SUPPLY CHAIN & PRICING ADVISORY

Experts in SAM Managed Services

Anglepoint helps the world's largest and most complex organizations take control of their software and cloud estates by optimizing technology spending, reducing risk, and eliminating waste. Consistently recognized as a leader in SAM Managed Services by Gartner and IDC, we have partnered with hundreds of organizations and over 20% of the world's Fortune 100 companies, delivering measurable business impact with an over 200% average ROI.
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Anglepoint Services

SAM Managed Services

Modernize your approach to software asset management with publisher-specific expertise and scalable program support. Anglepoint's SAM Managed Services help you reduce risk, control costs, and transform ITAM into a strategic business enabler.

Key capabilities:

  • Ongoing license consumption & entitlement management
  • Publisher-specific services (IBM, Oracle, Microsoft & more)
  • Audit defense & risk remediation
  • Tooling integration & automation support
  • Governance, reporting & KPI tracking
  • Scalable, modular engagement model
SAM Workshop, Publisher Prioritization + Coverage Analysis

Assess your current ITAM goals, objectives, and success criteria, along with policies, software asset lifecycle processes, workflows, roles and responsibilities, staffing needs, and governance model.

Key capabilities:

  • ITAM goals, objectives & success criteria review
  • Policy and lifecycle process assessment
  • Roles, responsibilities & staffing evaluation
  • Workflow and resource analysis
  • Governance model assessment
Publisher Prioritization

Analyze software publisher spend, audit risk, and contract lifecycles to establish a tiered set of priorities for software license and compliance management.

Key capabilities:

  • Current software spend analysis
  • Historical and current audit risk review
  • Contract lifecycle evaluation
  • Tiered publisher prioritization
  • Compliance management focus areas
CVA (IASP) IBM Managed Services (one year minimum)

End-to-end SAM services for IBM software under the IASP program. Includes quarterly updates of license consumption and entitlement reports (ELP), plus support for optimization and risk remediation.

Key capabilities:

  • PVU-based IBM license management
  • Quarterly ELP reporting
  • License consumption & entitlement tracking
  • Optimization opportunity identification
  • Risk remediation support
VSAM Oracle Managed Services (one year minimum)

End-to-end SAM services for Oracle software, including database, middleware, and EBS. Includes bi-annual ELP updates and year-round licensing support for reporting and optimization.

Key capabilities:

  • Oracle license consumption & entitlement reporting
  • Bi-annual ELP updates
  • Ongoing Oracle licensing support
  • Periodic reporting
  • Optimization across Oracle environments
FinOps Assessment

Align stakeholder expectations with FinOps program objectives and scope through live collaboration (in-person or virtual). A subject matter professional facilitates a shared understanding of your current FinOps state and develops an actionable plan for your desired future state.

Key capabilities:

  • Stakeholder alignment sessions
  • Current-state FinOps evaluation
  • Objective and scope definition
  • Facilitated collaboration (virtual or in-person)
  • Actionable roadmap development
Price Benchmarking Intelligence (PBI) Report

Evaluate the competitiveness and market alignment of a software licensing pricing proposal. Identify overpricing or hidden cost increases–regardless of publisher.

Key capabilities:

  • Software pricing proposal assessment
  • Market alignment benchmarking
  • Overpricing detection
  • Hidden cost increase identification
  • Publisher-agnostic analysis