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SUMMUS Software Unveils Industry's First IT Software Asset Management Solution

By Deepika Mala
TMCnet Contributor

SUMMUS Software, a provider of cost-effective and comprehensive cloud-based IT management solutions, has recently introduced the industry's first IT software asset management solution.

The solution enables organizations to become certified in standards-based SAM for organization (CSS (News - Alert)(O)), an ISO SAM-compliant program from the Business Software Alliance.

Developed by BSA in collaboration with leading independent auditors KPMG and Deloitte (News - Alert) Touche, CSS(O) is the IT industry's first enterprise-level certification that affirms an organization's SAM processes are aligned to the ISO 19770-1 SAM standard and is compliant with its software license agreements.

Officials said that SUMMUS Software's integrated ITIL-compliant IT management solutions, Summus IT Management Suite and Summit Platform, have enabled Symphony Services to be the first company globally to become a CSS(O).

Companies, by becoming CSS(O), will be able to reduce their exposure to legal, financial and security risks caused by software piracy, software license non-compliance.

SUMMUS has incorporated all of the key CSS(O) SAM process requirements in its IT asset management product, Summus Asset Management. Built on the Summit Platform, Summus Asset Management is the ITAM component of the Summus IT Management Suite.

It provides different CSS(O)-compliant capabilities: white-list/black-list software inventory, centralized uninstall of black-listed software, software usage metering and others.

In a release, Wai Wong, President and CEO of SUMMUS Software, said, "Organizations worldwide are regularly faced with the prospects of license compliance audit requests from software publishers with the associated potential risks for substantial financial, legal and security liabilities. By offering the industry's first ISO SAM and CSS(O)-enabling ITAM solution, SUMMUS is helping customers to effectively manage costs and minimize exposure to potential risks from their software assets."

In related news, SUMMUS Software announces release of its cost-effective cloud-based IT management suite.