It’s almost over, this terrible, awful, no-good year is almost over. Let’s have a recap: Plague Famine Economic collapse Pestilence Violence Murder Hornets Did I get everything? Probably not but that’s all behind us now. It’s a new year and hopefully,…
How To Prepare for a BSA Software Audit
Receiving a BSA software audit can be just the thing to ruin your day or your month. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is an industry trade group that acts to defend its members, including large software corporations like Microsoft, from copyright…
Windows Server Licensing Explained
Windows Servers licensing is not an easy concept to wrap your head around. Next to SQL Servers, it is one of the most complicated licensing models Microsoft has to offer, perhaps one of the most complicated licensing models period. It might…
What is Active Directory (and how to use it to save on Software Licensing)
What is Active Directory? The Active Directory is an extremely popular directory service used by the vast majority of Fortune 1000 companies in the market today. It is also perhaps one of the most critical elements within your software environment, so…
Convincing Your Boss to Upgrade Your SAM Strategy
Convincing your boss to bring on a team of people is no easy task. You want your boss to think you’re capable, that you’re the one-person army you promised when they hired you. However, if you’ve been handed the task of…
Internal Software Audit
If a software audit was to come to your organization today, do you know what they would find? Or does the idea of a surprise audit fill you with dread and a general wave of anxiety over the unknown? Running an…
