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ISO/IEC 19770:
koordineeritud tegevus organisatsioonis tarkvaravarade väärtuse realiseerimiseks, tarkvara ja juurdekuuluvate varade reguleerimine ja kaitse organisatsioonis ning selleks vajaliku teabe reguleerimine ja kaitse, hõlmab kogu taristut ja protsessistikku, mida vajatakse tarkvarakesksete varade toimivaks halduseks, reguleerimiseks ja kaitseks kõigis nende elutsükli järkudes
= coordinated activity of an organization to realize value from software assets
Note 1.Software asset management is a specialization of IT asset management focused specifically on software assets. The management of software assets may, but does not necessarily, involve the management of non-software assets.
Note 2. For reference, a corresponding industry definition is “all of the infrastructure and processes necessary for the effective management, control and protection of the software assets within an organization, throughout all stages of their life cycle”

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_asset_management

https://www.itassetmanagement.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/An-introduction-to-SAM.pdf

https://www.vizor.cloud/content/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ebook-sam-fundamentals-final.pdf

https://www.licensedashboard.com/downloads/Whitepaper-SAM-vs-Inventory.pdf

http://www.expressmetrix.com/pdf/SAM_tool.pdf