License management company License Dashboard is warning companies of the risks it says exist when working with software licensing under virtualised environments, in particular with dynamic provisioning or VMware’s ‘Distributed Resources Scheduler’ (DRS). The firm says that while the majority of its customers say that they have virtualized their servers, 58% of those that have are using DRS-type... 

Barium: with clear visibility and transparency of the insides of the patient, the Doctor can make an informed prognosis. The Mega-Vendor Arab Spring In my experience the vast majority of businesses are enthusiastic about technology and are happy to pay a fair price for it. However, software licensing is complex. Software licensing is a hindrance to the adoption of new transformative technology and... 

This guide is available as a handy PDF – simply subscribe to our monthly newsletter to receive a copy.  Windows 8 Edition Microsoft has made changes to the editions of Windows with their latest release, in an effort to make it easier for people to choose. The editions of Windows 8 are: Windows 8 Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Enterprise Windows RT No more Basic, Home Premium, Starter etc. and, interestingly,... 

Moshe Panzer, Xpandion This article has been contributed by Moshe Panzer, CEO of Xpandion. Part One – Getting into the Right Mind Set Part Two – Preparing Real Use Data Part Three – Pre-audit Data Cleansing Classification Part 1 of 3: Getting into the Right Mind Set Once a year you receive an email reminding you that the time has come (again) to file your company’s SAP licensing report.... 

A letter from an ITAM Review reader: Dear Martin, I wanted to let you know how useful I find your Oracle Licensing Quick Guide when educating colleagues about the basics of Oracle licensing. However it doesn’t mention one of my biggest Oracle Licensing bugbears, and one which is sure to be tripping up a lot of people other than myself. T&C Spaghetti This is the way Oracle just changes the T&Cs... 

I was shocked by the recent experiences of an ITAM review reader when trying to novate Microsoft licenses from one company to another. An artist's impression of the Microsoft Contract Novation department Round 1 ITAM Review reader fills in the Microsoft novation form. The form requires the selection of a tick box explaining the reason for the novation as well as a list, line item by line item,... 

SAP UK MD Tim Noble: “standardise our terms, software rights and conditions globally” SAP this week holds the US leg of its TechEd 2012 developer and user conference and exhibition in Las Vegas. The firm used its opening keynote sessions to detail a set of extended developer services to sit under the umbrella of its HANA brand, the company’s in-memory Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)-centric... 

In the face of many firms and individuals now considering Windows 8 as their next potential operating system (or not as the case may be) RES Software has undertaken a Windows 7 migration survey in order to try and gauge the state of corporate mindsets as they stand today. The company suggests that its analysis of more than 330 IT professionals worldwide across a variety of industries may provide some... 

An interesting video below recorded at VMworld in Barcelona featuring Oracle licensing specialist Daniel Hesselink and IT contracts specialist Judica Krikke. An introduction from Daniel’s blog states: “A brief summary on video about the presentation we’ve given at VMworld Barcelona, pointing out the licensing issues in virtualized environments. We hope this will clarify some of the... 

As with all major software vendors, Citrix has a number of different licensing schemes in an effort to cater for different kinds/sizes of organizations as well as the differences between corporations, educational institutions, charities and government bodies. Commercial Sector Here there are 2 offerings which are: EASY License Program Enterprise License Agreement Program (ELA) EASY License Program This...