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.
This article was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review and Damien Juillard, Elée / Sambox.io Following the end of support for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 10, 2020
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: February 27, 2020
April 2018 saw the introduction of SAP’s Digital Access (DA) – a new way to license potentially tricky Indirect Access situations. Then May 2019 saw ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 25, 2020
This article was contributed by Barry Pilling, Managing Partner at Cortex Consulting. In early February 2020, VMware announced a significant change to its long-serving CPU ... Read more
Written by: Barry Pilling
Published on: February 13, 2020
Oracle Cloud Fraud – Supporting evidence Anecdotes collated from ITAM Review readers provide damning evidence of Oracle artificially inflating their cloud sales through dodgy deals ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 29, 2020
Another software audit case has gone to court – February 2019 saw the start of a case between Micro Focus v Express Scripts Inc. The ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: January 21, 2020
On December 11, 2019 we ran our 3rd Online Summit – “Making Sense of Microsoft”. This was our most successful Online Summit to date with ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: January 14, 2020
Do you need to get to grips with an Oracle ULA? Do you know what your options are if your company has one? How do ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: January 13, 2020
Microsoft have announced the preview of Azure Spot Virtual Machines – to replace the current preview of Azure low-priority Virtual Machines, which will be retired ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: January 7, 2020
Oracle Cloud Fraud Case: It is alleged that Oracle artificially inflated its cloud sales numbers by offloading cloud products to customers under the duress of ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 4, 2019
This article is collaboration between AJ Witt, The ITAM Review, and Maarten Saeys, Head of Product Marketing, Lansweeper At its annual Inspire conference this year, ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: December 4, 2019
This is the seventh “speaker spotlight” article for Wisdom Australia 2019 – a chance for you to see some of the wonderful speakers and sessions ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: November 18, 2019
November 2019 saw the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and one of the new things it brings is enhanced fail-over and Disaster Recovery rights ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: November 5, 2019
“As-A-Service” is everywhere in technology. Looking through my own subscriptions I have service contracts for ink (HP Instant Ink), entertainment (Apple Music & Netflix) and ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: October 15, 2019
Our SAP License Management Standard for SAP has been updated to reflect changes in SAP licensing since 2017. The criteria published below are an open ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 7, 2019
The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring: Martin Thompson Geoff Worsley Stuart Pomfrett AJ Witt Barry Pilling David Foxen Rory Canavan September 2019 topics include: ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 30, 2019
IBM have announced a new, nicer, approach to license compliance – via the IBM Authorized SAM Provider Offering (IASP). What is IASP? Well, if you ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 26, 2019
In a recent announcement, Microsoft have revealed changes to several Software Assurance benefits, with the first changes happening in February 2020 (just 5 months from ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 24, 2019
Oracle are facing a class action lawsuit focusing on their cloud sales and whether they used improper tactics to falsify the success of their cloud ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 19, 2019
At Inspire, their annual partner conference, Microsoft announced upcoming licensing changes for 3 products: Dynamics 365 PowerApps Flow The changes discussed below will take effect ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 11, 2019