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11/07/2025

Struggling with Software Audits?

You're not alone and you're not stuck.
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✔️ Diagnose your SAM & HAM process challenges
✔️ Align with ISO 19770‑1:2017 best practices
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📍Cut through the complexity.
📍Avoid costly surprises.
📍Turn audits into non-events.

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08/05/2025

New Release: The SAM Charter SAM Ecosystem - Now Available in 4 Languages!

We’re pleased to share that the SAM Charter SAM Ecosystem our comprehensive A0 visual guide is now available in English, German, French, and Spanish.

This visual framework provides an ISO/IEC 19770-1 aligned view of what “good” looks like in Software Asset Management and is fully integrated with the ITAM Accelerate Process Kit.

Whether you're building or maturing your SAM practice, this ecosystem is designed to guide, inform, and accelerate your progress.

Download your free copy here: https://www.samcharter.com/resources/whitepapers/

05/05/2025

Struggling to make your SAM suite deliver real results?

Your SAM tool isn’t a solution it’s just that: a tool.
Success in Software Asset Management (SAM) starts with understanding the ecosystem around it and building processes that actually drive value.

That’s where the SAM Surgery from SAM Charter comes in.
In just two days, we’ll help you:

🔹 Diagnose your SAM strengths and weaknesses
🔹 Map your business and IT goals into your SAM strategy
🔹 Prioritise your short-term and long-term SAM objectives
🔹 Align with ISO 19770-1:2017 and ISO 19770-8:2020 best practices
🔹 Prepare a clear roadmap to defend against audits and control costs

If your organisation is serious about world-class SAM and ITAM success your journey starts here.
Not with another tool but with a strategy.

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13/04/2023

An update: Our Template SAM Eco-System has now been translated into French :) Now you have a graphical representation of what best-practice SAM looks like in French, German, Spanish and English.

Head over to our whitepapers page to download your free copy:

SAM Charter is a Software Asset Management (SAM) consulting practice that is focused on recognising your primary business drivers and ensuring all IT assets are in sync with business strategy and operations.

24/07/2021

I’m really enjoying reading Cloud FinOps published by O’Reilly (I’ll put a link to the book in the comments) but I wanted to share my thoughts on this emergent discipline, and what I thought of the book.

1. FinOps is the dynamic practice of cloud cost management: No longer can we view our own business units in silos – competitive/ first mover advantage will not allow it. Architecture and Finance need to collaborate like never-before. So here is my first observation: Any digital transformation that involves the cloud needs a cultural refresh – Architects should appreciate the cost of turned-on services, and Finance should appreciate the value of turned-on services. An agile mind-set is needed by all staff to view the cloud as a Profit/ Value-making eco-system.

2. Good morning all, I hope this is your best Wednesday ever! Here is my second observation: FinOps is a journey – not a destination: Whereas traditional SAM would have you believe that arriving at a state of compliance is the ultimate goal (yeah right, thanks Mr Software Vendor!) FinOps has you implementing the best deployment model based upon state-changes internal and external to the IT estate.

3. Tag or die trying! Untagged cloud assets will fall to a central pool for payment, which will only serve to undermine value-stream analysis and cost-sharing. Your tags now become vital entities that have a lifecycle that needs to respect the Bermuda Triangle of SAM.

16/06/2020

The Hardware Asset Refresh Process - tips and tricks to consider:

Sweating hardware assets is a canny method of squeezing extra value from your IT budget. Listen to Kylie and Rory introduce further gems in this short video.

29/02/2020

More musings on IT Asset Management from Kylie and myself. This month: the joys and perils of the Hardware Disposal Process:

Getting your Hardware Asset Management correctly executed goes a long way in helping you run a lean IT estate, as well as supporting good ITAM and good Infor...

27/10/2019

Another month, another HAM process: This time, Kylie and Rory school you in the finer points to be considered around hardware support and maintenance.

https://www.samcharter.com/sam-ham-videos/

Scroll down to the bottom of the screen for the latest installment.

SAM & HAM have never been easier to understand with our videos guiding you through easy to follow workflows that support dynamic IT asset management.

01/08/2019

This year, SAM Charter is hosting a fantasy football league "SAM Charter all stars" - use code fkqq57 and if you win at the end of the season you get to nominate your favourite registered charity for a donation of £500:

Official Fantasy Premier League 2019/20. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.

17/09/2017

Are you trapped in the Bermuda Triangle of SAM? Reach out now - SAM Charter can help.

30/05/2016

Time for a free health checkup on your SAM Process! Get your checkup here: http://buff.ly/1rQnJp2

This FREE 20 question assessment will you to get a taster for the kinds of issues you will have to address when establishing a SAM/ITAM Framework.