Why a SKU is important to Software Asset Management

Background of the SKU Most folks are familiar with bar codes. Every time we go to the grocery store and check out, the cashier scans our groceries one at a time and the register automatically knows what we purchased, how much it is, and they probably even trigger when they need to reorder that item. Part of that bar code is the SKU (Stock Keeping Unit), which is a uniform method of tracking products sold. As the name implies, the SKU is intended …

June 30, 2010 Steve Mullins

Top Ten License Negotiation Concerns

I came across a white paper by Budd Larner of the The Technology Executives Club recently listing the Top 10 Issues in Software License Agreements and Negotiations. He actually listed 12.  I thought there were some interesting insights. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" While many of us would like to think that managing licenses is a simple problem of counting software entitlements and can be solved by implementing …

June 21, 2010 Steve Mullins