As part of this month's SAMPanel debate, we are very happy to welcome a new contributor in Libby Phillipps, Marketing and Events Co-ordinator with License Dashboard
Source: www.samchannel.com
Continually changing software vendor license metrics make in-house software license management an ever increasing challenge
It's the dread of every IT manager in the world -- a big vendor waltzes into the office prepared to conduct a licensing audit.
Source: blog.samanage.com
Learn to distinguish licensing metrics, it helps you optimise your license deployment and licensing costs. Beware, here are hundres of licensing metrics amongst all license publishers. Some examples
A Software Asset Management strategy is vital. Failure to accurately measure software usage leaves businesses over-provisioned and at risk of huge fines.
Source: blog.crayon.com
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What Mobile Applications will you allow within your organisation?
Source: www.itassetmanagement.net
Moblile devices - blessing or threath?
This article argues why a mobile app is part of your licensing resposibility.
Reaching the end of an agreement
Subscription licensing is a hot topic within the SAM (software asset management) world at the moment, with a number of organisations dipping their toes into the unknown waters of non-perpetual licensing.
Source: www.itassetmanagement.net
License renewal requires a clear licensing strategy for now and for the future - some fine insights into vendor license negotiation
With suppliers pulling the audit card, IT needs to get licence key in order. But strong software asset management (SAM) offers more than just licence compliance
Source: www.computerweekly.com
To the point article on making software reharvesting and a software catalog into effective cost saving drivers
Employees bring their iPads to work to access Microsoft software. They trigger potentially expensive licensing requirements for Windows Server applications, Office suite applications and the Windows client OS, as well as they impact the yearly qualified device count (true-up), that must be reported under Enterprise Agreements (EAs). You may ask yourself whether your team commands
Don’t Overpay—Let Us Find the Value for You
Source: www.cio.com
Nice article on how to determine if your organization needs a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA). It also links to a short assesment tool and scores your Microsoft EA value.
Forever 21 store in Singapore
On January 29th, The Verge reported that Adobe is suing the fashion chain Forever 21 for a number of copyright infringements and un-licensed software.
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