Well-implemented software asset management allows for significant cost savings, not only in direct expenditure on software, but also in related process and infrastructure costs. It puts companies in a stronger negotiating position with software manufacturers and improves software purchasing arrangements.

It enables more strategic infrastructure planning, prevents over-licensing and identifies over-deployment of hardware while reducing the IT administrative and support burden with its associated costs. It also allows the IT department to control exactly what software anyone has access to and significantly reduces the opportunity for users to introduce unauthorised software to your network.