Certero for Enterprise SAM

Certero for Enterprise SAM is an enterprise software asset management (SAM) and license optimization platform designed to deliver complete visibility, governance, and financial control over software licensing across complex hybrid IT estates. Managing modern software agreements—spanning major enterprise vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, SAP, and Adobe—presents significant financial risks due to intricate licensing metrics, virtualization rules, and aggressive vendor audits. Certero eliminates these complexities by deploying advanced multi-platform discovery engines that automatically inventory software installations, server topologies, database cores, and cloud subscriptions without requiring weeks of professional services. The platform calculates accurate, real-time Effective License Positions (ELPs) by matching installed software against purchased entitlements, contract terms, and vendor licensing rules. Certero identifies unused licenses, shelfware, and over-provisioned cloud instances, providing automated reclamation workflows that allow IT procurement teams to reassign or cancel unnecessary subscriptions. Furthermore, Certero provides automated audit defense reports that empower organizations to respond to software vendor compliance audits confidently, mitigating surprise unbudgeted true-up penalties and optimizing IT software expenditure across global desktop, datacenter, and cloud infrastructures.