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‘Negotiating with Microsoft’ Book Feedback

February 25, 2010 ITAM Review News

I have started to receive feedback for ‘Negotiating with Microsoft’ by Daryl Ullman:
An excellent overview on how to prepare to negotiate with Microsoft and what your options are, with guidance on what can (should!) be negotiated.
Richard Weigel
Pfizer

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‘Negotiating with Microsoft’ Published

January 21, 2010 Featured
book-launch

I first spoke to Daryl Ullman this time last year when he contributed an article for the ITAM Review.
See 3 Steps to Negotiating Software Agreements
Daryl spends his time helping

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Get a Review Copy of ‘Negotiating with Microsoft’

January 5, 2010 ITAM Review News
EBook_3D

‘Negotiating with Microsoft’ by Daryl Ullman
- A step by step practical guide to prepare for negotiating with Microsoft.
I have a limited number of free copies of this new book to give away to readers who can provide a review. To receive a review copy please contact me. SORRY ALL GONE

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Microsoft Licensing Quick Guide

November 25, 2009 Featured
Quick Guide To Microsoft Licensing

This Quick Guide to Microsoft Licensing has been provided by Matt Marnell of Holistics Inc.

Introduction
Volume licensing is a more affordable and generally much easier way to purchase and manage software within all but the smallest organizations.
Some of the concepts in volume licensing can be intimidating, and the practical considerations of some licensing models can confound [...]

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Windows 7 Useful Links

November 3, 2009 Articles
Windows-7

Some useful resources for Windows 7:

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Page
Windows 7 Bible on CIO – Including ‘Desktop Features, Enterprise Features, Hands-on Reviews, Upgrade Advice, What Enterprise IT Thinks and Availability & Pricing’.
Good round-up from ComputerWorld including ‘upgrade snags, security issues, reboots, and installation workarounds’.
Windows 7 Edition Comparison Matrix
Licensing Windows 7 – Free independent guide from [...]

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ITAM Industry News Round-Up

September 18, 2009 BDNA

BDNA / Forrester Webinar: Managing Software Compliance Risks, September 22nd
ComputerWorld Software Piracy: The Whistle-Blowers’ Motives thanks to Matt Fisher.
FrontRange Solutions – announce License Manager 3.1
Numara Software – Unified ITAM Solution, 8 products, one agent, one console.
Sassafras Software ships K2 v6.2 – Includes new tools for software cost reduction.
SIWEL Consulting Webinar: Catching Up to Virtualization, [...]

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End User Review: Microsoft SCCM 2007 [56%]

June 1, 2009 End User Reviews

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2
Estate Size: 1,275 (51% Desktops, 20% Laptops, 29% Servers)
Reviewer: Rosemary, IT Acquisitions Admin. /IT Asset Manager, Financial Services

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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager SAM Add-Ons

January 22, 2009 Articles

Retrofit your SMS/SCCM installation to add Software Asset Management functionality with the following add-ons.
If there are any other tools, tips or tricks you know of to enhance SMS/SCCM please let me know and I’ll add them to this listing.

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Microsoft Licensing Schemes Explained

January 9, 2009 Microsoft

Visit Miro Consulting for a great post clearly explaining the seven different Microsoft licensing schemes.

Miro Consulting – Microsoft Volume Licensing – Which one is for me?

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Microsoft Metered Pay-As-You-Go = The end of license management?

January 7, 2009 ITAM Review News

It has often been argued that Microsoft’s dominance in the software world might be attributed to their aggressive marketing strategy and laissez-faire approach to licensing.

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Tools For Research On Vista Migrations

July 21, 2008 Microsoft
Windows Vista Migration

Two good sites with advice on hardware and software compatability for Windows Vista:
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor – which includes a quick and intuitive tool for benchmarking your systems

Windows Vista Compatibility Center – search engine for finding individual applications and hardware manufacturers.
and perhaps this tool for testing that your standard builds work before rolling out the [...]

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