The ITAM Review: Tips to Drive Efficiency and Cost Savings in Asset Management
By Timothy DavisI had the pleasure of speaking with Martin Thompson, the founder of The ITAM Review, on a recent webinar to learn why IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM)...
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Get Your Arms Around the Cloud!
By Eric J. Feldman | @EricJFeldmanI bought a new portable hard drive the other day. It was a Seagate Backup Plus "bundle" including a case and 200GB of cloud storage. The included software...
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Software Asset Management and the C-level Executive—SAM Becomes Strategic
By John EmmittGartner recently published a report called: Software Asset Management Is Now a C-Level Imperative in which they say: “SAM has evolved into a discipline that supports strategic business...
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How do You Prevent Your Cloud Costs from Spiraling Out-Of-Control
By Eric J. Feldman | @EricJFeldmanWhen I was in business school, one constant assignment was the analysis of a company or industry business problem. Many of these were based on published case studies...
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Software Asset Management and Governance – The Road to Hell? (Part 1)
By Peter RoweMichael Gerrard, Research Vice President at Gartner has written that “IT governance addresses two major topics: demand governance (“doing the right things”) and supply-side governance...
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Software Asset Management and Governance – The Road to Hell? (Part 2)
By Peter Rowe This is part 2 of the blog we posted last week. (See Software Asset Management and Governance – The Road to Hell? (Part 1)) The Scope of SAM GovernanceAny updated or newly implemented...
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Frugality in IT – 5 Top Tips to Make Sure You Pay Only for What You Use
By Steve BeardsWith the continued need to contain IT costs, here are a few of the ways you can leverage Software Asset Management (SAM) and License Optimization processes and tools to “be frugal:”Make...
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FlexNet Manager Suite Case Study from TechValidate
By John EmmittBelow is a TechValidate customer case study for Flexera Software's FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises Software Asset Management (SAM) and Software License Optimization solution.
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Flexera Software is a Gold Sponsor at ServiceNow Knowledge16
by Michael CheFlexera Software will be a Gold Sponsor at the upcoming ServiceNow Knowledge16 conference on May 15-20 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Resort in Las Vegas. During the event, we will be...
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How will Microsoft licensing for Windows Server 2016 affect you?
By Greg MissoAt the end of last year, Microsoft confirmed what many had believed for some time—it will be transitioning its Windows Server operating system from the once simplistic device based...
View ArticleWebinar: Desktop Software Asset Management – Today and Tomorrow
By John EmmittMany mid-size organizations are facing the challenge of managing and optimizing the licensing for their desktop environments. The goals are to maintain license compliance / reduce...
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Why Software Vendor Recognition of SAM Technology is a Good Thing
By Greg HolmesI’ve heard from some people that they believe software vendor recognition of software asset management (SAM) tools, whether it is is called certification, verification or acceptance, acts...
View ArticleGet Ready to Meet the Federal Mandate on Software Asset Management
By John EmmittAs discussed in this article-- Knowledge is power in software purchasing, on FCW.com, its likely that "the pending Office of Management and Budget (OMB) category management policy for...
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Flexera Software’s APAC Customers and Partners Discuss SAM Trends and Product...
By Peter RoweFlexera Software has recently run a series of Customer and Partner Advisory Boards in both Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. The combined audience across the events represented close to a...
View ArticleOMB’s New FITARA Guidelines for Software Asset Management: The Federal...
By Jim Ryan, CEO, Flexera SoftwareThe federal government spends more than $6 billion per year on software. Without a government-wide Software Asset Management strategy in place, Flexera Software...
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The Business Software Alliance and the Global Software Survey
by Eric Feldman | @EricJFeldmanThe Business Software Alliance (BSA) recently published the latest edition of their Global Software Survey. This survey, done in partnership with IDC, reports on the...
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Webinar: How Software License Optimization Empowers IT Procurement
By John Emmitt Software licensing costs account for a significant portion of the typical IT budget—as much as 25 percent—and they represent a substantial cost for today’s enterprise. And, cloud...
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Notes from the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2016
By John EmmittA team from Flexera Software attended the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in National Harbor MD this week, where attendees had seven tracks and many sessions to pick from...
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Software License Optimization Helps Solve Multiple Business Challenges
by Eric Feldman | @EricJFeldmanFlexera Software recently engaged TechValidate, a neutral third party, to conduct an independent study of our customers. We sent 10 questions to a large number of FlexNet...
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Moving to the Cloud? Of Course You Are!
By John EmmittEnterprises are overwhelmingly moving to the Cloud. As of last year (2015), the cloud market was about $121 billion dollars and was growing at a 26% annual rate! The market data shows...
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