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You’re Getting Warmer—License Management for Hot, Warm, and Cold Backup Servers

Managing datacenter server software licenses, as we all know, can be a challenge. One of those challenges is dealing with licensing terms and conditions related to backup servers. First, you have to k…

June 26, 2015 Flexera

Cloud and SaaS make my software license management problems go away. Right?

I’ve talked to several companies over the past few weeks who believe that their software license management problems will disappear with the move to Cloud and SaaS delivery models. Unfortunate…

March 17, 2015 Cyndi Tackett

Managing Microsoft Client Access Licenses (Part 3 of 3)

Microsoft is delivering Cloud services through products such as Intune and Office 365. These products add a layer of complexity to the Client Access License (CAL) software asset management challenge. …

January 23, 2015 Flexera

Managing Microsoft Client Access Licenses (Part 2 of 3)

Managing Client Access Licenses (CAL), staying compliant and optimized is not an easy task. There are three main challenges that any organization will typically face: the complexity of the license pur…

January 19, 2015 Flexera

What is Software License Optimization?

Software License Optimization (SLO) is a term used to describe a range of capabilities that complement traditional IT Asset Management and that provide organizations with the ability to maximize use of their procured software licenses while minimizing spend associated with those licenses. Those organizations remain in compliance with their software license agreements, while avoiding over buying of software. Some important characteristics of Soft…

September 26, 2014 Steve Schmidt

Software Audit Top 10 List

If you're an enterprise, you've surely been audited by a software company – likely many times. At it's annual IT asset management and procurement conference, Gartner shared …

September 8, 2014 Flexera

Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 3 of 3)

There are multiple ways to optimize Oracle in a VMware virtualized environment. In part 2 of this blog series, a simple solution consisting of consolidating multiple Oracle databases on a single VMwar…

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Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 2 of 3)

Oracle does not recognize third party soft partitioning technologies when it comes to licensing database instances using the Processor metric (see Part 1 of this blog series). As a result, installing …

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Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 1 of 3)

Oracle’s database product is offered with two types of licenses: Named User Plus (NUP) based on the number of users using the database and Processor based on the physical characteristics of the device…

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Top 5 Causes of Software License Non-Compliance

PricewaterhouseCoopers recently conducted research to determine the top 5 causes of software license non-compliance for companies. The findings were: 1. Complexity of software licensing agreements. As software vendors grow to support broader customer bases with varying needs and acquire other software companies that had their own software license agreements and policies, complexity grows substantially. Many companies have complex agreements w…

February 6, 2012 Flexera

You’re Getting Warmer—License Management for Hot, Warm, and Cold Backup Servers

Cloud and SaaS make my software license management problems go away. Right?

Managing Microsoft Client Access Licenses (Part 3 of 3)

Managing Microsoft Client Access Licenses (Part 2 of 3)

What is Software License Optimization?

Software Audit Top 10 List

Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 3 of 3)

Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 2 of 3)

Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 1 of 3)

Top 5 Causes of Software License Non-Compliance

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You’re Getting Warmer—License Management for Hot, Warm, and Cold Backup Servers

Cloud and SaaS make my software license management problems go away. Right?

Managing Microsoft Client Access Licenses (Part 3 of 3)

Managing Microsoft Client Access Licenses (Part 2 of 3)

What is Software License Optimization?

Software Audit Top 10 List

Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 3 of 3)

Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 2 of 3)

Oracle Database Licensing in a VMware Virtual Environment (Part 1 of 3)

Top 5 Causes of Software License Non-Compliance

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