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For Our Next Trick, We Will Boil the Ocean: Dell recently announced its intent to acquire ASAP, a provider of IT management tools and license management services. According to the official press release, Dell has darned high hopes for the acquisition:From the press release:The acquisition of ASAP furthers Dell's long-term initiative to radically simplify IT for customers by removing...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, License Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-08-06
Build vs. Buy: The Hidden Costs of License Management: An in-house solution can be built to meet your specific business needs. Instead of trying to integrate a third party solution you can create a bespoke solution built to work with your existing infrastructure. However, it is likely that the opportunities for your organisation to change your pricing structure and...; Tags: License Management, SafeNet Inc., Pricing, Team Management, Marketing, Management; White papers 2007-06-04
E-Licensing With Adobe License Manager: A Better Way to Manage Tour Adobe Software Licenses: Managing software licenses is a necessary part of any operation, but organizations lack the breadth of tools to realize this capability. Software Asset Management SAM solutions are outstanding for tracking applications, versions, and patches. But they are unable to solve the manual challenge of reconciling the number of users with...; Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., License Management, Software License, Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers 2006-09-01
Putting a price on a virtual computer: Putting a price on a virtual computerThis does present some "interesting" issues.Say I run a few "virtual" windows on my Mac. Now I only have maybe OSX and one Windows window using at anytime and or connected to the web but I do have "others" So MS or...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Operating systems, computer, server, license management, operating system, mainframe; Discussion threads 2006-07-17
Best Practices for Selecting & Implementing Software License Management: To fully realise the benefits gained from implementing a license management solution, careful consideration must be given to the planning, design, fulfilment, use and administration phases of the license lifecycle. This whitepaper from SafeNet outlines the best practices for successfully selecting and implementing a license management solution.; Tags: Software, License Management, Software License, Best Practice, SafeNet Inc.; White papers 2006-07-12

Webcast: Uncovering Revenue Opportunities with Simplified License Management: Check out this on-demand Webinar, "Introducing FLEXnet Operations," from Macrovision for an overview of the features and benefits of FLEXnet Operations, a license management solution that can help you maximize upgrade and renewal revenues while reducing your fulfillment and support costs. This audiocast and accompanying slide presentation outline the key...; Tags: Webcast, Revenue Opportunity, Macrovision Corp., License Management; Webcasts 2006-06-01
License management still a big business: Even with the danger of the SCO case fading, license management is proving to be a vital niche in the open source universe. Proof comes with today's announcement that former Sun chief marketing and strategy officer Mark Tolliver is the new CEO of Palamida, a license compliance service. (The picture...; Tags: Mark Tolliver, Palamida; Blog posts 2005-05-02
Software License Management: Reduce IT Costs With Dynamic License Management, Compliance Tracking, Software Metering, and Usage Analysis: ManageSoft is a dynamic software license management and usage metering solution for fixed and mobile devices anywhere in the world. ManageSoft IT Business Intelligence extends these powerful real-time capabilities to also provide trend analysis over time, cost analysis, and detailed software usage analysis, with graphical reporting, intelligent license utilization forecasts,...; Tags: Software, Information Technology, Compliance, License Management, Software License, ManageSoft Corp., Analysis, ManageSoft IT Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers 2005-04-01
Automating License Management and IT Asset Tracking: With today's dynamic, geographically dispersed workforce and corporate governance requirements, manual processes to track IT assets can be unacceptably time consuming. Download this informative white paper to learn how to reduce corporate risk, minimize asset management costs, and improve IT service levels with automated license management and IT asset tracking....; Tags: Asset, Information Technology, License Management, ManageSoft Corp., Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management; White papers 2004-09-01
License Management: How Developers Control Software Licensing: When the United States of America ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788, Congress received the power "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." Upon this legal foundation rest the rights...; Tags: Software, Developer, License Management, Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers 1998-01-01
Build vs. Buy: Hidden Costs of License Management: Although at first it may seem the best solution, an in-house software licensing solution can quickly become outdated and unusable as the enterprise and industry change. Download this white paper on why a third party solution can be the best option for your company. Presented by SafeNet, the only source...; Tags: Software, License Management, SafeNet Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers

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Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release: Today, MindTouch Deki releases Kilen Woodds, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
PaaS embraces client access licensing: Platform-as-a-service is going through a similar rite of passage as conventional software did when it met the Web in the late 1990s - trying to work out the fairest way to license occasional users. by Phil Wainewright; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Enterprise Software, PaaS, Extranet, Coghead, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Business Services, Pricing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Cisco acquires Pure Networks, home networking software: Cisco Systems has cable set-top boxes and your home along with the routers. Now it wants the software that puts your entire home network together. Cisco, which is determined to be a big consumer player as well as an enterprise behemoth, on Wednesday that it will buy...; Tags: Software, Pure Networks, Cisco Systems Inc., Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista: Sixty percent of IT administrators have no plans to deploy Vista despite service pack 1, which fixed the operating systems problems, according to a survey of 1,100 IT managers. The survey, conducted by KACE, which makes systems management appliances, found that there are 10 percent more holdouts...; Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Kace, Survey, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Virtual Iron Customer Profile: Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP: I had the chance to speak with Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann's David Roden, a few questions about their use of Virtual Iron's virtual server environment. Thanks for spending time with me, David! Here are my questions and David's answers: Who are you and what...; Tags: Virtual Iron, Server Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-23
News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Vantage Giga (zip): Suites large to enterprise organizations. Vantage Giga is a monitoring and reporting software that provides interactive reporting interfaces into key functions of Internet and network usage within organizations. Vantage can import and translate different types of log files, providing powerful, yet easy to use, drilldown analysis capabilities with a comprehensive...; Tags: Analysis, Organization, WebSpy, Vantage Giga, Internet; Software downloads 2008-07-23