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Rich Gibbons

Rich has been in the world of IT and software licensing since 2003, having been a software sales manager for a VAR, a Microsoft licensing endorsed trainer, and now an ITAM analyst looking at software licensing and cloud. A Northerner renowned for his shirts, Rich is a big Hip-Hop head, and loves travel, football in general (specifically MUFC), baseball, Marvel, and reading as many books as possible. Finding ways to combine all of these with ITAM & software licensing is always fun! Connect with Rich on Twitter or LinkedIn.
Oracle sue customer

Software Publishers

Oracle third party licensing audit

Oracle are suing Perry Johnson & Associates (PJA), a healthcare consultancy, for incorrect licensing, with a total claim of over $3.2 million dollars. Oracle aggressively ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: June 4, 2020

ITAM news roundup

Software Publishers

ITAM industry news roundup – May 2020

There is always something happening somewhere and keeping track of it all can be, to say the least, difficult! Our ITAM industry news round ups ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: June 4, 2020

Microsoft ESU

ITAM News & Analysis

Microsoft Extended Support Updates : Quel est le deal ?

Cet article a été écrit par  Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review et Damien Juillard, Elée / Sambox.io Après la fin du support pour SQL Server 2008/2008 ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: June 1, 2020

ITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts

Podcast episode 83: COVID-19 and ITAM

We’re at least 3 months into the COVID-19 outbreak and still learning more details about the virus on a regular basis. This is also the ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: May 28, 2020

Best PracticeIaaS Management

Cloud accounting changes on the horizon

Cloud computing continues to grow and bring benefits across a range of business sectors but, at the same time, it can represent challenges for the ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: May 26, 2020

capex v opex budgets

Best PracticeWhite Papers & eBooks

CAPEX v OPEX: A tale of two budgets

Cloud is great and solves a lot of problems – but it can also cause some new ones too. Back in my days as a ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: May 21, 2020

COVID-19 ITAM

ITAM News & Analysis

What long-term changes will COVID-19 bring to ITAM?

Ahead of our upcoming conference – Wisdom EMEA online (June 9-11), we spoke to some of our sponsors and asked “What long-term changes will COVID-19 bring ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: May 20, 2020

ITAM Review Awards 2020

ITAM News & Analysis

ITAM Review Excellence Awards 2020: The Winners

May 5th saw the ITAM Review Excellence Awards 2020 take place for the fifth time – but, thanks to COVID-19, it was our first virtual ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: May 12, 2020

Microsoft SaaS non-compliance

Software Publishers

How to become non-compliant with Microsoft 365

The general rule is that it’s difficult to become under-licensed for SaaS applications, so you’ll be pleased to know that Microsoft have found a way ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: May 1, 2020

Audit court case

Software Publishers

Customer wins Micro Focus software audit battle

Earlier this year, we covered a software audit legal case between Micro Focus and their customer Express Scripts and, having read through some of the ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: April 29, 2020

Software vendor financial results

Software Publishers

Software vendor financial results #2 (Autodesk, IBM, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, VMware)

Software vendor financial results can be more interesting for ITAM & SAM managers than they might first appear. Looking at how the software vendors are ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: April 21, 2020

Best PracticeSAM

Setting realistic expectations is key to SAM tool success

Software Asset Management (SAM) tools require significant investment and resource to achieve results. Preliminary results from a survey conducted by The ITAM Review suggests setting ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: April 16, 2020

ITAM in complex environments

Best PracticeSaaS Management

ITAM in complex environments: Containers

This article was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review, and Heather McKay, Flexera. ITAM in complex environments is key. The rapidly shifting IT landscape contains ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: April 14, 2020

Brexit and secondary software

Best PracticeSAM

Brexit & Secondary Software: What’s the impact?

This article was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review, and Noel Unwin, Discount Licensing. Following the decision made by the United Kingdom (UK) to leave ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: April 9, 2020

Microsoft Robotic Process Automation (RPA) licensing

Software Publishers

Microsoft Robotic Process Automation (RPA) licensing

Microsoft admit the robots are coming! The Microsoft Product Terms for April 2020 contained a little gem of information that, despite the lack of associated ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: April 7, 2020

IBM ILMT

Software Publishers

IBM ILMT & Windows Server 2008: Friends no more

This article was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review and Eric Chiu, Managing Director, FisherITS. IBM sub-capacity licensing allows you to license IBM software for ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: April 2, 2020

Microsoft 365 changes

Software Publishers

Microsoft 365 changes – March 2020

March has been a busy month for Microsoft with 3 pretty significant Office 365 & Microsoft 365 changes being announced. Microsoft 365 F1 Microsoft F1 ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: March 31, 2020

Best PracticeSaaS Management

Cloud Cost Management: Where to start

This article was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review, and Heather McKay, Flexera. In the recent Flexera 2020 Digital Transformation Planning Report, 54% of organizations ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: March 31, 2020

Autodesk licensing changes

Software Publishers

AutoDesk licensing changes in 2020

More Autodesk licensing changes are coming. As part of their long-term strategy to change the buying habits of their customers, and shift them to software ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: March 27, 2020

Free software offers

ITAM News & Analysis

Free software offers from vendors to help remote working

During the international Coronavirus outbreak, there are various free software offers from many vendors, to help organisations quickly adopt/expand remote working procedures. These vendors include: ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: March 24, 2020

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