The Strategic Importance of Software License Optimization
By John Lipsey Why has enterprise license optimization risen to such strategic importance within the enterprise? Because organizations have finally realized that an ad hoc approach to software asset...
View ArticleWebinar: Lifting the Lid on SAP Licensing
By John Emmitt Optimizing your SAP licenses to ensure that you are buying what you need, based on actual usage, can be a challenge. SAP has also jumped into the top 10 list of major vendors that are...
View ArticleWebinar: What’s New in FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises
By John Emmitt FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises is a next generation software and hardware asset management, contract management, software license optimization, and workflow management solution....
View ArticleNotes from SAM Summit 2012—Software Audit Readiness
By John Emmitt This is the third installment of my blog series on the SAM Summit event in Chicago, May 29-30, 2012. On Wednesday, I attended a session on the Dos and Don'ts of Major Supplier Audits by...
View ArticleNew Gartner Report Stresses Need for Software License Optimization
By John Lipsey Gartner research director, Patricia Adams, has just published a new report, Software License Optimization Vendor Overview. The report lays out the key challenges enterprises and...
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Global Security Company Optimizes its SAP Licensing
By John Emmitt Flexera Software recently held a customer advisory meeting in Washington D.C. and one of our customers presented on their IT Asset Management (ITAM) and software license optimization...
View ArticleIntegrating Software License Optimization into Your Existing IT Infrastructure
By Cyndi Tackett All enterprises have systems in place to address different components of software license optimization and lifecycle management. Procurement systems contain historical software...
View ArticleSoftware License Management in the Cloud
By John Lipsey There’s an interesting article that’s worth taking a look at in TechTarget today. Ed Moyle does an excellent job of outlining some of the security and complexity issues surrounding...
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Breaking Down Information Silos to Achieve Software License Optimization
By Cyndi Tackett Information pertinent to software licenses in most organizations is siloed. Purchasing, contracts/legal, and operational IT typically do not have the software asset management...
View ArticleFive Significant Results from Consolidating License Servers
By John Smith Organizations that utilize concurrently licensed software—the license model typically used for engineering and technical applications, sometimes have many license servers to meet the...
View ArticleIs Token Based Licensing a Utility Model?
By Alan Swahn A true utility model has attributes that include: A consumption rating (e.g. watts) Customers pay for what is consumed Customers don’t pay in advance Once consumed it can’t be reused No...
View ArticleGartner ITAM Core Skills Report shows that the Needed Skills are Mostly about...
By John Emmitt Gartner recently published a research report called Core Skills Your ITAM Team Needs Now. As stated in the report: “Discussions with Gartner clients on the topic of ITAM are increasingly...
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Webinar: Achieve Breakthrough Results with Your SAM and License Optimization...
By John Emmitt Webinar: Achieve Breakthrough Results with Your SAM and License Optimization Program Available Dates and Times: Wednesday September 19th, 10:00am CT (United States) Thursday September...
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Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 1 of 3)
By Vincent Brasseur Oracle’s database product is offered with two types of licenses: Named User Plus (NUP) based on the number of users using the database and Processor based on the physical...
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Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 2 of 3)
By Vincent Brasseur Oracle does not recognize third party soft partitioning technologies when it comes to licensing database instances using the Processor metric (see Part 1 of this blog series). As a...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Strategic CIO Issues for 2013
By John Emmitt Bob Evans of Oracle wrote an interesting article posted on Forbes on the top 10 strategic CIO issues for next year. First on the list is: 1) Simplify IT and Transform Your Spending: Kick...
View Article2012 Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing Survey Now Open
By Ann Reist In its eighth year, the 2012 Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing Survey is now live. The survey, sponsored by Flexera Software and prepared with assistance from IDC, looks at...
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Token Based Licensing Gremlins
By Alan Swahn Token based licensing is becoming more popular with major software vendors like Cadence and IBM putting their muscle behind it. Although not a true utility model, it is convenient for...
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Are denials causing you to buy more licenses than you really need?
By James Griffin Recently, I was working with a customer that was certain they needed more concurrent licenses and was ready to spend a significant amount of money to make sure that an even more...
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Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 3 of 3)
By Vincent Brasseur There are multiple ways to optimize Oracle in a VMware virtualized environment. In part 2 of this blog series, a simple solution consisting of consolidating multiple Oracle...
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