show what is installed, what you are entitled to use and where software spend can be optimized.
Software license compliance assessments that establish your Effective License Position and identify licensing risk early.
Independent software license audit defence that helps you validate publisher audit data, review findings and respond with evidence.
Hello! SAM is an independent advisor. We are not appointed by, partnered with or acting on behalf of any software publisher.
Publisher Licensing Expertise
We currently concentrate our software license compliance reviews on four software publishers.
Microsoft license compliance reviews across volume licensing, subscriptions and server products.
Autodesk license compliance reviews covering subscriptions, named-user and legacy licenses.
Bentley license compliance reviews of engineering software entitlements and usage.
Adobe license compliance reviews of creative and document software subscriptions.
Publisher names identify our licensing focus areas only. All trademarks belong to their respective owners; no affiliation, partnership or endorsement is implied.
Our Approach
Every engagement follows the same disciplined path, so each finding can be traced back to its supporting data.
Understand the software environment and licensing records.
Reconcile deployments, entitlements and contractual obligations.
Identify discrepancies and provide evidence-backed recommendations.
Improve compliance processes and software investment decisions.
About Us
Hello! SAM is an independent advisory service focused on software asset management, license compliance and OEM audit defence. We help organizations understand their licensing position through evidence, not assumptions.
Focused entirely on software licensing, entitlements and publisher audit processes.
Conclusions are drawn from your data, contracts and entitlement records.
A consistent, documented approach from discovery to recommendation.
Your licensing records and contracts are handled with discretion.
Clear next steps your teams can act on.
Contact
Tell us about your software environment, a licensing question or an upcoming publisher audit. We will reply by email.
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