Software as a Service for Engineering Software Asset Management

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

Software Asset Management or SAM is a business process especially found in large enterprises for effective management of software assets throughout the organization. One important aspect of SAM is to ensure efficient utilization of expensive software assets to remove unnecessary cost. One example of expensive software asset that needs a SAM process is software licenses. To effectively manage an organization's software assets, a SAM tool is needed. There is a number of available tools in the industry that aids software asset management. There are many fields where SAM is applied. In this project, we are focusing on SAM in the field of Engineering. Open iT is a leading provider of software solutions in SAM for Engineering. Open iT Software features in-depth metering and analysis of software applications and software licenses. Currently, most SAM solutions in the market are traditional software that is installed on-premise. There is a recent rise of new software delivery model called Software as a Service or SaaS. SaaS have major benefits in both business and the industry. SaaS allows an expensive software to be affordable to customers. This allows businesses to extend its market reach from large enterprise customers to small and medium businesses down to professional individuals. However, establishing and maintaining a successful SaaS solution is an expensive and difficult engineering challenge. This project aims to establish a full SaaS solution for Software Asset Management in the field of Engineering.