A little more than a year ago a standard for software tagging was ratified (see our announcement) following three years of development.
Since ratification of dash two, the working group has continued to lobby vendors of applications and management tools to adopt the standard thus passing on benefits to Software Asset Managers as new versions of [...]
To miss the hysteria and hype of the iPAD release one would have to be caught in hibernation. Expectations of 10 million plus globally within the calendar year is an impressive 1st year performance for a single high end product.
Whilst the multi-touch interface, usability, mobility and size are key contributors to the device’s popularity, the [...]
Embrace cost-saving opportunities with strong software asset management controls
New research reveals organisations need to optimise their software lifecycle management processes to gain maximum financial benefit.
Nine out of ten organisations are failing to realise the full savings associated with software asset management (SAM), according to research by analysts IDC.
Although the survey revealed that an effective SAM [...]
Embarking on virtualising your datacenter or the desktop environment will likely be one of the most significant transformation projects your team will deliver in recent times or the imminent future. Whilst software licence rules shouldn’t dictate your organisation’s overall approach, given the associated investment planning for your environment incorporating licensing considerations and concessions will likely [...]
The UK Software Asset Management Conference: 21st April 2010 brought to you by The Software Industry Research Board
SIRB, a leading advisor on Software Licence Management, is bringing together industry leaders from the Software and Software Asset Management (SAM) community to share success and experience and further your knowledge and progression of effective licence management processes, policies [...]
Managing licence obligations against entitlement in the virtual world – part 1
By now you’ve most probably seen coverage warning to mind the hype developed from various quarters of the efficiencies and returns from virtualising your infrastructure. The vendor and early media publicity of a better, faster, cheaper approach has been tempered by a greater understanding [...]
THE UK Software Asset Management Conference: 21st April 2010 – brought to you by The Software Industry Research Board
SIRB, a leading advisor on Software Licence Management, is bringing together industry leaders from the Software and Software Asset Management (SAM) community to share success and experience and further your knowledge and progression of effective licence management [...]
In 2006 the International Organisation for Standards passed a standard for Software Asset Management processes ISO19770-1 (dash one). The release of that standard was the product of a great deal of effort initially by Investors in Software (IiS – now merged with the Federation Against software Theft) and the various working groups over a period [...]
