Category: Software Asset Management
One of the core subjects for the ITAM Review is Software Asset Management. We cover some of the latest stories and best practices pieces in the area. Staying up to date with the latest software asset management news will help keep your team informed on the latest developments in the area.
Below is a summary of articles covering Software Asset Management (SAM) from the archive:
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Thank you to everyone that took the time to complete our “State of ITAM” community survey last month.
This article shares some of the preliminary results based on the first 150 responses. The survey is still open, so if you wish to share your views please do so here:
https://marketplace.itassetmanagement.net/2018/10/02/community-survey/
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Open Source software vendors are starting to fight back at what they perceive to be the misuse of their products by global cloud providers. Sick of other companies using freely available software to make money, certain vendors have introduced to license types to put a stop to it.
Redis
Redis...
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This article was prompted by a discussion with an ITAM Review reader, asking how they should maximise the value of an expensive tool deployment that wasn’t, as yet, delivering results.ITAM tools can be seen as a magic bullet for software asset management – buy the tool, install...
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The latest figures from SaaS Management tool vendor Zylo show that companies are getting worse at SaaS spend management. Typically, tool vendors in this market usually quote 30% wastage as part of their pitch – Zylo’s research shows that figure has risen to 37%.
There are...
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ServiceNow held a launch event on Tuesday 12th September for their London release, skilfully avoiding a scheduling conflict with a slightly bigger event just down the road in Cupertino.
The key components discussed at the launch include:
License Change Projection
Application Lifecycle...
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Most people are aware that Oracle classifies – in its Partitioning policy – the different virtualization/server partitioning technologies into:
Soft Partitioning
Hard Partitioning
Oracle Trusted Partitions for Oracle Engineered Systems
The most commonly used virtualization...
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Don’t get caught in a trap, ensure you’re compliant
This article has been contributed by Eric Chiu of FisherITS
Customers can still be fined for violating IBM’s Sub-Capacity licensing terms even after deploying the ILMT tool. This article takes a look at the areas...
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At our UK Conference I called for SAM teams to forge strong ties with their colleagues in IT Security and Compliance. My session highlighted how we as SAM managers have much in common in terms of tools and processes with them. We are also seeing former pure-play IT Security vendors...
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Reuters report that the Israeli government is preparing not to renew their Microsoft licensing agreement for “Office, Windows, and server software”.
According to the Israeli Finance Ministry, “Microsoft is trying to shift Israel…to a subscription system that...
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Should SaaS Management prioritise risk over cost savings? the cost of a breach from the perspective of PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, or GDPR is going to far outweigh any cost savings you may get from flexing which Office 365 plan your users are on.
As Software Asset Managers we are used to...
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