4th February 2010
New partnership offers complete software asset management and
IT compliance consultancy and solutions for FAST customers.
FAST Ltd announced today it has signed an agreement to
partner with IT Asset Management expert Express Metrix, to
offer a new software tool to its customers, providing the complete
software compliance package from a single provider.
From Spring 2011, FAST Ltd will offer its customers FAST
Express Software Manager, a specialised software and
hardware asset management solution designed to provide
organisations with comprehensive IT asset reporting. The
solution gives customers the tools and information needed to stay
compliant with licence agreements, eliminate spend on unused
software, manage hardware inventory, and track and report on IT
purchases.
FAST Express Software Manager will be exclusively available to
customers on the FAST Programme as an additional tool to support
the existing FAST Compliance Manager product - ultimately offering
its customers a complete package for all their IT software and
asset management compliance requirements.
Matthew Barnes, Managing Director at FAST Ltd commented:
“According to our 2010 FAST Ltd Customer Survey, the number of
organisations that had received software audits from vendors or
enforcement agencies in the previous 12 months had risen by almost
100 percent and more than half (55 percent) of the respondents
surveyed had been audited by a software publisher or other body in
the past previous 12 months alone.
“These figures show that it’s imperative that organisations have
an understanding of what they own. You can’t manage what you
can’t see and the Inventory feature of FAST Express Software
Manager allows you to identify the entirety of your organisation’s
IT estate, including the hardware assets. Software Usage Metering
and Application Control can also be used to ensure that you can get
a complete and accurate picture of the software that your
organisation is actually using, and therefore ensuring you
are controlling costs in an effective manner - which
let’s face it, is vital in this current climate.
“The partnership with Express Metrix is an exciting development
for FAST Ltd as we can now offer our customers a complete package,
which is great news for many organisations looking to work with one
specialist company to ensure they are legally compliant.”
Grant Brierley, VP Sales & Marketing for Express
Metrix in EMEA added: “FAST Ltd is an expert in the field of
SAM and IT compliance. Organisations nowadays are looking for a
complete solution and service offering, rather than having to deal
with a number of different companies to help ensure they are
compliant. It was therefore only natural that we would
partner with FAST Ltd to provide this whole package to
organisations across the UK.”
The partnership comes at a good time for FAST Ltd, which
recently announced new developments for 2011. It is updating
its FAST Standard for Software Compliance (FSSC-1:2011) and
introducing the brand new FAST Software Lifecycle Management
Programme (FSLMP). The new FSLMP is a process driven approach for
customers who have achieved Gold level software licence compliance
and are looking to take the next steps towards full Software Asset
Management (SAM).
More information on the new partnership with Express Metrix and
updates to the FAST Standard for Software Compliance will be
available on the FAST website soon.
Email marketing@fast-ltd.co.uk for
more information or to register your interest.