Microsoft announce Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 is due for release in the 2nd half of 2018, and the preview is available now via the Insiders program. What’s new? ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 21, 2018
Software Publishers
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.
SAP rumour mill: Diageo win appeal against indirect ruling, new audit tactic for user measurement
I attended an interesting session at the BCS SAM networking group last night. The main topic of conversation was SAP, led by Snow’s subject matter ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 7, 2018
Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
The Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server (formerly Windows Server Azure Hybrid Use Benefit) has been around for some time now. It was announced ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 1, 2018
Second hand software licensing market finally gaining traction, large European corporates saving millions
European SAM teams have been able to buy and sell software licensing on the secondary market since the EU ruling in 2012, but it seems ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 28, 2018
Red Hat JBOSS Middleware Subscription Guide
This article is a guide to Red Hat JBOSS Middleware. See also our guide to Red Hat Enterprise Linux here. Subscriptions A Red Hat subscription ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 6, 2018
Microsoft announce changes to Windows 10, Office 365 and Office 2019
Microsoft published a new blog post on February 1, 2018 and it is packed full on information relevant to the world of ITAM. Up to ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 2, 2018
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Subscription Guide
What is a Red Hat Subscription? A Red Hat Subscription provides the following: Access to the Software as well as access to updates, upgrades, corrections, ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: January 25, 2018
Microsoft MAP Toolkit Survey
ITAM and SAM tools cover a wide spectrum – free to many thousands of pounds, specific features to a wide range of abilities, inventory only ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 23, 2018
Licensing Oracle in the Cloud (Microsoft, Amazon or Oracle)
Increasingly, companies are considering outsourcing datacenter workloads to third-party hosted or cloud environments. Software publishers like Oracle are not only publishing guidance on how to ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: December 6, 2017
Azure Reserved Instances
Microsoft have announced, as of November 17, 2017, the availability of Azure Reserved Instances. This concept has existed with Amazon AWS for some time, so ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 6, 2017
VMWare running on Azure
Say what now?! Microsoft have made quite the announcement – soon, organisations will be able to run VMWare virtual machines on Microsoft Azure. These two ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: November 28, 2017
Podcast Episode 45: Whether IBM is dying or pivoting – audits are getting more desperate
Ahead of our Australian conference in a couple of weeks time I spoke with Eric Chiu of HW Fisher and Glynn Thomas of Software Sense ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 9, 2017
Ch-ch-changes: Microsoft Licensing Updates
We all know Microsoft licensing changes regularly – and that’s been especially true these last few weeks. Our resident Microsoft Licensing Expert Rich Gibbons is ... Read more
Written by: Karen McAllen
Published on: October 12, 2017
SAP License Management Standard V1.0
Update: This standard has been superseded by V2.0 available here. The criteria published below are an open standard for SAP License Management. i.e. If I ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 5, 2017
Microsoft SPLA quick guide
I spoke with Christoph Harvey, CEO of Deskcenter AG at Microsoft’s Inspire Conference in the summer. In this article Christoph shares his views on Microsoft’s ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 26, 2017
What is Microsoft Azure Stack?
What’s the biggest problem with the Cloud? That it’s in the Cloud. Right? The technology and services seem excellent, the ease of use is very ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 19, 2017
Quick Guide to the Microsoft SAM Managed Service Program
You may already have heard talk about Microsoft introducing a SAM Managed Service – and, after attending the Microsoft Inspire partner conference, we’ve got more ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 14, 2017
Flexera acquires BDNA
Furthering their efforts to ‘re-imagine the software supply chain‘, Flexera are acquiring BDNA for an undisclosed amount. Who are BDNA? Started in Mountain View, California ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 12, 2017
Microsoft updates product terms to include GDPR
The September update of Microsoft’s Product Terms and Online Service Terms (OST) both include updates related to the GDPR – the General Data Protection Regulation. ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 7, 2017
SAP customers want clarity, not a conversation
SAP customers want clarity not a conversation – 76% in straw poll have concerns or fear the consequences of raising indirect access concerns with SAP ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 24, 2017