Rich Gibbons 
This article was written in conjunction with Jason Keogh, Field CTO, at 1E. DEX. Digital Employee eXperience. It’s not a new buzzword – it is ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 22, 2022
‘Vitado by Certero’ is a new proposition by the ITAM solutions vendor Certero for managing and optimising multi-cloud costs. Initially focusing on the market leaders ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 15, 2022
Flexera have released the latest edition of their annual “State of the Cloud” report and, as always, it gives some great insights into the growth, ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 11, 2022
According to a global survey of 1,000+ IT professionals, computer hardware is still the top IT spending category, accounting for 30% of overall IT budgets. ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 10, 2022
As a part of the SAM team in a large organisation, your role can feel like the last line of defence against mega-vendor software audits ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 17, 2022
Citrix, the ubiquitous virtualization company, is to be acquired for $16.5 billion by “Vista Equity Partners” and “Evergreen Coast Capital” – the latter being an ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 10, 2022
This article was co-authored with Michael Vilain, Director of International Sales at CapeFoxx AG. Microsoft price increases Microsoft is increasing Office/Microsoft 365 prices in March ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: January 26, 2022
Log4Shell – aka Log4J – is the latest software vulnerability to be discovered and, according to the Guardian, it could be the worst one to ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 15, 2021
This article was provided by Becki Riall, Senior SAP Licensing Consultant with JNC Consulting. SAP HANA is an in-memory database developed by SAP and was ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 7, 2021
A new report, commissioned by CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe), sees Professor Frédéric Jenny looking into the “prevalence and impact” of alleged unfair ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 2, 2021
Oracle v Envisage Earlier this year (May 2021), Oracle started legal proceedings against Envisage Technologies LLC and the case centered around alleged under-licensing in their ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: November 10, 2021
What are Microsoft assessments? According to Microsoft: “A template is a framework of controls for creating an assessment in Compliance Manager. Our comprehensive set of ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 26, 2021
The day that many have been expecting/dreading is here – the first “proper” Microsoft 365 price increase has been announced. Microsoft’s logic is that, since ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 8, 2021
Cloud conduct principles – realistic? April 2021 saw the release of “Ten Principles of Fair Software Licensing for Cloud Customers” by Cigref and CISPE – ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 8, 2021
Audits, acquisitions, and lawsuits There is always something happening somewhere and keeping track of it all can be, to say the least, difficult! Our ITAM ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 1, 2021
ITAM and IaaS: Better together Flexera recently released their “State of Cloud 2021” report and, ahead of our webinar diving into more detail on May ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 20, 2021
Micro Focus Academic Licensing There are three agreements available for Academic institutions: VLA for Education Academic License Agreement (ALA) School License Agreement (SLA) VLA for ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 27, 2021
Back in April 2020, we reported on the U.S. lawsuit between Micro Focus and Express Scripts concerning alleged over-deployment of Micro Focus’s terminal emulation software. ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 21, 2021
“Frontline” Microsoft 365 licenses Microsoft has introduced 3 new “frontline” Microsoft 365 SKUs: Microsoft 365 F5 Security ($8 per user per month) Microsoft 365 F5 ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 16, 2021
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Government entities purchase via the “VLA for Government” and the rules are very similar to those for the commercial VLA – these can be found ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 2, 2021