Attachmate sue Mobistar for $6M
Mobistar is a Belgian Telco. owned by Orange.
We’ve received a tip off that the software publisher Attachmate is suing Mobistar, a Belgian telecommunications company.
It is alleged that Attachmate is claiming 4.5 million Euros (around 6.12M $USD or 3.57M £GBP) for alleged illegal use of a product called ‘ReflectionX’. The dispute is said to have originated from an onsite audit by Deloitte and...
Our thoughts on the Citrix acquisition & TIBCO merger
Citrix, the ubiquitous virtualization company, is to be acquired for $16.5 billion by “Vista Equity Partners” and “Evergreen Coast Capital” – the latter being an affiliate of “Elliott Investment Management”.
The fact Citrix have been acquired isn’t a surprise… I’ve been expecting it for years but always thought it would be Microsoft or VMware (or someone similar). 2021 was something...
Getting to know: Micro Focus
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We all often talk about the “Big 4” Tier 1 vendors – Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, IBM – but more and more, increasing amounts of attention must be paid some of the smaller vendors. Often referred to as “Tier 2” vendors, they include software publishers such as Micro Focus, Quest, VMware and more – today, we’re going to look at Micro Focus. They recently came...
Software vendor financial results – August 2020
Software vendor financial results can be more interesting for ITAM & SAM managers than they might first appear. Looking at how the software vendors are performing on a quarterly and annual basis can give the savvy organisation some good insight. Who is likely to increase audits? Where might good discounts be found? What upcoming business model changes might impact us? Hints to potential answers...
Community Survey: Software Publisher Audits during COVID-19
Software Publisher Audits during COVID-19
Have software publisher audits stepped up as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak?
Auditing customers is a tried and tested means of generating revenue for software publishers during a downturn – but has the threat of audits materialised? Please share your views via our audit census here: https://itamreview.wufoo.com/forms/covid-audit-census/
UPDATE: Poll now...
Customer wins Micro Focus software audit battle
Earlier this year, we covered a software audit legal case between Micro Focus and their customer Express Scripts and, having read through some of the court documents, there are some enlightening points to look through. It’s great that the customer took the win but first let’s look at some of the key information that came out during the trial.
Control your data
It’s always sensible to...
ITAM and Coronavirus: What’s the impact?
I don’t want to jump on the bandwagon and, in the grand scheme of things there are bigger, much more immediate concerns, but I do think it’s worthwhile considering the impact the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak may have on organisations, and ITAM in particular.
The sudden need for a large percentage of many companies’ workforces to start working from home puts pressure on IT in various...
Micro Focus software audit lawsuit: Why defining metrics is important
Another software audit case has gone to court – February 2019 saw the start of a case between Micro Focus v Express Scripts Inc. The document I have access to is a report of the initial summary judgment findings which gives a great insight into the content of the issue but, as this is pre-trial, it doesn’t give any indication to the eventual outcome. Even so, it gives a good idea of what can cause...
LogMeIn – to increased audit risk?
LogMeIn may be familiar to you as a provider of remote support access software across the internet. What may be less well-known is that they also own GoToMeeting (web-conferencing) (formerly a Citrix offering) and LastPass (password and credential management). LogMeIn announced on December 17th, 2019 that they’ve been acquired by private equity partners Francisco Partners & Evergreen Coastal,...
Wisdom 2019 – Sharing our Successes
ITAM Professionals contribute a vast amount of value to their organisations. They cut costs, often in the millions, they reduce risk, and they see off time-consuming audit requests. Modern ITAM teams also improve employee experience by streamlining processes and getting the right software to the right people at the right time. And yet, it seems we’re often not the ones to shout about our achievements....