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.
  • 8 Tips for a Successful SAP Licensing Audit

    8 Tips for a Successful SAP Licensing Audit

    This article has been contributed by Moshe Panzer, CEO of Xpandion. Part One – Getting into the Right Mind Set Part Two – Preparing Real Use Data Part Three – Pre-audit Data Cleansing Classification Part 1 of ...
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  • Oracle customer has licensing meltdown

    Oracle customer has licensing meltdown

    A letter from an ITAM Review reader. Dear Martin, I wanted to let you know how useful I find your Oracle Licensing Quick Guide when educating colleagues about the basics of Oracle licensing. However it doesn’t ...
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  • Microsoft needs to pull its novation socks up!

    Microsoft needs to pull its novation socks up!

    I was shocked by the recent experiences of an ITAM review reader when trying to novate Microsoft licenses from one company to another. Round 1 ITAM Review reader fills in the Microsoft novation form. The form ...
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  • SAP:

    SAP: "We will clarify and simplify our licensing models"

    SAP this week holds the US leg of its TechEd 2012 developer and user conference and exhibition in Las Vegas. The firm used its opening keynote sessions to detail a set of extended developer services to ...
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  • “Unavoidable” Windows 7 migration before death of XP in 2014

    In the face of many firms and individuals now considering Windows 8 as their next potential operating system (or not as the case may be) RES Software has undertaken a Windows 7 migration survey in order ...
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  • VMworld TV: Oracle Licensing in Virtual Environments

    An interesting video below recorded at VMworld in Barcelona featuring Oracle licensing specialist Daniel Hesselink and IT contracts specialist Judica Krikke. An introduction from Daniel’s blog states. “A brief summary on video about the presentation we’ve given at VMworld Barcelona, ...
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  • Citrix Licensing Quick Guide

    Citrix Licensing Quick Guide

    As with all major software vendors, Citrix has a number of different licensing schemes in an effort to cater for different kinds/sizes of organizations as well as the differences between corporations, educational institutions, charities and government ...
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  • Dissecting The Microsoft Audit Letter

    Dissecting The Microsoft Audit Letter

    Software Licensing Advisors, Inc., have contributed an astute dissection and commentary of a recent Microsoft ‘Software Asset Management Review’ letter. For the layman not familiar with Mega-Vendor audit team lingo, ‘SAM Review’, ‘SAM Engagement’, ‘Optimization’, ‘Benchmarking’ ...
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  • VMware rethinks vRAM licensing model

    VMware has made some interesting manoeuvres this month with regard to the licensing of its vRAM technology. The previous licensing model enforced RAM restrictions and limitations on users of vSphere 5, VMware’s cloud computing virtualisation operating system. As the company ...
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