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Software Licensing

INTERVIEW: Steve Klos “Revolutionising the Identification and Management of Software”

June 16, 2009 ISO/IEC 19770

Back in December last year Steve Klos provided me with a helicopter view of the international standard for SAM (ISO/IEC 19770) – the full article is here.
The second part of the standard, -2, is now nearing completion. I caught up with Steve recently and asked him how companies can get involved, what benefits they can [...]

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ARTICLE: 3 Steps to Negotiating Software Agreements

February 9, 2009 Articles

Daryl Ullman is a Software Licensing Consultant at Emerset, a company he founded in 2004. Daryl has eleven years experience in IT including seven years at Microsoft in Israel.
Here he shares his unique three step process for negotiating software license agreements;

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INTERVIEW: Sandi Conrad, “A Free Tactic To Save Thousands in Licensing”

January 23, 2009 Interviews

Sandi recently contributed the article “15 Steps To Completing A Software Audit“.
I asked Sandi about her experiences in the Software Asset Management market and her advice with regards to auditing and inventory tools.

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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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BBC Slashes SAP Licensing Costs

November 19, 2008 SAM
BBC Reduces Software Spend Using Software Usage

The BBC has reportedly reduced it’s software spend by using software usage data on SAP licensing.
Silicon reports that there were 2,126 staff members with licenses to use their SAP ERP system who had not logged in during a 3 month period, highlighting a potential  £300K ($450K) saving per annum.

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Free Microsoft Licensing Training (UK) 2nd October

September 18, 2008 Events
Software Licensing Training

 No idea where to start about software licensing?
Microsoft UK are providing a free training session on Microsoft Licensing. The course is designed at licensing novices and aims to give an overview of the licensing models for the popular Microsoft products.
The course also included an introduction to Software Asset Management practices.
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Licensed to be confusing, restrictive and obtuse

April 25, 2008 Software Licensing

“Most of us never read software licences, but they are becoming more important – and absurd.”
“Eulas typically specify that the software’s publisher is not liable if anything goes wrong. They typically specify the publisher’s preferred jurisdiction for legal disputes. And some are even more restrictive: some graphics packages have been known to specify that they [...]

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