Maurice Staal, Managing Director of PC-WARE Information Technologies, a South African Microsoft large account reseller, announced yesterday the introduction of its new hosted software asset management (SAM) services during its two-day international SAM event in Midrand.
PC-WARE will provide its clients with access to the full spectrum of its cost-effective integrated SAM solutions and services.
PC-WARE's SAM services will provide its clients with the effective management, control and protection of their software assets with respect to their software expenditure.
It will enable customers to manage all their contractual obligations with vendors, deployment and usage throughout all stages of the software life cycle.
Maurice Staal explains: "Software asset management is part of our Five Pillar Value Proposition successfully launched in April of this year. In our discussion with our customers, it became clear that there is a requirement for hosted services. Therefore, we developed a comprehensive solution that is cost-effective and ensures compliancy with all software vendors, as well as a total software asset overview.
"Our clients trust in our 17 years' expertise as a licensing specialist. The growth of our SAM business unit is a direct result of our one-stop licensing solution that helps our clients to comply with best practices in IT."
PC-WARE offers customers the opportunity to outsource the entire process of SAM. Clients are provided with permanent and actual information on all software assets, including contract management, thus enabling the organisation to strategically plan, protect their investment and make sound decisions. This unique service can be hosted on and off-site. Experienced consultants and project managers will assure successful delivery.
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PC-WARE Information Technologies is one of the few software licensing companies in South Africa offering a comprehensive core service portfolio which covers licensing of standardised software, software management and proprietary software solutions.
Together with its strategic partners in South Africa it provides turnaround solutions.
PC-WARE is the outright market leader in Europe within its core business of software licensing and licence management and growing its business very rapidly in South Africa. It employs more than 1 200 people and serves around 85 000 customers; the company operates subsidiaries in South Africa, 15 European countries as well as in China, Russia and the US.
PC-WARE was granted European large account reseller (ELAR) status for the whole of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA region) by Microsoft, one of the company's key business associates.
Working with co-operation partners, the company is able to cover markets in North and South America, Asia, Australia and Eastern Europe, in addition to serving global customers. PC-WARE co-operates closely with a number of IT specialists, including Microsoft, Adobe, Citrix, Business Objects, VMware, Novell, Symantec, McAfee, Veritas, Computer Associates, Oracle, Attachmate, Borland, Fujitsu-Siemens, IBM/Lotus and Hewlett Packard.
The company has been operating profitably since its inception in 1990. Activities within the area of software licence reselling commenced in 1993. Since 2000, PC-WARE AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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