SLAM

SMartSLAM (SAP License Asset Management)  is a solution developed by SMB to assist SAP customers optimise their SAP licensing estate.

With the increased focus on cost management and license compliance IT Asset Management (ITAM) and  Software Asset Management (SAM) are in the spotlight, but neither in isolation is capable of delivering the full benefit of an integrated solution.

SMB has invested heavily to ensure that we have the right skills and capability to assist customers with this important task. SMartSlam is the result of many years of dealing with SAP license estate issues on a daily basis. We have developed methodologies and tools that make the task of Optimising and using your SAP license estate much easier and simpler than it has been up till now.

Built on success in the Oracle environment, this solution offers the potential of significant savings to both large and small users of SAP.

SAP License and Asset Management (SLAM) brings together these two disciplines to give SAP clients compliant, lower cost and better informed control of their SAP license estates.  

A SLAM solution enables a deeper understanding of your SAP licensing, including legacy and current agreements.
SAP Clients use SLAM:-

• As part of a holistic SAM strategy or as part of FAST accreditation.
• To prepare for an SAP License Review/SAP audit or address individual license issues.

To understand their SAP position as a platform for an SAP negotiation or cost reduction exercise (20% cost reductions are typical if well managed).

SMartSlam can be a one-off exercise to help with individual license issues or it can be part of a wider strategy to ensure that you are always in control of your licensing costs and with the added reassurance of compliance.

The solution provides a unique and independent source of SAP licensing knowledge including the key aspects of successful license negotiation.

The SMartSlam Solution consists of four elements designed to provide a complete service.