What IBM Z Software Asset Management can do for business

IBM Z® Software Asset Management provides asset discovery, monitoring and reporting to understand IBM Z and third-party product and application usage. You can use it to manage the full-life cycle of hardware and software assets including software license and contracts management. IBM Z Software Asset Management allows you to avoid license compliance violation penalties by providing a full audit trail to track usage and enable effective license management. You can also add IBM Z Software Asset Management for Distributed for an end-to-end software asset management solution. Additionally, support has been added for SCRT Tailored Fit Pricing with new reports.

Features

• Automatic discovery and identification
• Advanced reporting
• Software monitoring
• High-speed scanning
• Asset and license management capabilities

Benefits

• **Save time: **Get automatic discovery and identification of IBM® and third-party software running on the IBM Z platform.
• **Increase performance: **Enable improved performance in operational jobs and reduction in database disk space requirements.
• **Improve data insights: **Monitor software usage and related growth so you can proactively plan for future capacity needs.
• **Reduce costs: **Lower costs by removing unused and obsolete software.