More than 100 attendees gathered to discuss current challenges, new approaches and future trends in the field of SAM and SLM. Participants, speakers and business partners took part in a highly interactive conference and used the opportunity to discuss experiences, to network, benchmark and exchange ideas and best practices. SAMS - Software Asset Management Strategies Europe 2013 has therefore become the leading conference for strategic approaches and challenges to the management of Software Asset & License Management.

1. 2013 POST EVENT REPORT
September 26 – 27, 2013
Implementation of an enterprise-wide SLM and SAM | Cost-saving, riskreducing and demand-oriented SAM in practice | Virtualization,
Enterprise Mobility, Cloud Computing, SaaS | License models and
strategies under scrutiny | SLM and SAM in dynamic business
environments
Berlin, Germany
More than 100 attendees gathered to discuss current challenges, new approaches and future
trends in the field of SAM and SLM.
Participants, speakers and business partners took part in a highly interactive conference and
used the opportunity to discuss experiences, to network, benchmark and exchange ideas and
best practices.
100+
Decision-Makers
20+
International
Case Studies
& Keynote
Speakers
SAMS - Software Asset Management Strategies Europe 2013 has therefore become the leading
conference for strategic approaches and challenges to the management of Software Asset &
License Management.
2013’s SAMS Europe 2014
EXPERT SPEAKERS
2013’s BUSINESS
PARTNERS
SAMS EUROPE AWARD 2013!
At the evening of the first conference day the SAMS Europe Award
2013 ceremony took place. The award was given to outstanding
SAM and SLM projects and innovations from companies from
around the world.
The winners were Deutsche Post DHL and its project Group Wide
License Management, HCL Technologies with the implementation
of Software Asset Management across HCL and Century Link and
the application CenturyLink Qwest Merger.
Join in 2014!
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2. CUTTING-EDGE SESSIONS
Who attended SAMS Europe 2013
In the we.CONECT Icebreaker Session before the conference start,
participants had a first opportunity to network, benchmark and discuss
SAM and SLM focused topics in small groups, while getting to know each
other in a relaxed atmosphere over snacks & drinks under the motto:
“Breaking the ice and getting the show on the road!”
we.CONECT created innovative & stimulating Challenge Your Peers Roundtables - each of which dealt with individual matters:
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Strategies & Processes
Costs & Charge Back
Tools & Systems
New Technologies & Gamechanger
The we.CONECT World Café Sessions
offered newly intensive, interactive ways of
exchanging experiences and knowledge collectively with peers:
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Outsourcing / Outtasking SAM, Can it Work in International IT
Environment?
Potential Savings Through SAM and SLM – Experiences from the
Telekom-Approach in Practice
Application Utilization – None Installation Based Usage Metering
How to Build a Compliant SLM for Mobile Devices and BYOD in an
International Enterprise
Ways and Methods for an Effective SAM and SLM for Open Source
and Used Software
Achieving Software License and Spend Optimisation to Avoid the
Software Audit
GRAPHIC RECORDING OF 2013
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3. HIGHLIGHT SPEAKERS & KEYNOTES
ICEBREAKER & AUDIT DEBATE
MEYER, MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
· SABINE
Sabine Meyer invited the community to join her
presentation about choosing your SAM Tools under
the question of how do I know what to look for and
what to select during her Icebreaker Session. In an
open discussion on IT Audits with different demands
based on the level of expertise she made a short
statement.
CHALLENGE YOUR PEERS & KEYNOTE
CARSTEN DREWSEN, MAERSK LINE IT
CASE STUDY & CHALLENGE
CHRISTIAN GILLET, SOLVAY S.A.
YOUR
PEERS
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Christian Gillet talked during his case study about Google,
SalesForce and Ariba in real life – actual benefits and
drawbacks of the Cloud versus traditional software model,
while his Challenge Your Peers Session was set on
Strategies & Processes of SAM and SLM.
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Carsten Drewsen led a Challenge Your Peers
Session regarding SAM and SLM Strategies &
Processes. During his keynote presentation he
focused on the new approaches for new challenges –
Licence Management in a Mobile Enterprise
Environment.
CASE STUDY & AUDIT DEBATE · MONIKA
RYGLEWSKA, OMV SOLUTIONS GMBH
WORLD CAFÉ & AUDIT DEBATE · FLORIAN FALK
SOKOLL, UNICREDIT BUSINESS INTEGRATED
SOLUTIONS AUSTRIA GMBH
Florian Falk Sokoll was also one of the moderators at
the audit debate, who pointed his statement out. He
discussed in his World Café ways and methods for an
effective SAM and SLM for open source and used
software.
The main topic of Monika Ryglewskas case study
was the multinational license management:
Transformation from risk to value. Next to Meyer,
Sokoll and Scholl, she was also a moderator during
the audit debate session.
Software Asset Management Strategies Europe 2013
2014’s
PARTNERS
► SAMS Europe 2014
September 18 – 19, 2014 in Berlin
► ACCESS CONFERENCE MEDIA CENTER

4. UPCOMING EVENTS
SAMS
Dach 2014
Intra.NET
Reloaded 2014
Virtual Workplace
Evolution 2014
February 24 – 25, 2014 in Berlin
April 10 – 11, 2014 in Berlin
May 5 – 6, 2014 in Berlin
Software Asset- and Software-License
Management, SAM and SLM and
Software Audits
Aligning the Digital Sphere with its
People, Unified Communications und
Enterprise Social Networking
Strategies, Processes,
Infrastructure and Security
http://sams2014.we-conect.com
http://intra-net2014.we-conect.com
http://virtual-workplace2014.weconect.com
CiMi.CON
Evolution 2014
Enterprise App
Revolution 2014
Big Data
Minds 2014
June 16 – 17, 2014 in Berlin
June 23 – 24, 2014 in Berlin
September 18 – 19, 2014 in Berlin
CI & MI 3.0, Innovation, Methods how to
use CI & MI effectively and Tools &
Systems
Game Changer, Strategies and
Construction and Processes
Strategy & Process, Technology,
Architecture und Security
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http://enterprise-app2014.we-conect.com
http://big-data2014.we-conect.com
CONTACT we.CONECT
Alexander Sladczyk
Sales Director
Tel.: +49 (0)30 52 10 70 3 - 55
Email: alexander.sladczyk@we-conect.com
Nicole Steuer
Marketing Development Manager
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Email: nicole.steuer@we-conect.com
Jörg Thinius
Senior Director Partner Management
Tel.: +49 (0)30 52 10 70 3 - 33
Email: joerg.thinius@we-conect.com
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