Software Asset Management
The right licensing strategy for your IT landscape
At CANCOM, we offer comprehensive Software Asset Management (SAM) services that provide full transparency across all your licences, help you reduce costs sustainably, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. Our approach combines vendor-independent consultancy, modern tools and many years of experience. This ensures that your software investments are used optimally and that your company remains flexible and future-ready at all times.
How you benefit from Software Asset Management
The advantages of effective Software Asset Management are manifold:
Cost optimization
Save costs by avoiding over-licensing (potential savings in the double-digit percentage range) and reducing unused licenses.Legal security & compliance
Be audit-ready and protect your company from fines and liability risks through audit-proof license accounting.Transparency & control
Maintain full visibility of your license inventory, usage, and contract durations – especially in complex cloud and SaaS environments.Flexibility & future-readiness
Adapt contracts and licensing models flexibly to changes in your business – e.g., changes in user numbers or technologies.Strategic decision-making
Make informed decisions based on scenario analyses, contract comparisons, and SAM tool evaluations, allowing you to act proactively rather than reactively.
Our services
Our tailored service covers all aspects of Software Asset and License Management – from analyzing existing contracts and identifying risks and savings potential to developing long-term strategies and providing ongoing support and optimization.
The first step toward an efficient licensing strategy is transparency. With Smart License Consulting, CANCOM analyzes your current license and contract landscape and uncovers risks, weaknesses, and optimization potential. We examine both commercial and technical aspects – including infrastructure, usage scenarios, and compliance requirements. Additionally, we offer add-ons such as MLP License Training (Microsoft License Pro), hands-on workshops, or the Used License Check.
Depending on your needs, three service levels are available:
Essential – license plausibility check based on commercial and technical data as well as infrastructure, risk analysis, and actionable recommendations
Pro – extended asset and compliance analysis, review of organizational structure, reconciliation of all data sources, contract evaluation, creation of a license balance sheet, and detailed recommendations for optimization
Enterprise – comprehensive scenario analyses, IT roadmap definition, identification of required functionalities and technologies (on-premises & cloud), and creation of multiple contract scenarios as a decision-making foundation
Efficient license management requires clear structures, defined processes, and the right tools. With Smart Process Consulting, CANCOM supports you in selecting, implementing, or optimizing SAM tools and processes. Together, we develop a target vision for your SAM organization, define roles, policies, and workflows, and help you build a future-proof structure.
We address key questions such as:
Which SAM processes and roles are necessary?
How can the department be optimally integrated into the overall organization?
What policies and structures need to be established to ensure long-term compliance?
For companies seeking to design their license management efficiently and flexibly over the long term, CANCOM offers Smart SAM Management – combining strategic and operational support in one modular service model tailored to your needs.
This includes, in addition to Smart License and Process Consulting:
Ongoing strategic SAM consulting with regular status meetings, proactive topic identification, and prioritization of your requests.
Always-on-demand SAM expertise: access to our experts and best practices from numerous projects, including scoping of focus areas to minimize risks and optimize costs.
SAM Operations, where we take over operational tasks to relieve your internal teams.
What Sets Us Apart
Vendor-neutral Consulting
Transparent recommendations based on in-depth market knowledge and objective benchmarks
High security and compliance standards
Implementation in accordance with GDPR and BSI requirements
Modular and scalable approach
From initial license assessment to complete outsourcing of license management
Extensive expertise
Years of experience from audits, contract negotiations, and cloud migrations
Full transparency and control
Regular reports, clear license statements, risk analyses, and precise forecasts