Licence management is the mainstay of many ITAM roles, so it is important to stay informed on the latest software publisher news. We aim to keep our readers informed on the latest developments at tier 1, 2 and 3 software publishers, combined with analysis of how it will affect ITAM professionals.
Adobe Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 4 were the first products to take advantage of ISO/IEC 19770-2 tags. The new Creative Cloud subscription offering from ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 15, 2013
This article has been contributed by Vincent Brasseur of Flexera Software. On May 6th 2013 Adobe has announced that it will move away from perpetual ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: September 28, 2013
On the whole I’m a big fan of Microsoft KMS, which were introduced by Microsoft as a more efficient way of activating all of the ... Read more
Written by: Filipa Preston
Published on: June 19, 2013
At this week’s MAX conference – Adobe revealed more information about their plans to move their products, and their customers, to the cloud. They started ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 14, 2013
Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the recent Adobe Licensing and Audit Behaviour Survey (now closed). I asked ITAM Review readers ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 14, 2013
This article has been contributed by Moshe Panzer, CEO of Xpandion. Part One – Getting into the Right Mind Set Part Two – Preparing Real Use Data ... Read more
Written by: Moshe Panzer
Published on: March 11, 2013
This article has been contributed by Sean Robinson of License Dashboard. Microsoft Product Use Rights Document – the hidden font of Microsoft licensing knowledge! As ... Read more
Written by: Sean Robinson
Published on: March 6, 2013
VMware is an unlikely target in your software compliance efforts. The virtualization giant has inbuilt mechanisms for license deployment, so your license status is likely ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 4, 2013
I admire Directions on Microsoft (DOM) for their high quality content and professionalism, so it was a pleasure to have the opportunity to interview Jeff ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 26, 2013
I have been asked to write some material to support Computer Weekly readers with Adobe Licensing. This will be supported with additional resources on The ITAM Review. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 21, 2013
This article has been contributed by Rob Horwitz of Directions on Microsoft. Customers who acquire a license for a particular product version and edition may deploy an ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: January 29, 2013
This article has been contributed by Moshe Panzer, CEO of Xpandion. Part One – Getting into the Right Mind Set Part Two – Preparing Real Use Data ... Read more
Written by: Moshe Panzer
Published on: January 20, 2013
This guide is available as a handy PDF – simply subscribe to our monthly newsletter to receive a copy. Windows 8 Edition Microsoft has made ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 20, 2012
This article has been contributed by Moshe Panzer, CEO of Xpandion. Part One – Getting into the Right Mind Set Part Two – Preparing Real Use ... Read more
Written by: Moshe Panzer
Published on: November 19, 2012
A letter from an ITAM Review reader: Dear Martin, I wanted to let you know how useful I find your Oracle Licensing Quick Guide when ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 23, 2012
I was shocked by the recent experiences of an ITAM review reader when trying to novate Microsoft licenses from one company to another. Round 1 ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 23, 2012
SAP this week holds the US leg of its TechEd 2012 developer and user conference and exhibition in Las Vegas. The firm used its opening ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: October 17, 2012
In the face of many firms and individuals now considering Windows 8 as their next potential operating system (or not as the case may be) ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: October 11, 2012
An interesting video below recorded at VMworld in Barcelona featuring Oracle licensing specialist Daniel Hesselink and IT contracts specialist Judica Krikke. An introduction from Daniel’s blog states: “A brief ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 10, 2012
As with all major software vendors, Citrix has a number of different licensing schemes in an effort to cater for different kinds/sizes of organizations as ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 25, 2012