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Common Oracle Software Licensing Issues – Part I

Common Oracle Software Licensing Issues – Part I John Mattinson, Operations Director, CerteroOriginally posted in November 2016, revised in December 2019. What are the main Oracle software licensing issues and challenges? Due to the complex nature of the Oracle...

Implementing Software Asset Management to Reduce Costs

Implementing Software Asset Management to Reduce Costs How can Software Asset Management (SAM) help to reduce IT costs? Can SAM help increase ROI?   Too many organizations have implemented Software Asset Management (SAM) as a defensive measure to ensure they do...

Don’t Play Russian Roulette with Indirect Access Licensing

Don’t Play Russian Roulette with Indirect Access Licensing What is indirect access? And what does it mean for licensing agreements?   As if the licensing agreements of the likes of Oracle, SAP and Microsoft were not complicated enough already, many user...

Why Normalized Software Inventory is Important

Why Normalized Software Inventory is Important What is software normalization? What makes normalized software important?   In all likelihood you will have many hundreds (if not thousands) of installed software titles across your organization. Each of these could...

Understanding IT Asset Control – Tracking IT Assets

Understanding IT Asset Control – Tracking IT Assets How do you track IT assets? How will this help with IT asset control?   In a previous article, Certero looked at the issues surrounding IT asset discovery and inventory. In this article, we are presuming...