License Management > Introduction to License Management & SAM AI

SAM is the process of acquiring, deploying, maintaining, and optimizing software licenses to ensure legal compliance while minimizing costs and risks.

Raynet One takes a AI-driven approach to SAM. By combining traditional SAM best practices with intelligent automation, the platform helps organizations move from reactive license administration to proactive, strategic control.

SAM AI plays a central role throughout the entire workspace:

•Automatically recognizes products and license metrics.

•Extracts data from contracts, PDFs, and text.

•Suggests optimizations and flags compliance risks.

•Supports reconciliation and calculation of the Effective License Position (ELP).

This section and the following chapters explain how to use Raynet One's License Management workspace effectively, from dashboards monitoring to capturing entitlements, maintaining compliance, and driving continuous optimization.