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.
2018 is shaping up to be the Year of Open Source as industry giants scramble to invest in the software and infrastructure powering modern applications. ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: October 30, 2018
Microsoft have announced Windows Virtual Desktop, a new Azure based offering that aims to make desktop virtualisation easier for organisations to deploy and manage. What ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 8, 2018
Flexera yesterday (September 26, 2018) announced the purchase of RightScale, a leader in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) management market. Market background Spending on ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 27, 2018
In a blog post on September 6, 2018, Microsoft announced several revisions to current support policies for Windows and Office 365 –which should all be ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 10, 2018
Most people are aware that Oracle classifies – in its Partitioning policy – the different virtualization/server partitioning technologies into: Soft Partitioning Hard Partitioning Oracle Trusted ... Read more
Written by: Richard Spithoven
Published on: September 5, 2018
This article has been contributed by Eric Chiu of FisherITS Customers can still be fined for violating IBM’s Sub-Capacity licensing terms even after deploying the ILMT tool. This ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: August 31, 2018
Reuters report that the Israeli government is preparing not to renew their Microsoft licensing agreement for “Office, Windows, and server software”. According to the Israeli ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 24, 2018
It appears Oracle’s cloud FUD chickens are coming home to roost. The US based specialist securities prosecutor BLB&G has filed a class action lawsuit against ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 14, 2018
Microsoft announced (June 25, 2018) licensing & pricing changes that will be introduced in the October 2018 price list. These will mean some actual price ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 3, 2018
Oracle Database 18c was introduced in late 2017 by Larry Ellison, Oracle’s executive chairman and CTO, as ‘a big thing’. Also called the “Oracle Autonomous ... Read more
Written by: Richard Spithoven
Published on: July 13, 2018
I’m pleased to announce that our IBM Licensing Essentials training course is now live and available to LISA subscribers. LISA is our on-demand online training ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 5, 2018
Oracle Corporation have long been famous for their database software, and their often tricky, sometimes flummoxing, usually expensive, licensing rules – and the audits that ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 27, 2018
Approximately 10 years ago, Oracle Corporation started to sell a type of agreement known as the “Unlimited License Agreement” (ULA). An Unlimited License Agreement provides ... Read more
Written by: Richard Spithoven
Published on: June 12, 2018
The American airline JetBlue has halved the number of named users required for SAP with proactive user management. I recently met with Mukarram Syed, General ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: June 1, 2018
In this Podcast, I speak with Patrick Dickinson of Aspera (Bronze sponsors of our upcoming UK Conference) to pick his brains on what’s changed in ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: May 30, 2018
Aspera are offering a financial “guarantee” for purchasers of their Oracle SAM Managed Service. “For customers that use a combination of LicenseControl for Oracle plus ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: May 17, 2018
One of the biggest ITAM stories right now has been SAP’s lawsuits against two of its customers – the drinks manufacturer Diageo and the Belgian ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 8, 2018
Oracle have announced that, “after January 2019”, Java SE 8 public updates will not be available for “business, commercial or production use” without a commercial ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 1, 2018
Microsoft are adding “down-level” support to Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), making it available to protect machines running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Microsoft ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 10, 2018
We recently ran a Microsoft Q&A webinar. We asked people to submit their questions in advance and took them during the webinar too. The webinar ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 29, 2018