The cloud promises agility but often delivers unbudgeted bill shock. Choosing the right FinOps expert to bring financial accountability is the first significant challenge. Before you commit to a slow-moving consultant or an over-hyped tool vendor, understand
I have a confession to make…I am revisiting one of my old blog posts. But, when you’ve been blogging on a topic for over 14 years you would be amazed at how “everything old…is new again” and
OK, so I am not a financial expert – but if our current world-wide pandemic (COVID-19) does not put us officially into a recession then I will be extremely surprised. Frankly, I think we are already there
Eons ago I was a panel speaker at the SAM Summit and the question came up about the future of Software Asset Management in a SaaS (Cloud) world. One of the other panel members scoffed and said
I am a strong advocate of only paying for what you need when it comes to software licensing (and maintenance). However; when considering whether to drop Software Assurance (SA) from your Microsoft licensing (or not buy it
Several of my clients are starting their implementation of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus and I’m seeing a key misperception that could lead to expensive license compliance issues down the road. Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus is licensed per
A light buzz is going around the Microsoft licensing world about the NGVL (Microsoft Next Generation Volume Licensing) and a new agreement called MPSA (Microsoft Product and Services Agreement). I mention both terms because many of the
Upgrade rights are included but so are updated rule requirements A frequently misunderstood area of Microsoft licensing is knowing what rules apply when you are utilizing downgrade rights (the right to install an earlier version of the