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SiliconRepublic.com reports “Businesses have been warned that the current credit crunch will lead to an increase in the number of software audits being performed on organisations as software vendors look to safeguard revenue streams” Both SC Magazine and ComputerworldUK...
No idea where to start about software licensing? Microsoft UK are providing a free training session on Microsoft Licensing. The course is designed at licensing novices and aims to give an overview of the licensing models for the popular Microsoft products. The course also included...
Salesforce.com customers will be pleased to learn of a new AppExchange Application available free of charge from SAManage. The Application provides a one-stop solution for managing IT contracts and software licenses within Salesforce.com. The development joins the SaaS based Software...
The Data Center discovery, dependency mapping and automation specialists Tideway have announced a strategic partnership with UK based software asset management specialists Concorde Solutions. The two companies have joined forces to provide an “automated audit of the software”...
The UK based SAM consultancy start up, SAMPractice, has recently announced it’s first year results. Jason Allaway, CEO for SAM Practice said he was ‘delighted‘ with the results. Unfortunately the figures supporting their results look slightly dubious. Can SAMPractice...
Microsoft has always led the field in software asset management and license compliance from a software vendor perspective and their latest offering consolidates this position. Their SAM Optimization Model, announced at their Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston this week, offers...
The Pareto principle can usually be applied to mitigating the risks associated with software. That is, 80% of the headaches, compliance issues and financial risk of software can be reduced by targeting 20% of your software vendor portfolio. I expect that this is not an approach...
Microsoft have released a new Software Asset Management case study for the Bowmer and Kirkland Group, a 1,600 employee construction and development company based in Belper, UK. The group has started to benefit from a clearer view of their licensing position, slicker processes and...
It seems The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has still not solved it’s life long identity crisis. John Lovelock, chief executive of FAST, now claims that FAST will now serve to “bridge the gap between software vendors and users”. With many software vendors...
ManageSoft has rolled out a new knowledge center for its customers and partners through its website. This hub of information brings together hundreds of searchable articles, the latest product downloads, answers to customer inquiries, training course registration, and online exams. “Our...