Guidance for Software Publishers
FAST IiS provides a range of guidance for software publishers and a host of opportunities to participate in the development and communication of the guidance. The guidance is delivered in the following ways:
- Public Relations and Press Releases
- Bulletins
- White papers
- Conferences
- Seminars
- Workshops
- Forums
- Publications
- Exhibitions
- Federation speakers at 3rd party events
- Training
- Blogs
- Webinars
Type of guidance:-
- Consistent & simplified SAM & SLM best practice
- Surveys
- FAST IiS Software Industry Research Board (SIRB) run an annual survey with IDC to review attitudes and perceptions in the end user base. The analysis of the resulting data is communicated back to the market in a variety of the media listed above.
- Other 2008 surveys include:- The economy’s impact on software piracy (May 2008); The future generation’s attitude towards file sharing, piracy and what they perceive as theft (planned for September 2008).
- Self Assessment Engine (SAE) - the SAE is a self assessment guidance tool based on the ISO/IEC 19770-1 standard that enables an organisation to benchmark their SAM policies and procedures. Software publishers can use and promote the tool and are invited to develop add-ons that can be incorporated into the tool to assess their own licenses.
- Updates from the Federation Legal Advisory Group (FLAG)
- Notification of UK lobbying activities to protect the IP rights of software publishers.
- Guidance for publishers in practical steps to take to protect copyright in their work and exploit the IP rights in their software products
- Thought leadership forums. FAST IiS in association with other industry bodies set up forums to explore new innovations that impact the software industry i.e. virtualisation, software as a services (SaaS) and Opensource. The forums are targeted at software publishers facing major changes and end users wishing to unravel the new demands.
- International reach: FAST IiS champions consistent standards, best practice and simplified messaging worldwide. We do this through the development of international chapters, alliances and associations with similar bodies. We offer Software publishers the opportunity to be involved in these activities and to benefit from the outcome.
- SAM Practitioner Certification – the FAST IiS SAM Practitioner Certification programme is internationally recognised. The programme consists of instructor-led and on-line training, exams and industry experience which is measured through end user case studies and subsequent qualification interviews with the end user. The certification benchmarks an individual’s and/or organisation’s skills, it adds value to the SAM Practitioner community, raises awareness of SAM and increases it’s credibility in the software industry. The SAM Practitioner Certification enables Software publishers, end users, resellers and other sectors to elect a Practitioner with confidence; secure in the knowledge that the Practitioner has reached an industry recognised level of competency. (This programme is due to launch in November 2008).
FAST IiS influences its extensive end user database and reseller, consultancy services and SAM practitioner membership base through educational activities and guidance which in turn benefits software publishers and the industry as a whole.
Software publishers are invited to speak and participate in a variety of events and initiatives we run across the IT community.