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This article has been contributed by Don Retallack, Analyst at Directions on Microsoft. Don analyzes and writes about Microsoft’s systems management and security offerings, including System Center and Forefront products. In Jan. 2012, Microsoft announced major changes to the...
This is a guest post by Jason Keogh of iQuate. If you want to guest post on this blog please contact us. I’m delighted to say that I’ve been asked to become a regular contributor to the ITAM Review as a guest blogger. This is the first, of hopefully many blog pieces to come....
This article has been contributed by Matt Fisher, Sales & Marketing Director at License Dashboard. It’s often all-too easy to take what your Discovery tool is telling you at face value. From a license management point of view, that can mean importing the inventory data straight...
This is part three of a three part series. Read the first part here. This article has been contributed by Kylie Fowler. Regular columnist and Analyst at The ITAM Review. Once you have pulled the deployment and entitlement data together, it must be compared to identify if there are...
The A Model - Click to Enlarge This article has been contributed by Christof Beaupoil, Managing Partner at Aspera. Gartner says license costs can be reduced by 30%. Great, but where does the 30% come from? The answer to this question is license management. In order for this to...
This article has been contributed by Brent Pietrzak from Flexera Software. Nearly every company I know is faced with budget constraints, but very few recognize just how much money they have tied up in software licenses and how much of that they could save with strategic software...
Consolidation in the ITAM industry continues as Aspera and USU announce a strategic partnership. USU has bought a 51% stake in the License Management specialist (for around 3M Euros) with a view to acquiring the company outright over two years. Although only small with around 90 customers,...
Whilst at IAITAM I had the opportunity for a brief chat with Eliot Arlo Colon, President at Miro Consulting, Inc. With over 400 clients on retainers assisting clients with license management and 10 years negotiating/re-negotiating Oracle and Microsoft contracts, Miro knows a thing...
Snow Software have launched a license management module specifically for Microsoft SMS and Microsoft SCCM customers. Snow License Manager uses SMS or SCCM for it’s inventory source to enable tracking installed software and measuring usage. “Snow License Manager automatically...