Changes to VMware’s Pricing VMware has announced that effective April 2, 2020, new license changes will be applied to their customers’ Central Processing Units (CPU), but what exactly does that mean for you and your company’s software budget? At MetrixData360, we…
How Will Your Software Contracts Be Affected By COVID-19?
These are scary times we live in; toilet paper is hard to come by all of a sudden, we’re all staying home if we can, and washing our hands for at least 20 seconds (although that one you probably should have…
Negotiating a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement: What to Expect
Microsoft is Changing How it Negotiates EA Renewals: Here’s What You Need to Know to Prepare If you’re a part of a large company with at least 250 devices, chances are you have some sort of an Enterprise Agreement (EA) in…
Getting Started: Implementing Software Asset Management
Implementing Software Asset Management for Beginners Implementing a strong software asset management strategy into your company can have massive long-term benefits in savings and overall software visibility. When you are just beginning your software asset management journey however, all the individual…
5 Ways to Cut Software Licensing Costs
How to Save Money on Your Software Licensing Software licensing is ridiculously confusing, and its hyper complexity is not slowing down anytime soon. This confusion can easily lead to overspending, which equates to more money in the software vendor’s pockets, taken…
Software Audit Risk Assessment Checklist
Below is an excerpt from our Software Audit Risk Checklist, which is available as a free download for subscribers to our newsletter. This is the same checklist that we use in our primary assessment of client environments. Software Audit Risk Checklist…
IBM Software Audit: How to Prepare a Defense and Handle it Like a Pro
IBM Software Audit: How to Prepare a Defense and Handle it Like a Pro An IBM Software Audit can be an utterly grueling experience. While there is no way to completely eliminate your risk of incurring an audit from IBM as…