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Software Asset Management Results in Cost Efficiencies
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We talk on this blog all the time about how you really need to keep your software licensing in check and how much it can save by just simply managing software assets – well here is proof! ComputerWeekly wrote up a case study about racing venue Silverstone and how they were able to cut their software licensing costs by 20% simply by implement a SAM system. How much do you spend per year on licensing costs? Well, take 20% of […]

Miro Consulting Featured in Processor Magazine
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Miro Consulting’s Scott Rosenberg was included in an article in this month’s Processor Magazine about software licensing compliance. The article is a great piece on the basics of software licensing compliance and asset management for anyone looking for some beginner information on the whys and hows of compliance. Some other tips mentioned in the article are what to do when you are faced with an audit and also how virtualization impacts software licensing. Check out the complete article here.

BSA gets 4 more…
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The BSA has gotten four more companies in the UK – so called “pirates” – and reached out of court settlements with them. Blitz Corporation, Genetics of Ludlow, Sheffield-based MTL Group and Modular UK all reached settlements described by the BSA as “running into tens of thousands of pounds”. Blitz was operating approximately 15 PCs containing unlicensed copies of Adobe, Microsoft and Quark software, as well as illegally using OEM editions of Microsoft Windows XP and Vista, and unlicensed student […]

Quick Byte: Microsoft Licensing # 10
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Validation? Some may not be aware, but your Microsoft software may occasionally need to be validated – meaning you will have to download the validation feature of your software so Microsoft can be sure that you have activated and licensed your copy properly. Ouch! Yet another reason why licensing and activation are an important part of implementing any software application. During the process, the product keys are checked along with the IP address of the device it’s being used on. […]

Oracle Launched New Version of Oracle Audit Vault
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Oracle has released a new version of Oracle Audit Vault which now allows you to collect audit data from Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005 in addition to Oracle databases.  Both the Oracle and Microsoft database audit data can be consolidated into a centralized repository and unauthorized activities can be detected. In addition to the Microsoft capabilities, the reporting in the new version if much more customizable, allowing you to address specific compliance guidelines such as SOX or regulations specific […]

Microsoft – Licensing Help?
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Microsoft is now offering a software asset management (SAM) optimization framework that will help its customers align their software licensing with business requirements. By evaluating your software assets and past spending habits, the system will then assign you a rating – from basic to dynamic – and then teaches you how to match up the appropriate license with the right software assets- at the right time. The program will also point you in the direction of more appropriate licensing packages […]

Microsoft Moving to Open Source?
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Microsoft announced last week that it was joining the Apache Software Foundation, a foundation that focuses on open source Web projects. Additionally, they have added to their open source team at Microsoft to include 112 people today. About a year ago they only had 15. Microsoft currently has two open source licenses – the Microsoft Public License and the Microsoft Reciprocal License. It has been reported that Microsoft products – Exchange, SQL Server and others – will eventually become open […]

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