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Client Access Licenses (CAL): 2 Important Changes in Microsoft Pricing Structure

November 27, 2012November 27, 2012 Scott D. RosenbergBYOD, Enterprise Agreement, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft Software Assurance, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft: News You Can Use, software asset management, Software auditLeave a Comment

Effective December 1, 2012, Microsoft will make two (2) important changes to its pricing structure for Client Access Licenses (CALs). First, the price is increasing by 15% for User CALs. Second, the price is increasing by 15% for User CALs – only! User CALs are assigned to a person or process and authorize access to the server software to which they are associated regardless of the number of devices that person or process utilizes. Device CALs are assigned to a […]

Audits: Defined

November 19, 2012 Scott D. RosenbergSoftware auditLeave a Comment

We talk a lot about audits on here, today, we are going to take a moment and define the different types of audits.

Oracle Licensing Audit Communications: Who You Gonna Call?

November 15, 2012 Scott D. RosenbergOracle audit, Oracle license, Oracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Tip, software asset management, Software auditLeave a Comment

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Miro’s Annual Napa Valley Wine Tour!

October 26, 2012 Scott D. RosenbergMiro NewsLeave a Comment

Miro’s Annual Napa Valley Wine Tour was yet another success!

Don’t Take Anything at Face Value

October 18, 2012 Scott D. RosenbergCompliance, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Compliance, software asset management, Software auditLeave a Comment

We talk a lot on here about being audited by your software vendor – from the letter, to the audit itself, to the fines and so on. What we have yet to warn you about is taking those auditors at face value – along with their math.

What would the blind maiden of justice say about 3rd party support?

September 26, 2012 Scott D. RosenbergOracle license, software asset management, Support, Third Party SupportLeave a Comment

Round and round the merry-go-round we go. Oracle is suing former partner CedarCrestone, similar to the accusations Oracle took against SAP, TomorrowNow & Rimini Street. Oracle is suing CedarCrestone for breach of contract, unfair competition and copyright infringement (the latter being the biggest no no with any software vendor). Rimini Street is also being sued by Oracle for similar issues. In the case of SAP’s TomorrowNow, Oracle was awarded $1.3 billion in 2010 only to have a judge set aside […]

Difference btwn Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic – clarification

September 24, 2012September 24, 2012 Scott D. RosenbergUncategorizedLeave a Comment

In a previous blog post entitled Difference between Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic, there seemed to be some confusion on the actual prepackaged box and the licensing model. We have sought to clarify this by adding a brief explanation (as seen in bold): Difference between Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic Oracle Exadata (Oracle Exadata Database Machine) is strictly a data processing solution offered by Oracle. Initially conceived and promoted as a solution for mainly large data warehouse data load processing, Oracle now […]

Microsoft radically changes licensing

August 24, 2012 Scott D. RosenbergMicrosoft Software Assurance, Microsoft: News You Can Use, software asset managementLeave a Comment

For Windows 8, Microsoft has completely rewritten its license agreements, replacing legalese with plain language and for the first time allowing retail customers to legally install cheaper OEM versions. Here’s what’s new.

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