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The importance of the role of IT GRC manager

This blog post explains the need for an IT GRC manager. The blog post gives a brief introduction to the business activities of an IT GRC manager and also points out their indispensable position in a company. For a common basic understanding, the term GRC is first discussed and explained.

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The three main phases of Contract Management - SAM Contract Management Training from COMPLION

Effective contract management is essential to minimize risks, exploit opportunities and maximize value from these agreements. COMPLION's SAM (Software Asset Management) Contract Management Training addresses, among other things, the three main phases of contract management, which are organized along the lifecycle of each contract: Contract Creation, Contract Monitoring & Governance Contract Termination/Renewal. In the following blog post - which reflects a small excerpt from the content of the SAM Contract Management Training - the three main phases of software contract management are described and the most important results and documents of each phase are summarized.

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Effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders in Software Asset Management (SAM)

Collaboration and communication with stakeholders are key factors in the success of software asset management (SAM) projects. Without it, SAM initiatives can stall and even fail. It is therefore all the more important to know the different interests, expectations and requirements of the parties involved in a SAM project and to manage them. At COMPLION, our project experience has taught us why stakeholder communication is so important in SAM, what challenges can arise and how companies can overcome them.

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Beyond Compliance - Does the SAM function still have a raison d'être in the cloud era?

With the increasing use of cloud-based services in companies, the importance of traditional license compliance, especially for Software as a Service (SaaS), is decreasing - this was the unanimous opinion of the participants of our panel discussion on 24.03.2025 at SAMS in Berlin. But what value can SAM add to the management of cloud-based services? In this blog post, we look at selected topics.

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