The 6 Segments of Software Asset Management Managing enterprise software estates with multiple vendors and their associated license metrics across different technology platforms and countries, IS complicated. Period. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to do. …

Look Back — Look Forward The new year presents us with the opportunity to look back at notable software vendor events of 2021 and consider what is ahead of us in 2022, for all things enterprise software asset management related. According to Gartner, worldwide, IT spending for 2021 is expected…

In June 2021, Deloitte published their IT Asset Management (ITAM) Global Survey 2021 in which they summarised their findings on the current state of ITAM; where businesses will be focusing efforts given the growth of cloud adoption seen in context of the COVID pandemic. The Deloitte paper summarises 4 key…

With contributions from Version 1’s license experts, Paul Bullen and Karl O’Doherty Managing your enterprise license estate can be a herculean task and one that requires skilled resources, processes and, more often than not, some tools. Note here that we said TOOLS, plural. There is no single tool on the…

Top 3 Tips for Adopting FinOps With the growth in cloud adoption comes the inevitable growth in associated consumption costs — this can sometimes be a cost that either goes unnoticed until the bill arrives or is so complex and dynamic, the challenge feels insurmountable. As quoted by the FinOps…

My 2-part blog series discusses the topic of vendor negotiation strategies; why it’s important to have one and the benefits this can ultimately deliver. Part I covered in detail, some of the benefits a strategy will create and what you need to have in place to deliver. This 2nd and…

Negotiating with multinational vendors takes preparation and teamwork, particularly if the purchase is materially significant for your business. …

Vendor Audit Readiness — Top Tips to Help You Prepare for a Vendor Audit. Software vendors have legitimate justification to audit their customers, to ensure that they are complying with license contract terms & conditions and are paying for the software that they are using. Simple as that. For large…

With contributions from Version 1 license experts, Paul Bullen and Karl O’Doherty As experts in enterprise license optimisation, we are all too familiar with the intricacies of license audits and the behaviours displayed by vendors. Audits are notoriously tricky and can be stressful for staff running scripts and liaising with…