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Flexera is recognized as a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Software Asset Management Tools

August 13, 2020, 7:55 am
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We’re incredibly proud to announce that Flexera has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Software Asset Management Tools (July 2020) for the third consecutive year. Earlier this year, Flexera was also recognized by Gartner for the second year running as a Leader in the …

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The 14 Key Competencies of SAM (and ISO 19770-1:2017)

August 25, 2020, 7:00 am
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You may have stumbled upon this blog and wondered, “What is ISO 19770-1:2017? Am I in the wrong place, or should I have prior knowledge in order to keep reading further?” Don’t worry, while this blog will be applicable to those who have experience, it’s all about how to manage …

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Your SaaS management can get drastically better with Flexera’s integration with Coupa

September 28, 2020, 7:55 am
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The changing business landscape and global pandemic have made working from home the current standard. But while we’re adjusting—or even if we’ve already adjusted—it might be difficult to see all the new issues buried in the mountain of software as a service (SaaS) within your business.

Yes, SaaS—easy to buy …

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Runaway SaaS Spend:  Salesforce and ServiceNow

November 25, 2020, 9:06 am
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“Salesforce and ServiceNow.  Those are the new Oracles that if you are not managing the contract terms very closely, the costs spiral out of control.  The monitoring and governing of SaaS saved us a lot and we have more reasonable terms now.  Just the management and insight alone got us …

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IBM IASP and Flexera

February 18, 2021, 7:00 am
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What is IBM’s IASP offering?

Licensing audits are time-consuming, expensive, and can disrupt everyday business processes. IBM created their IASP offering to enhance SAM processes while helping customers reduce audit and compliance risks.

IBM’s Authorized SAM Provider (IASP) offering is meant to enhance and strengthen their customer relationships. With this …

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When good intentions, good will and sincerity lead to licensing nightmares and financial waste

March 16, 2021, 7:00 am
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Working for 20 years in SAM, I have come to the conclusion that the best efforts from everybody to reach high performance of IT infrastructure and fair licensing rules leads to incredible complexity in SAM, stress for SAM teams and over spend in licenses.

Licensing complexities—by design?

Licensing keeps …

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The Unfulfilled Promise of Crowdsourcing IT Data 

April 5, 2021, 7:18 am
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Crowdsourcing data is building a dataset with a large group of people contributing content.  On the surface, crowdsourcing seems promising.  Especially when you consider that some datasets – like the amount data you need to identify and categorize all the software, SaaS, and hardware in the world – seem …

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Flexera Is the First Partner Verified for Oracle Fusion Middleware

May 4, 2021, 7:00 am
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Oracle Middleware spend is rapidly increasing, and monitoring compliance is a growing challenge for IT organizations. Optimization of Oracle Middleware can save an organization significant budget dollars that can be reallocated to other Oracle products or initiatives.  

However, Oracle doesn’t accept measurement data from all third-party tools; this is …

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Introducing Flexera IBM Cloud Paks Sub-Capacity in Kubernetes Orchestration

June 10, 2021, 11:38 am
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IBM Cloud Paks are integrated software solutions built on the Red Hat open hybrid cloud platform, enabling you to deploy anywhere in the Kubernetes container environment that builds on top of the open-source Kubernetes orchestration technology. IBM Cloud Paks offer faster and more reliable ways to build, move and manage on the cloud. Since 2015, Flexera has been an approved IBM sub-capacity tool. FlexNet Manager Suite (FNMS) is the only accepted tool available as an approved replacement outside of IBM’s IASP program. FNMS provides out-of-the-box IBM sub-capacity reporting for each of the IBM-defined regions (America, Europe/Africa and the Asia Pacific).…
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Explaining the Complexities of Software Asset Management

July 9, 2021, 7:00 am
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Software asset management is a far cry from being simple It’s a common misconception to think that software licensing is akin to playing checkers—in reality, it is much more complex and comparable to playing chess. Your company will be outmatched if you don’t have a SAM solution in place that rises to your vendor’s level of technology intelligence. And, as IT budgets shrink, there has never been more of a need to simplify the complexities of calculating an effective license position (ELP). The vendors who consume the majority of your software spend and represent the most compliance risk also happen…
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Growth of SaaS Opportunities, things you should know

July 21, 2021, 7:00 am
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There is Exponential SaaS Industry Growth Software as a Service (SaaS) has become a critical part of everyday business. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the move from on-premises software to SaaS. Today 71% of organizations are deploying SaaS applications to enhance IT service delivery efficiency and encourage the scalability of business solutions. While there are clear and measurable advantages to IT endorsed SaaS deployments like quick and easy implementation, employees are increasingly bypassing IT departments and installing SaaS offerings directly onto their machines. While this might seem to improve the agility and productivity of teams, it can create challenges for…
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Software Vendor Audit Outlook for 2021

