Category: IT Asset Management

Oracle License Services: Spending Money to Save It
Stefan SinghCompliance, Cost Containment/Negotiation, IT Asset Management, licensing, Licensing Change Alert, Managed Services, Miro News, Oracle, Oracle audit, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Tip, Oracle: News You Can Use, software asset management, Software audit, software license, Term Licenses

Oracle licenses cost money. It can be a lot of money, too. So much so that companies are sometimes reluctant to invest in expert consulting services to help maintain licensing compliance simply because they have already spent enough on the software itself. But sometimes a company needs to spend money in order to save it. This is especially true when it comes to Oracle audit defense and other Oracle license management services. As a business owner or executive, you know […]

Is Java’s New Fee Structure Pricing Companies Out?
Stefan SinghCompliance, IT Asset Management, JAVA, licensing, Licensing Change Alert, Miro News, Oracle, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Tip, Oracle: News You Can Use, software asset management, software license, Software Renewal, Subscription based license

Oracle’s new and well-published fee structure for Java is now in full force. It represents the fourth fee structure change in four years. Under the new schedule, companies using Java could pay 2-5 times more to continue using it. This begs a particularly important question: is the new fee structure pricing companies out? A January piece from Forbes Council’s Member Scott Sellers suggests that this is a very real possibility. Sellers notes that 98% of all businesses use Java for […]

IBM Audits: Being Found Out of Compliance Could Be Expensive
Stefan SinghCompliance, IBM, IT Asset Management, licensing, Miro News, software asset management, Software audit, software license

An IBM audit is inevitable for any organization that uses the company’s software. IBM audits customers every three to four years like clockwork. Here’s the thing: being found out of compliance could get very expensive rather quickly. It pays to be proactive about internal IBM audit defense and license management to guarantee your company is fully in compliance when that next audit comes. Every IBM audit begins with a letter “invoking IBM’s right to audit, which is detailed in the […]

Is Your Company Utilizing the Right Salesforce Licenses?
Stefan SinghIT Asset Management, licensing, Miro News, Salesforce, software asset management, software license, Subscription based license

Managing software licenses in a business setting can be a bit challenging. Some software packages are more complicated than others. Take Salesforce. It has some of the most complex licensing in business. For that reason alone, our Salesforce license management services could prove invaluable to your company. Salesforce is near the top in terms of the sheer number of licenses available to customers. As you know, a license allows your organization to legally use a software product for business purposes. […]

Java Alternatives
Tim HegedusIT Asset Management, JAVA, licensing, Licensing Change Alert, Oracle, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Tip, Oracle: News You Can Use, software asset management, Software audit, software license, Software Renewal, Support

On January 23, 2023, Oracle quietly announced their new licensing metric for Java, the Employee for Java SE Universal Subscription metric. Since then, Oracle has done two (2) things; possibly three (3): Oracle no longer offers the older metrics of Processor (servers, with the core-factor applied) and Named User Plus (workstations). Even if you had originally licensed the older metrics (beginning in April 2019 and ending just prior to the adoption of the new metric), once that term ran its […]

Microsoft License Audits: Top 5 FAQs and Answers
Stefan SinghCompliance, IT Asset Management, licensing, Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Audit, Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft: News You Can Use, Miro News, software asset management, Software audit, software license

Like most others in the software development business, Microsoft does not sell its products. Rather, it licenses them. Ensuring that customers maintain compliance with licensing agreements is the motivation behind conducting regular audits. Rest assured that a Microsoft license audit is not something to take lightly. Microsoft audits are par for the course at Miro Consulting. Given that Microsoft is the most common software brand utilized by organizations worldwide, we make it our business to stay abreast with auditing policies, […]

Is Licensing Copilot for Microsoft 365 Worth the Cost?
Stefan SinghAI, Compliance, Enterprise Agreement, IT Asset Management, licensing, Licensing Change Alert, Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Audit, Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft: News You Can Use, Miro News, software asset management, Software audit, software license

Microsoft has done an abrupt about face by making Copilot, its generative AI tool, available to just about everyone who uses Microsoft 365. However, Copilot is not free. Anyone wishing to access it in Microsoft 365 – whether for professional or personal use – must pay for a license. Here is the question: is licensing Copilot worth the cost? As with all Microsoft products, Copilot is subject to compliance verification. A typical Microsoft license audit will account for every use […]

Solaris Support
Tim HegedusContainers, IT Asset Management, licensing, Licensing Change Alert, Oracle, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Support, Oracle: News You Can Use, OS, software asset management, software license, Solaris, Support, Uncategorized

It’s official! Oracle has extended Solaris 11.4 support until 2037. In the latest update of their Oracle Lifetime Support Policy Oracle and Sun System Software and Operating Systems, dated January 23, 2024, there was an update. Release GA Date Premier Support Ends Extended Support Ends Sustaining Support Ends Solaris 8 Feb 2000 Mar 2009 Mar 2012 Indefinite Trusted Solaris 8.x Sep 2002 Mar 2012 Not Available Indefinite Solaris 9 Mar 2002 Oct 2011 Oct 2014 Indefinite Solaris Legacy Containers Dec […]

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