Application Usage Management company Flexera Software has been added to the US Department of Defense (DOD) list of approved providers for IT Asset Management. US federal defense agencies can now use FlexNet Manager Suite to help implement new Software License Optimization provision in the National Defense Authorization Act. As a specialist provider to enterprises and governments, the firm is no doubt... 

This independent review of License Dashboard Enterprise Suite from License Dashboard is part of our 2012 SAM Tools Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch The product the License Auditor built Strengths Built from the ground up for SAM Weaknesses None Primary Market Focus Mid-Market License Management Commercial Summary Vendor License... 

This independent review of FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises from Flexera Software is part of our 2012 SAM Tools Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch Black-belt SAM Strengths Industrial Strength Enterprise SAM offering, Enterprise Data Aggregator Weaknesses The strength is the weakness – not for the feint hearted. Don’t expect an... 

Chris Hughes, Flexera Software This article has been contributed by Chris Hughes of Flexera Software. Generally, when we think about SAP named user license optimization, the focus is on three key optimizations: Identifying inactive users Inactive SAP user accounts are retired to free up licenses for other users and to forestall additional purchases. Identifying duplicate users Each SAP user requires... 

This article has been contributed by Matt Fisher, Sales & Marketing Director at License Dashboard. It’s often all-too easy to take what your Discovery tool is telling you at face value. From a license management point of view, that can mean importing the inventory data straight into the license management solution and performing a reconciliation between the discovered data and the recorded license... 

IBM Blue Gene-P This Quick Guide is available in PDF format – Simply subscribe to our free newsletter to receive a free copy instantly. Martin Thompson Martin is an independent software industry analyst, SAM consultant and founder of The ITAM Review and The ITSM Review. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter or LinkedIn. More Posts – Website Follow Me:  Read More →

Whilst at IAITAM I had the opportunity for a brief chat with Eliot Arlo Colon, President at Miro Consulting, Inc. With over 400 clients on retainers assisting clients with license management and 10 years negotiating/re-negotiating Oracle and Microsoft contracts, Miro knows a thing or two about license compliance. I asked Eliot about trends in license management. We discussed outsourcing or co-managing... 

Snow Software have released a new version of Snow License Manager and Snow License Manager for SCCM. What I like in particular is the Martin Thompson Martin is an independent software industry analyst, SAM consultant and founder of The ITAM Review and The ITSM Review. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter or LinkedIn. More Posts – Website Follow Me:  Read More →

Snow Software have launched a license management module specifically for Microsoft SMS and Microsoft SCCM customers. Snow License Manager uses SMS or SCCM for it’s inventory source to enable tracking installed software and measuring usage. “Snow License Manager automatically combines infrastructure information provided by Snow Inventory, Microsoft SMS® or Microsoft SCCM® with information... 

Following the release of Centennial Software’s SKU-centric license management solution “License Manager” last year ManageSoft have announced a ‘long-term pact’ with CCP Software GmbH which will integrate a 100,000 SKU library of software titles into their ECM software. “These SKU numbers are imported from customer purchase order data into ECM, which automatically...