Econocom and Certero sign strategic partnership to deliver license management solution for SAP and IBM environments across Spain, Portugal and Andorra.

Econocom Group, a key player in the European market for digital services for businesses, has become the first company in Spain, to sign a partnership agreement with Certero, specialists in software asset management (SAM) solutions, to provide a joint solution to customers in SAP and IBM licensing management.

Econocom’s ITSM team will utilize Certero’s AssetStudio products designed specifically for IBM and SAP environments to help companies discover, inventory, monitor and manage their software licenses, reducing costs, optimizing the use of licenses and reducing the risk of non-compliance.

“Having the knowledge and control of IT assets is a vital part of any strategy for ITSM. By partnering with Certero, it gives us incredible opportunities to offer a global service to handle the complex issues around SAP and IBM licensing, amongst others, “said Mario Romero Largacha, Director of Business Unit ITSM Econocom Group.

Through this collaboration and outsourcing of “SAM as a Service”, Group Econocom can configure and update licensing schemes of different contracts and suppliers automatically as inventorying installed, used and purchased software, allowing for the proper management of lifecycle assets.

SOURCE: certero.com