Blackhill SAM

Your Trusted Software Asset Management Partner

Blackhill is a leading independent provider of Software Asset & Cloud Portfolio Management services. 

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Trusted By Our Global Client Base

During the last financial year, we saved our customers more than $25M in software costs.

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What We do

Software Asset Management & Advisory Services

Our team of experienced professionals offer a comprehensive assessment of your IT environment, including a detailed review of your software licensing agreements, cloud infrastructure usage and costs, and existing IT assets. Based on our findings, we provide actionable recommendations to optimise your software licensing investments, reduce cloud sprawl, and drive cloud cost efficiencies.

Our approach is flexible, vendor-agnostic, and tailored to meet the unique needs of each customer. We collaborate closely with clients to understand their specific challenges, pain points, and business objectives, and develop a strategy that aligns with their goals.

Partnering with Blackhill enables organisations to streamline their software and IT asset management processes, reduce costs, and achieve better outcomes from their technology investments.

Blackhill Solutions at Glance

We take care of all your ITAM & SAM Needs

Since our business was founded 10 years ago, we have enabled numerous organisations to optimise their existing licensing investments, reduce cloud sprawl and drive Cloud cost efficiencies with our ITAM and SAM services.

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Independent. Results‑Driven.

Blackhill is an independent Software Asset Management and Cloud Cost Optimisation advisory firm focused on multi-vendor compliance risk management, audit defense and Managed SAM services that deliver ongoing Technology spend optimisation.

Tailored by Design.

Our engagement delivery approach is tailored to each organization’s environmental realities and objectives, with strategies developed to be practical and solutions that are fit for purpose within the organization’s operational and strategic context.

OUR EXPERTISE

Service Offerings

IT Asset Management

We'll assist you in making your IT and Data Assets work for you by implementing time-saving and cost effective strategies.

SaaS & Cloud Portfolio Management

We'll assist you in securing the most optimal contractual and commercial constructs that will work for you.

Professional Advisory Services

We understand that every customer is unique and that a deep understanding of the priorities of each business is necessary.
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Software Discovery

Agentless discovery delivering insights into software inventory, hardware, and security vulnerabilities.
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SaaS Management

Complete visibility and control over SaaS portfolios, eliminating waste and shadow IT.
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Audit Defense

Pre-Audit assessment, strategic licensing advisory, audit defense, and post-audit compliance.
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Managed SAM Services

End-to-end lifecycle management, cloud cost optimisation, and vendor contract negotiation.
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FinOps

Helping organisations take control of cloud spend through clear ownership, accountability, and transparency.
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ITAM Process Advisory

Robust IT Asset Management process implementation, aligned to business needs and best practices.
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SAM Tooling

Requirements definition, tool selection, implementation, and deep licensing expertise.
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ISO/IEC 19770-1 Aligned

Maturity gap assessments and program implementation aligned to the international SAM standard.

TECHNOLOGY

Agentless Software Discovery & Usage Insights

Our platform delivers comprehensive visibility across five key domains:

-Multi-platform Device inventory
-Mobile devices
-Windows
-VMware
-Linux

Hardware

-Installed SW inventory
-Category & publisher info
-Geographical information

Software

-Host information
-VM information
-Virtualization mapping
-Cluster information

Virtualization

-IaaS & SaaS
-M365 mapping
-M365 license assignments
-M365 usage reporting

Cloud Services

-Patch & update status
-CVE
-Encryption & MFA status
-Stale devices & geo logins

Compliance
& Security

TECHNOLOGY

Agentless Software Discovery & Usage Insights

Our platform delivers comprehensive visibility across five key domains:

-Multi-platform Device inventory
-Mobile devices
-Windows
-VMware
-Linux

Hardware

-Installed SW inventory
-Category & publisher info
-Geographical information

Software

-Host information
-VM information
-Virtualization mapping
-Cluster information

Virtualization

-IaaS & SaaS
-M365 mapping
-M365 license assignments
-M365 usage reporting

Cloud Services

-Patch & update status
-CVE
-Encryption & MFA status
-Stale devices & geo logins

Compliance
& Security

Vendor Expertise

Deep advisory capability across the world’s leading enterprise software vendors:

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