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Conquer the Roadblocks to IT Asset Management

Some common hurdles unnecessarily prevent many organizations from effectively controlling their software environments.

By Randi Coughlin  and Sandy Marguerite
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June 12, 2020
Software, Services

Keeping tabs on a sprawling software environment can be challenging. With a surge in work-from-home users, overwhelmed IT teams scrambling to respond, and a proliferation of Software as a Service opportunities that end users can quickly jump on by keying in their corporate credit cards, this problem has the potential to spiral out of control.

These problems can be solved with the right mix of technologies and practices, but unfortunately, simple barriers often stand in the way. Here is how to identify those barriers and overcome them.

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5 Ways Software Asset Management Reduces Costs

Make the most of your software spending by improving efficiency and reducing waste.

By Sandy Marguerite
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January 27, 2017
Software

Organizations are always looking to save money however they can. One commonly neglected approach to savings is software asset management (SAM), which implements practices and tools to manage the acquisition, deployment, use, maintenance and disposal of software. When used to its full potential, SAM can lead to impressive savings, particularly for organizations that have never…

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Software License Management Best Practices: 5 Steps to Success

Use these steps to launch a reharvesting program that can reduce compliance risks and save money.

By Max Alschlager
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March 24, 2016
Software
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Preview

Boosting Power and Productivity

By Phillip Pollicove
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April 21, 2015
Data Center

I’d like to take a minute to spotlight the newly announced Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 product editions. This includes the all-new Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN, Visual Studio Professional with MSDN and the free Visual Studio Community edition – coming later this year. 

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SQL Conversion: One Final Reminder

By Max Alschlager
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March 13, 2015
Data Center

You’ve probably noticed a number of SQL-licensing-related blog posts here on the Solutions Blog recently. That’s for good reason. As I mentioned in my last post, the majority of all Enrollment for Application Platform (EAP) contracts are set to expire at the end of this month (March 2015). I went on to discuss a potential…

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What is Deferred L?

By Max Alschlager
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March 6, 2015
Data Center

Years ago, Microsoft created a specialized Enterprise Enrollment called Enrollment for Application Platform or EAP.  It was designed to help provide better pricing on Microsoft’s platform products (SQL, Visual Studio, SharePoint and BizTalk).  Because traditional Enterprise Agreements are limited to organizations with 250 or more users, many customers with large platform investments were not able…

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