IBM have announced a new, nicer, approach to license compliance – via the IBM Authorized SAM Provider Offering (IASP). What is IASP? Well, if you search online, the internet will tell you it is an “independent auxillary storage...
WeiterlesenSoftware Asset Management (SAM) professionals are used to audits. External vendor audits, ‘SAM/Compliance Engagements’ or visits from the likes of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) are part and parcel of a SAM professional’s...
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WeiterlesenDealing with a software vendor audit can be time consuming, stressful, and costly exercise. Preparation is key, as is having formal software audit practices and underlying… 41 weitere Wörter über ITAM 101: 7 Top Tips for...
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WeiterlesenIn the IT asset management (ITAM) field, we spend a lot of time talking about IT asset management best practices. We all want to know if we are doing ITAM effectively or if we should make course adjustments. 765 weitere Wörter...
WeiterlesenTop 10 Oracle database compliance issues — thesoftwareconsultinggroup Forty years after its first release, Oracle Database continues to be one of the most popular database systems. Organizations around the world recognize the...
WeiterlesenOrganisations around the world start, deliver and pay for a number of projects throughout the financial year. Projects can range from “standardising our printers” to “re-laying the carpet in the CEOs office.” 1.555...
WeiterlesenAn interesting trend is yet again being observed among Oracle clients. They are not receiving Oracle audit letters, but instead are being sent what can appear to be innocuous free compliance check service requests from Oracle...
WeiterlesenIn a recent series of emails, I was presented with the notion that the SAM Process Maturity Assessment Platform we have at SAM Charter was very difficult to align to the features of a particular SAM suite (humph!). 430...
WeiterlesenService level agreements, commonly known as SLAs, are – or should be – critical assets for your IT department as they set out, and agree, the basis for managing the contractual and working relationship between themselves, the...
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