The Software Asset Management Tour Begins

An astonishing 90% of schools are throwing away valuable funds through ineffective asset management and over licensing of many software titles. To see how you can make substantial cost savings and increase efficiencies in schools, book your place at the BETT preview or one of our five regional conferences.

BETT Preview Agenda (14 January 2009 2pm, Training Zone)

• An introduction to everything a school needs to know about software optimisation
• Microsoft experts will introduce the benefits and cost savings of an automated software asset management system
• Top IT lawyers, with focus on education, will offer a taster of 'top tips for copyright management'
• John Galloway, an independent writer and consultant, will explain how an automated system has revolutionised a primary and secondary schools' assset management

Regional Conference Agenda (Starting 5 February 2009) —

• 10.00 — 10.30 Welcome coffee
• 10.30 — 11.00 Bob Harrison — DCSF Consultant — Introduction and talk on asset management requirements within BSF
• 11.00 — 11.30 Roger Bickerstaff and Barry Jennings, Bird and Bird, top IT lawyers, highlight their top tips for copyright management
• 11.30 — 12.00 Microsoft experts — Speaking on the complexity of software asset management (SAM) within schools and savings to be made from an automated process
• 12.00 — 13.00 Lunch
• 13.00 — 13.30 John Galloway — An independent writer and consultant will explain how an automated system has revolutionised a primary and secondary schools' asset management
• 13.30 — 14.00 Tony Parkin, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) — Discussing effective budget forecasting
• 14.00 — 14.30 Najeeb Khan, Adobe expert, will discuss harvesting software licences
• 14.30 Close

The tour commences 5 February, Victoria Auditorium, London. Details to follow shortly, on the four remaining conferences in Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester and London.

At this conference you will be able to listen to an array of top tips and information from the experts of asset management in education. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

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