Main page Consortium members Software Asset Management Standards ･ Summary ･ Terms and Conditions Background ･ mission ･ History Contact To browse this site, MS Internet Explorer 5.5 (or later version) is recommended for Windows users and MS Internet Explorer 5.1 (or later version) is recommended for Macintosh users. All copyrights of the images, texts, documents and other data and information on this website belong to the Software Asset Management Consortium (or the Consortium members). Modification, duplication or reproduction without permission from the Consortium (or these members) is prohibited. Mission In view of the crucial need for IT governance in modern society, the Software Asset Management Consortium provides open standards and methods that enterprises and organizations may use freely for the management of their in-house software assets. As a result: Enterprises and organizations now have the world’s first set of unified standards and proven methods for the efficient management of in-house software assets Enterprises and organizations are now free from the burdensome process of having to devise their own individual standards and methods for software asset management. History June, 2005 Held the seminar of “Information Security and Software Asset Management in the Digital Generation” in Oosaka, sponsored by NIKKEI Forum 2005 / Software Asset Management Consortium May, 2005 Held the seminar of “Information Security and Software Asset Management in the Digital Generation” in Tokyo, sponsored by NIKKEI Forum 2005 / Software Asset Management Consortium February, 2005 Held the 2nd Seminar of “Information Security and Software Asset Management in the Digital Generation”, sponsored by NIKKEI Forum 2005 / Software Asset Management Consortium November, 2004 Held the 1st Seminar of “Information Security and Software Asset Management in the Digital Generation”, sponsored by NIKKEI Forum 2004 / Software Asset Management Consortium October, 2004 Launched the working group of Software Asset Management User Survey and started to work August, 2004 Released Chinese Version of Management Standard June, 2004 Released English Version of Management Standard March-May, 2004 Software Asset Management Evaluation Program implemented using Software Asset Management Standard November 22, 2003 Seminar held to introduce and explain of Software AssetManagement Evaluation Standard November 19, 2003 Software Asset Management Evaluation Standard announced to media October, 2003         - June, 2004 Completed a 8-session series of “Software Asset Management Seminar” sponsored by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., and cosponsored by Software Asset Management Consortium June 3, 2003 Seminar held to promote current issues and successful examples of software asset management November 20, 2002 Seminar commemorates publishing of Software Asset Management Standards (Version 1.0) October 31, 2002 Software Asset Management Standards (Version 1.0) announced to media May 20, 2002 Software Asset Management Consortium established

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