July 22, 2021, 8:59 am
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Flexera foresees a year of increased audits activity in 2021 for two reasons: The ongoing recession has caused flat or decreased sales in sales for some software companies, so those vendors are turning to audits to make up lost revenue; and consolidation in the software industry, with certain vendors being highly aggressive—even predatory—in their efforts to ensure license compliance and increase revenue. The leading industry analysts agree that Flexera has powerful solutions that companies have been turning to for managing their IBM, Microsoft and Oracle estates. Watch a video featuring Flexera’s Jim Ryan, President/CEO, and Conal Gallagher, CIO/CSO, as they…
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Why is Software Asset Management Important

August 4, 2021, 9:52 am
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What is software asset management? Software asset management (SAM) is the business initiative for reclaiming budget and maximizing value by actively governing and automating procurement, usage and deployment of software licenses and subscriptions. For many organizations, SAM is a tactical approach to balance the number of software licenses purchased with the number of actual licenses consumed or used. This means there are a multitude of reasons why software asset management is important. Software Asset Management Benefits Reduce software and support costs by negotiating volume contract agreements and eliminating or reallocating underutilized software licenses Improve worker productivity by deploying the right…
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SaaS Benefits and Why You Need SaaS Management

August 12, 2021, 7:00 am
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SaaS Benefits and Advantages Did you know the average company is using 80 software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications? In fact, the average company now pays for 20 times more SaaS subscriptions today than it did five years ago. One of the largest SaaS benefits is its convenient nature compared to on-premises software. SaaS apps require no implementation, can be accessed anywhere with an internet browser and require no maintenance by the purchasing organization. While there are many SaaS advantages, there are also some drawbacks—the first being shadow IT. Shadow IT is the use of IT systems, devices, software, applications and services without…
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2: Are our software licensing costs optimized?

August 31, 2021, 8:00 am
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This is the second in our series of Precision Planning blogs that examine the key questions which must be answered in order to effectively plan your organization’s IT for 2022. Spend continues to increase year over year SaaS and cloud may be the shiny new objects attracting all the attention, but most organizations are still spending significantly more on traditional software than SaaS/IaaS/PaaS services, according to Flexera’s 2021 State of Tech Spend report. Planning for these software investments is a pivotal challenge for IT leaders. You need to budget for your “keep the lights on” expenses and stretch every dollar…
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3: Can we control our organization’s SaaS costs?

September 1, 2021, 7:00 am
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This is the third in our series of Precision Planning blogs that examine the key questions which must be answered in order to effectively plan your organization’s IT for 2022. SaaS spend is on the rise, impacting spend and reshaping your vendor landscape If you’re like most IT leaders, the proliferation of SaaS is changing how you view your software portfolio and spend forecasting. As recently as a few years ago, your top-spend software vendors probably consisted of the “usual suspects” of Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and SAP.     But things have changed. According to Flexera’s 2021 State of Tech Spend Report, …
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Flexera knows Kubernetes are in the IT estate. Do you?

September 30, 2021, 7:00 am
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Containers post a significant challenge for IT Many organizations now face unprecedented challenges. Employees are working remotely almost entirely, and IT needs to keep up with the demand for new devices, software and more. IT also needs to keep an eye on utilization, maintaining governance and optimizing spend. All these demands are coming on top of managing assets in complex environments as more disruptive technology enters the mix. And containers are causing chaos in IT environments right now; managing licenses on-premises and in the cloud is demanding enough for most organizations, but it’s even more difficult for IT to get…
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IT asset management: trends, challenges and initiatives in an ever-evolving field

October 22, 2021, 7:00 am
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IT environments have been undergoing significant change in recent years due in large part to advances in the way we procure and consume resources. The digital transformation of the enterprise is accelerating across all industry verticals, bringing complexities in asset management that were unforeseen just a few short years ago. And while the assets that need to be managed have changed, the underlying requirements of that management have not, bringing challenges to ITAM (IT asset management) practitioners. These challenges, along with the initiatives planned to address them, are among the details revealed in the Flexera 2022 State of ITAM Report.…
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How many FTEs should be on my SAM Team?

November 30, 2021, 7:00 am
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Many organizations ask us, “How many people do I need on my SAM team?” Although there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, Flexera does have quantitative data on the average and median size of SAM teams across more than 20 industries.      In the Flexera 2021 State of ITAM Report, we asked respondents about the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) on their SAM team. The responses varied widely from companies of all sizes, maturity levels and SAM tools in use. On the low end, there were three respondents in the survey who have zero FTEs on the SAM team. On the high end, there…
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Manage licenses and users with ease? Challenge accepted

January 10, 2022, 12:00 am
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Announcing new Salesforce AppExchange Application updates If you’ve worked with Salesforce applications in the past, you may be aware that managing active and inactive users can be quite a task. Even getting a report of all installed applications and a list of the users accessing them can be cumbersome, especially if you’re managing multiple organizations. This becomes even more challenging when it comes to managing users that are active within AppExchange applications. Just because you remove an inactive user from Salesforce doesn’t always mean that the user has been removed from the AppExchange applications that they were using. Unfortunately, this…
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