David Foxen

David Foxen is a Software Asset Management expert and enthusiast. He had a vast experience of successfully implementing SAM, SAM tools and also made huge cost savings. A member of the ISO Standards WG21, David is a massive ITAM geek, so uses any opportunity to talk about the subject to who-ever will listen. He believes that the industry needs to share its knowledge and success stories to help the SAM industry mature and become more effective. Always willing to help, his primary goal is to make a difference to organisations and the SAM industry so everyone will know how epic SAM is!

Best Practice SAM

September ITAM News Round Up

September News Round Up It’s been a reasonably busy month in the world of ITAM for September, with the biggest news coming from Oracle. The ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: October 2, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

SAMS Europe 2014 Event Review

SAMS Europe The ITAM Review was recently the ‘Premium Media Sponsor’ at the SAMS Summit Europe 2014 event in Berlin, Germany. This was the third ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: September 30, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

Technology Review: Miradore

This is an independent review of Miradore. AT A GLANCE Founded in 2006 with headquarters in Finland, Miradore is a provider of IT Asset Management ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: September 12, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

The Campaign for Clear Licensing – Why it’s needed for the ITAM industry

What is the Campaign for Clear Licensing (CCL)? The CCL is a not for profit global organization providing end users with a voice for positive ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: September 12, 2014

Best Practice HAM

Quick guide to Hardware Asset Tagging

Martin Thompson and I were recently commissioned to write an overview of options for Hardware Asset Tagging for a client. The client has kindly let ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: September 5, 2014

Best Practice HAM

Quick Guide to Mobile Device Management (MDM) Part 1 of 2

Mobile devices are increasing in popularity within organisations. With so many mobile device types and options currently on the market, organisations are spoilt for choice ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: July 25, 2014

Software Publishers

Adobe Licensing Quick Guide 2014

This Quick Guide is available in PDF format – simply subscribe to our free newsletter to receive a free copy instantly. Adobe has made a ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: July 8, 2014

Best Practice

The Pros and Cons of Subscription Licensing

Over the last few years software licensing has shifted from predominately perpetual device-based licensing to user-based subscription licensing. Subscription licensing has also introduced us to ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: July 1, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

BSA reports $60 billion worth of unlicensed software

This morning (24/06/2014) the Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced the results of their Global Software Survey. Security threats is the number one reason NOT to ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: June 24, 2014

Software Publishers

Lets talk about Microsoft Downgrade rights

Microsoft licensing is something the majority of us have to deal with on a daily basis. There are some aspects of Microsoft licensing that are ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: June 24, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

Realizing Authentic License Optimization

Ahead of the SAM Summit taking place in Chicago, 23-25 June, I chatted to Bernhard Boehler, Co-founder and CEO at Aspera Technologies. In this interview Bernhard discusses Aspera’s new Optimization & ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: June 20, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

Playing Defense in the Audit Game

Ahead of the SAM Summit taking place in Chicago, 23-25 June, I chatted to Christof Beaupoil, Co-founder and President at Aspera Technologies. In this interview ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: June 19, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

BSA Fines Engineering Design Company over £30k

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has found an engineering design company to be non-compliant on Autodesk software, resulting in a payout of over £30k. Project ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: June 18, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

SAP Licensing – is there an elephant in the room?

Ahead of the SAM Summit taking place in Chicago, 23-25 June, I chatted to John Emmitt, Senior Marketing Manager at Flexera Software. In this interview John ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: June 13, 2014

Best Practice

EULA’s explained in simple terms

EULA stands for “End User License Agreement”. The EULA can also be known as a software license agreement. What does this mean? The EULA is ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: June 4, 2014

Software Publishers

Adobe Creative Cloud News! Ding Ding!

Adobe has taken a small step back in successfully annoying all of its customers by offering the chance to install older versions of the software ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: May 30, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

Samanage announces Automatic Warranty Management feature

Samanage, the cloud based IT service desk and asset management solution has announced a number of new features to their solution, including a new Automatic ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: May 29, 2014

Software Publishers

Microsoft to withdraw a number of qualifications and exams

Microsoft has announced that it is to withdraw a number of Microsoft qualifications and exams being by the end of July 2014. What qualifications are ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: May 28, 2014

Best Practice

The Dangers of Click-Through Licensing

When you install a new piece of software either from the Internet or from a network drive within your organisation, you will have come across ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: May 20, 2014

ITAM News & Analysis

Do you need a Microsoft Licensing boot camp?

Microsoft is one of, if not the biggest and most used software vendors currently on the market. They provide a variety of desktop and server ... Read more

Written by: David Foxen

Published on: May 14, 2014