SAP Software Asset Management Software License Management
SAP’s licensing revenue has changed. It is increasingly difficult for them to track and to charge for Indirect Access, in which you pay a Named User license...
Microsoft Software Asset Management Software License Management
This short article features video answers to top Microsoft licensing challenges like MSDN, Windows Server vs. Datacenter, SQL Server, and Microsoft cloud...
Compliance Software Asset Management
There is continued, perhaps increasing, confusion in the industry about the discipline of Software Asset Management (SAM) and its subsets Software License...
Cloud SaaS Software Asset Management
Software Asset Management has a critical role to play in the cloud according to a recent Gartner report, “Software Asset Management for the Cloud: Consumption...
It has been my experience, that companies have often adopted the Service Management agenda whole, and get very capable at rolling out hardware and software so...
Audits Oracle Software Asset Management
Software license audits are a huge revenue source for Oracle. After they request your Oracle license compliance data for the audit, and after you submit it,...
Adobe Software Asset Management Software License Management
The desperate need to “phone home” was immortalized in the 1980’s science fiction film, E.T. in which a loveable Alien searched for rescue after becoming...
Most SAP customers must report their license compliance to SAP once a year. The way to do it – which is the only way accepted by SAP – is to load your measured...
This article explains the main drivers for Software Asset Management, and why a software license management program needs to be included in your larger ITAM...
Oracle Software Asset Management Software License Management
Software vendors are determined to recover declining revenues as customers are moving to the cloud. Recently, it has been reported that Oracle has started ...
Audits Software Asset Management
IBM software audits are becoming more and more common. Being properly prepared for an audit is your first line of defense. In order to achieve IBM license...
Compliance Software Asset Management
Since it unveiled its document-based Digital Access model last year, SAP has been encouraging its customers to switch from its Named User based licensing model...