While much of the focus this year has been on Microsoft’s planned release of Windows 8, Microsoft Windows Server also has a planned release this year. Microsoft Windows Server 2012 is slated for general availability in September
While most of our business is focused on helping companies optimize their licensing and avoid compliance risks there are times a company comes to us when they are in some stage of being audited (whether it’s called
In case you haven’t heard it yet, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is going to contain some major licensing changes. Customers with existing (or new prior to the release of SQL Server 2012) Enterprise Agreements (EA) or Enrollment
It has come to my attention that one of the large resellers is telling their US clients that Microsoft will be doing a 15% price increase on Microsoft Windows Server products effective January 1, 2012. The information
I work with companies of all sizes so I see a lot of trends based upon size. One disturbing trend I’ve been seeing lately applies predominantly to my Enterprise customers who rely on their Procurement department to
What is it about 2011 that makes me think…we have officially reached “the future”? Is it just that I’m now so old that when I thought forward to the future it was anything after 2010? Probably…but since
When finances are tight it’s not uncommon for companies to start expiring their maintenance contracts, including software maintenance. As with any maintenance agreement that is allowed to expire, it’s important that an organization understand the full implications
Microsoft has a very generous internal use license program for its partners. In generalities, a Microsoft Certified Partner gets 25 copies of most all desktop software (and Client Access Licenses – CALs) and 1 or 2 server