David Foxen 
User management has been around within the ITAM and IT space for a while now, but with the introduction of cloud-based subscription user licensing it ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: August 13, 2015
We often hear that IT Asset Management can help organisations manage their IT assets, and prevent any unwanted surprises. We believe that ITAM can help ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: August 7, 2015
Key phrases; Activation: When the software is installed, a serial number of activation code is required to unlock use to the software. Allows ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 28, 2015
Microsoft provides some of the most complex licensing models faced by organisations. There are a number of different licensing metrics for the desktop environment, virtual ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 24, 2015
Customers of Microsoft face a number of challenges with Microsoft licensing. However, there are a number of challenges that organisations may not be aware of ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 23, 2015
Software licensing for academic environments is different to corporate organisations as vendors want young people to use their software from an early age. They believe ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 21, 2015
Microsoft licenses are massively complex, and there are a number of different Microsoft license metrics that an organisation needs to manage and keep on top ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 16, 2015
The CCL recently hosted a Microsoft Licensing round-table with a number of enterprise organisations present, this article shares some of the key concerns organisations ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 14, 2015
The week commencing 11th May 2015, we held our first events in New York. The week was re-arranged from the events that were cancelled in ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 2, 2015
Making savings on software licenses are one of the key selling points for any organisations implementing SAM. Savings on software licenses can, in essence, ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 26, 2015
At the ITAM Review, we are often giving our readers and fellow ITAM professionals advice on what to look out for when picking a SAM ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 23, 2015
Here at the ITAM Review we are always being asked about how organisations can make their ITAM function more proactive and efficient. One of the ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 18, 2015
Compared to the likes of Oracle, SAP, IBM, Microsoft and Adobe, salesforce.com licensing is reasonably simple to understand and manage. With that said, there are ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 9, 2015
Introduction All organisations face risks with their software licenses. Some enterprise organisations will have hundreds of thousands of different applications and thousands of different software ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 4, 2015
Following the success of our previous datacentre events on Oracle and IBM & SAP, we are delighted to announce our upcoming Microsoft Licensing Seminars being ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 3, 2015
Microsoft were one of the first ‘mega vendors’ to move towards a subscription cloud modelling of licensing metrics. The introduction of Office 365 (O365 for ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 2, 2015
Introduction Over the past ten years or so, software asset management (SAM) has seen a large increase in demand and interest in its services. SAM ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 29, 2015
This is the second in our series on Oracle Best Practice. To view part 1, please click here. This part of our Oracle Best Practice ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 26, 2015
Welcome to the first in our series for our new feature – The End User Review. We have had a number of entries for this ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 22, 2015
Software license ownership is a common talking point within organisations. Who owns the license, or who has taken responsibility for ‘ownership’? It may be the ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 20, 2015