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Company Verifies Compliance With SAM, Gains Return on Investment of 600 Percent

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Overview A major motor vehicle and household insurance company purchased most of its software and hardware through an outsourced IT organization, but was unsure of its software compliance status. The company worked with Data#3, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, to implement a Software Asset Management (SAM) program. Data#3 helped the company to ascertain and maintain its compliance, while reducing software purchase costs and achieving a 600 percent return on investment.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	January 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Asset Management

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