The CTMS Assisted Estimated Licence Position (ELP) Service* enables clients to continue to deliver the day to day IT services their business expects and takes away the pain of achieving an up to date baseline for ongoing software management process. In short, it provides all the necessary processes to achieve an ELP prior to achieving an Actual Licence Position (ALP), as approved by manufacturers such as Microsoft.

The Assisted ELP Service ensures that CTMS clients achieve effective control of their software assets based on 3 criteria:

• Business Risk (Legality)
• Cost Control (Best Value )
• Ongoing Legal Software Management.

The Assisted ELP Service can be applied to those areas of the business that are pertinent to achieving ongoing software management, thus CTMS? in-house expertise extends to:

• Audit Technology
• Licensing
• Data Mining
• Business Process Mapping
• Software & Hardware Management solutions

Working with CTMS provides accurate SAM information. This means you are better equipped to negotiate with software publishers and service providers: The service:

• Enables better use of software upgrade and downgrade rights
• Provides information for more informed software procurement
• Ensures that your internal software business processes can be monitored on a regular basis

For more information or a FREE consultation on how the Assisted ELP Service can be scoped to meet your organisation's requirements please contact us or call 0845 130 4544.

* Level 4 of CTMS's SAM Squared Quick Suite of services.