The SAM Global Process Maturity Report has been compiled by SAM Charter from the anonymous responses of clients from its partner-base in 2016. The report covers 16 countries and nearly 1.2 million devices, and offers a summary insight into the state of SAM Process Maturity around the globe. SAM Charter Read more…
Service Provider Licensing Agreements (SPLA) require monthly reports re what Microsoft software has been deployed by the Hosted Service Providers (HSP). These are sent to the Microsoft License Service Providers in order to prepare the monthly invoices. This method of software licensing fits in well with the HSP business model, Read more…
Putting two organisations together to create a new one will create new IT requirements and reveal duplicate technologies. If you are involved in a merger or acquisition, what are the risks and opportunities from the project? How do you conduct your software due diligence to ensure you are not committing Read more…
1. What is GDPR? The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be implemented in the European Union (EU) on 25 May 2018, when it supersedes the 28 current national data protection laws. The aim of GDPR is to strengthen individuals’ privacy and security rights, as well as to simplify Read more…
The Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) is for service providers and independent software vendors (ISVs) who want to license the latest eligible Microsoft software products to provide software services and hosted applications to end customers. There are 3 options in the SPLA licensing model: Subscriber Access License (SAL): A SAL is required Read more…
What was once unthinkable, is no longer a rare occurrence: SAP is suing its existing customers if they cannot come to a commercial agreement. In the most recent case, SAP charged global drinks company Diageo with indirect usage violations. In late February of this year, license cost for indirect usage was Read more…
The judges for the Enterprise Excellence 2017 Awards have selected The Business Software Centre and its product Rentsoft Meter as the Finest Software Usage Metering Technology. The Enterprise Excellence Awards are designed to highlight and celebrate the finest enterprises on an international level for their exemplary work and progress within Read more…
SAP UK has recently won a court case against Diageo in a test case to determine their rights in claiming license fees for users with indirect access to SAP data. The implications for many SAP users can be profound. Essentially this issue is where third party users are accessing data Read more…
Are you looking to significantly grow your business in the UK public sector? If so, don’t miss this opportunity as G- Cloud 9 is going to open for applications on 7 March. G-Cloud is a UK Government initiative to encourage the adoption of cloud services across the whole of the Read more…
7. Tracking your success with R.O.I in Application Rationalisation. The process of application rationalisation is only worthwhile doing if you produce a return on investment. Validating your ROI is important to prove your success, but it does have a number of problems. Most SAM practitioners will point out the difficulties Read more…