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.
Although it wasn’t mentioned in the Day 1 keynote at Microsoft Inspire, a pretty interesting announcement was made via the Windows Blog: Microsoft are adding ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 15, 2017
At Microsoft Inspire 2017, in Washington D.C, Flexera and Microsoft announced a new partnership – aimed at solving a problem in what they call “the ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 1, 2017
Last week saw Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, newly christened “Inspire”, take place and one of the announcements was Microsoft 365. What is it? Microsoft 365 ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 25, 2017
This article has been contributed by Neil Leigh, Marketing Manager at OpenLM. Bentley Licensing – the Small Print License administrators who are tasked with the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 20, 2017
Live from Microsoft Inspire (formerly WPC) in Washington DC Rich Gibbons gives a hot off the press recap of what we saw in Microsoft’s Day ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 10, 2017
The iconic British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover saved a whopping £30m by optimising their SAP licensing position prior to negotiation. The savings, along with ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: June 8, 2017
In this Podcast, Martin Thompson is joined by Filipa Preston, CEO at Software Optimisation Services (SOS) and previous speaker at our US Conference, to discuss the practice ... Read more
Written by: Victoria Kealy
Published on: May 18, 2017
ServiceNow’s Jakarta release, available to customers over the summer, will include license management of both Microsoft and Oracle software titles. This is ServiceNow’s first foray ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: May 11, 2017
The £60m potential fine mentioned in the recent Diageo case with SAP over indirect access looks like small beer, excuse the pun, compared to the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: May 8, 2017
What’s happening? It’s quite common for organisations to use a perpetual license of Office to access their Office 365 services such as Exchange Online, E1 ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 4, 2017
Visual Studio 2017 The latest release of Visual Studio is now in the Product Terms. Editions available are: Professional 2017 Professional 2017 Subscription Enterprise 2017 ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 25, 2017
We’re excited to announce our latest training offering for 2017 – a one day UK Microsoft Licensing Training Course, delivered by Microsoft Licensing Expert Rich ... Read more
Written by: Karen McAllen
Published on: April 24, 2017
A recent ITAM Review webinar on SAP indirect access found that 75% of ITAM Review readers felt that the topic of indirect access would be ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 18, 2017
Your PC uses a processor that isn’t supported on this version of Windows Microsoft announced towards the end of 2016 that Windows 10 would be ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 5, 2017
Product Terms Premium Assurance The big addition to this month’s Product Terms is the availability of Premium Assurance. What is it? These new offerings are ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 23, 2017
This article captures the main discussion points and actions from two Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings regarding SAP Licensing. As a result of the conference ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 16, 2017
Following Rich joining The ITAM Review team last week, we thought we catch up with the Microsoft Licensing Guru himself on a Podcast to discuss ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 10, 2017
In a statement issued to customers. Autodesk has declared its intention to being a subscription only company. The statement infers a general direction towards subscription ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 8, 2017
The UK High Court has ruled in favour of SAP who sued the global drinks company Diageo in a dispute over indirect licensing, reports Computer ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 21, 2017
Keeping up with changes to Microsoft product terms is a full time job! In this article Rich Gibbons provides an update to the key changes ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 3, 2017