Enterprise App Stores Can Drive Down Software License Costs
By Randy LittlesonAs consumers, we've become not only familiar with app stores, but now take them for granted - they are just the assumed way you get applications for your mobile devices. The problem...
View ArticleThe Software Audit Risk Lurking in the Hallways of Your Company
By Cyndi TackettWe’ve all heard the anecdotal stories of disgruntled employees contacting the BSA to report software license compliance violations out of malicious intent, which triggered a software...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Latest Release of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud Provides Comprehensive IT Asset...
By Vincent BrasseurA new release of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud, Flexera Software’s Software as a Service (SaaS) offering for software license compliance and license optimization went live on February...
View ArticleDepartment of Defense Inspector General Report on Software License Management...
By John LipseyOn August 7, the Inspector General for the Department of Defense issued a report entitled “The Navy’s Management of Software Licenses Needs Improvement,” in which it detailed instances of...
View ArticleU.S. Federal Government One Step Closer to Enacting Broad Software License...
By John LipseyThe US House of Representatives just passed HR 1232 – the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), a bill to reform how the US government acquires and manages its...
View ArticleWebinar: Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing and 2014 Predictions
The 2013 Software Licensing and Pricing survey was conducted by Flexera Software with input from IDC’s Software Pricing and Licensing Research division under the direction of Amy Konary, Research Vice...
View ArticleMigrating to the New Dassault Systemes License Server
By Pete JohnsonDassault Systemes, maker of computer aided design (CAD) and 3D design tools such as CATIA and SolidWorks, has announced that they will be moving to a new license server for their...
View ArticleBe Better Prepared for an SAP Software Audit
By John EmmittIn a recent Gartner research report-- Plan Your SAP License Audit to Eliminate Surprises, analysts Lori Samolsky and Victoria Barber identify a number of SAP license management challenges...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Much Help is the Classification Help from SAP?
By Andrea GreuelSAP leaves it up to their customers to assign the right SAP Named User license type per user in the user master records. This classification must be done before executing the SAP system...
View ArticleYou Probably Won't Win the 'Billion Dollar Bracket' Contest, But You Could...
By John EmmittHere's a strategy for CIO's that need to find additional budget for IT innovation-- enter the Warren Buffett - Quicken Loans Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge. The lucky winner would...
View ArticleThe Slow Death of the Device Based License Metric
By Vincent BrasseurThe device license metric has been around for decades. It relies on the simple consumption model where each and every installation of a software product consumes one license. If this...
View ArticleCan Applying Product Use Rights Enhance Software Reclamation Programs?
By Dan ThomsonAs demonstrated by many contributions to the Flexera Software blog, Software License Optimization solutions empower Software Asset Management (SAM) teams to reach unparalleled success...
View ArticleGetting Control of your Software Estate (Part 1 of 3)
By Rebecca MackPart 1: Discovery, Inventory, Software Identification, Normalization and RationalizationToday I’d like to talk briefly about some of the recommended steps to take to gain control of your...
View ArticleWho Should Do SAP Named User Consolidation—You or SAP?
By Andrea GreuelSometimes I hear customers say: “I don’t use the License Administration Workbench (LAW) from SAP. I send the various protocols and leave it to SAP to consolidate them.” This statement...
View ArticleWebinar: Integrate Software License Optimization and ITSM to Increase...
By John EmmittIT Service Management (ITSM) and Software License Optimization are converging, with more organizations seeing the value of an integrated approach to these two disciplines.Attend the...
View ArticleBudget Cuts That Don’t Hurt—Too Good to be True?
By Randy LittlesonWhether you work in the public or private sector, the notion of budget cuts is a reality. If not an outright cut, you’re certainly being asked to do more with less—squeeze greater...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Integrating an App Store with an ITSM Service Catalog: 1+1=3
By Martin Kurzinski, ITIL MasterThere’s an interesting and growing amount of synergies between IT Service Management (ITSM), Application Readiness and Software License Optimization (which is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CFO’s Beware – Enterprises Are “Accidental” Software Pirates – Often Paying...
By: Jim Ryan, Chief Operating OfficerCFO's are now on notice -- most enterprises are "accidental software pirates" and face frequent, unbudgeted software license true-up bills from their vendors –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting Control of your Software Estate (Part 2 of 3)
Part 2: Managing License Entitlements and License OptimizationBy Rebecca MackOnce you have the hardware and software inventory processes in place, you are efficiently packaging all of your applications...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Update on Using Engineering Applications in the Cloud—Private Clouds and...
By Pete JohnsonSeveral months ago, I wrote about the growing trend of hosting applications in the cloud, and how that effects engineering applications. (Considerations for using Engineering...
View Article