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IBM Licence Metric Tool – The Challenges of Using ILMT
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Oracle Licence Management – An Introduction to SAM and ITAM
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Microsoft BYOL Licensing Change Affects Customers with Dedicated Hosting But No Software Assurance
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Understanding a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement True-up
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Digital Transformation and Software Asset Management
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The Oracle Java license change means new public updates for Long Term …
Oracle Audit – A Beginners Guide to Licensing Audits
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Broad and Vague Audit Clauses may be Unenforceable
Do you understand all the audit clauses? Do you find these broad …
Which Software Vendor Should you Focus your SAM Activities on?
Which of the different software vendors should you focus on for SAM? …
Monitoring Software Usage: Why is it so important?
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Understanding your SAM Maturity Level
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