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No Surprise—Users Say SAP Licensing is Too Complex
By John Emmitt A recent SAP Users Group survey found that 95% of SAP users think that the company’s software licensing is ‘overly complicated’ as discussed in the ComputerWorldUK article. The survey...
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Webinar: Flexera Software Customers Share Software License Management Best...
By John Emmitt Join Northrop Grumman’s Director of IT Asset Management, Becky Smith and Tyco International’s Sr. Director, Global Partner Strategies, Lara Nichols, for a panel discussion on software...
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Windows Server 2012 Datacenter vs. Stacked Standard Edition Licenses
By Alan Swahn Windows Server 2012, which was rolled out in September, has 4 editions, with 2 editions focused on virtualization—Standard and Datacenter. Standard is about 18.3% of the Datacenter...
View ArticleLeveraging Microsoft Product Use Rights to Unlock Software Savings
By Mandi Sue Bleau I recently had the opportunity to work with a large enterprise that has 60,000 desktops. They were faced with a pending Microsoft software license review and needed to reconcile...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Drivers Behind Application Rationalization Critical to Success
By Gwen Lyons In speaking with customers over the past few years, it has become apparent that Application Rationalization means different things to different folks. It’s important to ask the right...
View ArticleHow Software License Optimization Aids Application Rationalization Initiatives
By Gwen LyonsSoftware License Optimization provides a great opportunity to drive cost savings, mitigate license compliance risk, and automate asset management processes. In addition, software asset...
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Software Inventory—The Foundation of Software Asset Management
By Natalie Overstreet LiasWe frequently discuss on this blog how to increase your level of software asset management (SAM) maturity. Beginning at Level 1 (see figure below), you begin to collect...
View ArticleMicrosoft Windows 8 Licensing
By Vincent BrasseurMicrosoft has just released its new operating system, Windows 8, on October 26th, 2012. This new release comes with a radical new user interface. It is optimized for touchscreens,...
View ArticleSAP Measurement Doesn’t Have to be a Lot of Manual Effort
By Andrea GreuelDoes the SAP system measurement always have to involve a lot of manual effort with unknown results? This was the question a German food processing company was asking themselves.Due to...
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Microsoft Windows 8 Licensing and Product Use rights
By Vincent BrasseurMicrosoft has not changed the core of the Windows licensing model with its latest version 8 release. Licenses are still based on the device metric, but a few rules have been added...
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Software License Compliance and Optimization by Design
By Alan SwahnThe status quo for software asset management (SAM) and license management is a reactive process, where software evidence is discovered at the endpoint computer that is reported back to the...
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The Power of Software Licensing Simulations and What If Analysis
By Martin KurzinskiI was just speaking with a customer the other day about optimizing their software spend while mitigating the risk of license compliance audits. The customer then asked about taking...
View ArticleTop 2 Priorities for a Successful Software Asset Management Program
By Randy LittlesonAt a recent KPMG session in the UK, senior executives responsible for software asset management (SAM) programs at major corporations were asked what they felt were the most important...
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Optimize Your Software Spend with Software License Optimization
By Kirk ClausenIf you were to ask the CIO or the CFO of a typical enterprise how much of their IT budget is spent on software, you will most likely get an answer of “too much”. Yet, the normal...
View ArticleMake Software Chargeback Work for Your Organization
By Cyndi TackettMost organizations chargeback the purchase price of software to the buying cost center. The chargeback process makes good business sense but sometimes has negative side effects....
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Optimize Your Software Spend with Software License Optimization (Part 2)
By Kirk ClausenIn an earlier post, I had stated that the end goal should be a combination of Software License Optimization tools and processes that enable the organization to proactively optimize their...
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The Importance of People to Software Asset Management Success
By Paul WintersIn June, a leading European banking and financial services organization, employing close to 200,000 people worldwide decided to embark on a Software Asset Management (SAM) and License...
View ArticleNot Your Parent’s SAP Portfolio
By Matt SchaeferThere was a time when an organization that wanted to understand how well they were managing their SAP portfolio, or was approaching a software audit with SAP, simply tried to understand...
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What You Need to Know About Managing Concurrent Software Licenses
By James GriffinWhile the most dominate license types for desktop applications are device or user based licenses, it is still commonplace to find concurrent licenses. Those of us who have been around...
View Article‘Twas the Night Before Audit
By John Emmitt (With a big nod to Clement C. Moore and/or Henry Livingston, Jr.)1‘Twas the night before audit and all through the org,Not a license was counted, not even for Word;The PO’s were in...
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