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IBM Passport Advantage bombshell
IBM drops a licensing bombshell with major reporting changes coming to IBM Passport Advantage from May 1 2023 Hot on the heels of Oracle’s change to Java licensing IBM have published an update to the Passport ... -
Ouch! Oracle Java licensing switches to employee count metric
Update added 7 February 2023. In response to this unprecedented move, the ITAM Review has prepared an ITAM Managers’ Guide to removing Oracle Java and Cost Calculator. We have already heard real-world estimates of between 2x ... -
USU tools receive ITAM Review Certifications
We are delighted to announce that USU have attained certification status for two of their IT Asset Management products. USU Software Asset Management is certified for Enterprise SaaS Management. Furthermore, their solution for managing SAP software ... -
NASA overspends on Oracle by $15m, SAM practices branded as "basic"
NASA has overspent on Oracle to the tune of $15m. This is among the many findings of NASA’s Office of Inspector General’s scathing report into the agency’s poor SAM practices. The Inspector General certainly didn’t hold back. ... -
Highlights from the Wisdom NA 2023 agenda
What is there to look out for in the agenda for Wisdom NA 2023? After three years of virtual events, we are excited to be returning to Florida to host Wisdom North America as an in-person ... -
3 customer examples of increased Oracle audit activity in 2022
Evan Boyd, Vice President of Business Development at Software Licensing Consultants discusses the increased Oracle audit activity they saw last year. In the face of inflation and economic slowdown, Oracle has been trying to pad its ... -
12 days of ITAM: Day 12 - IBM in 2023
The year ahead with IBM includes many areas to watch, says Miriam Redding, Director at Navigate Clear. IBM’s cloud strategy is a hybrid cloud approach with a focus on industry specific solutions. IBM CloudPak’s are the ... -
12 days of ITAM: Day 6 - Microsoft licensing
12 days of ITAM would not be complete without tackling everyone’s favourite software publisher… In the final quarter of 2022, Microsoft got busy. There have been a dizzying number of changes, announcements, and updates flying out ... -
IBM price increases coming in 2023
Happy New Year from IBM. Here are your new prices More software “price harmonisation” coming from a Tier 1 vendor… following on from Microsoft’s recent announcement, IBM is increasing its pricing by as much as 24% ...