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.
  • Podcast: Episode 23 - All things SAP

    Podcast: Episode 23 - All things SAP

    Podcast Episode 23. In this Podcast episode, I am joined by Patrick Dickinson, Senior Consultant at Aspera to discuss all things SAP. Podcast topics. About Secure Integration and Aspera Which team of an organisation deal with selling/ implementing SAP? What ...
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  • Using Pizza to explain IBM Sub-Capacity

    Using Pizza to explain IBM Sub-Capacity

    By Mark Feinman – Siwel Consulting My wife is a very smart woman, but when it comes to explaining to her what I do in IT, I might as well be speaking another language. And so ...
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  • Microsoft SQL Server License Management Standard

    Microsoft SQL Server License Management Standard

    Back in October 2014 we published a comparison of four SAM tools with Microsoft License Management capabilities (See. Microsoft License Management Group Test – The Results). This previous group test above was based on a questionnaire ...
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  • Beginner’s guide to IBM software audits

    Beginner’s guide to IBM software audits

    Eric Chiu is our go to guy on IBM licensing. In this video I picked his brains on IBM software audits. Subjects covered. Who starts an IBM audit? IBM audit activity levels and key targets IBM ...
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  • VMWare Licensing Quick Guide 2015

    VMWare Licensing Quick Guide 2015

    Introduction VMWare are one of the biggest virtualization and cloud vendors within the software market. Initially founded in 1998 in California, USA, it was sold to EMC Corporation in 2004. VMWare software can run on a ...
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  • Secret IT Manager: Our IBM Audit Experience

    Secret IT Manager: Our IBM Audit Experience

    Firstly, apologies for not writing an article in so long; we’ve been extremely busy dealing with a recent IBM ‘review’. We learnt an awful lot during and post review, and I wanted to share my experiences ...
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  • Oracle Database License Management Verification Standard V1.0

    Oracle Database License Management Verification Standard V1.0

    Back in April last year we published a comparison of five SAM tools with Oracle License Management capabilities (See. Oracle License Management Group Test – The Results). This previous group test above was based on a ...
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  • New York Microsoft Licensing Seminar, October 2015 Review

    New York Microsoft Licensing Seminar, October 2015 Review

    The ITAM Review team returned to Baruch College in New York on Wednesday 21st October 2015 for our final event in the US this year, and the last event in our Datacenter series – the US ...
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  • Options to Oracle -- MariaDB named as Gartner challenger

    Open source database company MariaDB Corporation has been named as a ‘challenger’ by Gartner in the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems (ODBMS). The firm was particularly recognised for its ability to outranking other ...
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