The COVID-19 crisis has left IT leaders at academic institutions with an extraordinary challenge: managing millions of dollars in digital resources for hundreds of thousands of students amid soaring budget and labor cuts. Experienced IT leaders know that they need to proactively optimize processes to run their departments with efficiency.

In this playbook, we share the processes software asset management services can put in place to streamline the management of digital resources and reduce your IT team’s burden—all while delivering ROI and adding value for students, faculty, and staff. The playbook details how these services deliver measurable benefits within 30, 60 and 90 days of implementation, including:

• A reduction of manual effort, greater compliance, and enhanced data security within 30 days
• Increased resource adoption rates and cost savings for institutions and students within 60 days
• Better data, more insightful analytics, and more accurate reporting within 90 days

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