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.
  • License Dashboard License Manager for Adobe License Management

    License Dashboard License Manager for Adobe License Management

    This review of License Manager from License Dashboard is part of our Adobe License Management feature. License Dashboard Commercial Summary Product Name License Dashboard License Manager Product Version Reviewed 5.8 Version Release Date July 2013 Year Company ...
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  • Flexera Flexnet Manager for Adobe License Management

    Flexera Flexnet Manager for Adobe License Management

    This review of Flexnet Manager for Adobe is part of our Adobe License Management feature. Flexera Commercial Summary Product Name FlexNet Manager for Adobe Product Version Reviewed 9.2 Version Release Date December 2012 Year Company Founded & ...
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  • What is the first step in negotiating with Microsoft?

    What is the first step in negotiating with Microsoft?

    This article is an interview with Stephen Covert, Manager of Vendor Services at Highlights for Children, Inc, and is based on his recent presentation “ITAM is the first step in negotiating with Microsoft” at the IAITAM Fall ...
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  • Oracle Tool Verification

    Oracle Tool Verification

    Oracle announced back in 2010 that it would begin to verify the data provided by ITAM tools. Oracle is notoriously difficult to manage from an ITAM perspective because Oracle products don’t install like most other publishers ...
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  • Using ISO tags to manage Adobe Creative Cloud

    Using ISO tags to manage Adobe Creative Cloud

    Adobe Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 4 were the first products to take advantage of ISO/IEC 19770-2 tags. The new Creative Cloud subscription offering from Adobe also includes swid tags. Adobe define tags as . “Software ...
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  • Pros and Cons of Adobe Creative Cloud

    Pros and Cons of Adobe Creative Cloud

    This article has been contributed by Vincent Brasseur of Flexera Software. On May 6th 2013 Adobe has announced that it will move away from perpetual licenses for Creative Suite products. Following this announcement, since June 17th ...
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  • Microsoft Visio KMS Keys like to install most expensive version by default

    Microsoft Visio KMS Keys like to install most expensive version by default

    On the whole I’m a big fan of Microsoft KMS, which were introduced by Microsoft as a more efficient way of activating all of the computers on a local network without each individual computer needing to ...
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  • Adobe Creative Cloud Licensing Changes

    Adobe Creative Cloud Licensing Changes

    At this week’s MAX conference – Adobe revealed more information about their plans to move their products, and their customers, to the cloud. They started their journey last year with their Creative Cloud for Individuals and ...
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  • 72% of IT Asset Managers see no value in Adobe vendor relationship

    72% of IT Asset Managers see no value in Adobe vendor relationship

    Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the recent Adobe Licensing and Audit Behaviour Survey (now closed). I asked ITAM Review readers to rate the nature of their relationship with Adobe. Q. How ...
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