UK Government budget highlights need for SAM

by Matt Fisher 20. March 2013 06:28
Today in the UK is ‘Budget Day’, the day when the Chancellor of the Exchequer announces the Governments’ spending, borrowing and taxation plans for the next financial period. It’s a day many managers within the UK public sector will be dreading – with leaks already suggesting that the Chancellor is going to announce the need to make £2.5 billion (US $3.8bn) in departmental spending savings in order to protect and boost spending in other areas.   The £2.5bn figure equates to... [More]

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New Year – same old challenges?

by Matt Fisher 7. January 2013 07:04
Just before Christmas, License Dashboard conducted a straw poll asking how many organizations had faced a software audit in the last 12 months. We wanted to see if the results of our thumbnail research either mirrored or disputed the latest figures from the likes of Gartner and Forrester, who currently state that organizations now face a 65% likelihood of being audited by at least one software vendor in the next 12 months. The results of our straw poll made for interesting reading. In fact, a... [More]

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Licence Dashboard - Realise the Benefits

by Sean Robinson 13. July 2010 04:10
With software taking up an ever increasing share of your IT budget, it has become even more important to manage, control and protect your software assets. Having a greater understanding of your licence position and being able to track what software you have deployed can definitely help you avoid unnecessary expenditure. [More]

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License Dashboard’s team of licensing experts have, together with our partners, delivered over 800 audits and SAM projects to customers around the world.  This blog is populated by three of the key personalities at License Dashboard:

Sean Robinson is the man behind not only the License Dashboard products but also the ISO 19770-1 international SAM standard.  As a License Dashboard director, he works closely with large customers to ensure their SAM projects deliver significant ROI benefits.

Matt Fisher has over eight years’ experience bringing SAM solutions and services to market and is a well-known commentator on the SAM and licensing market.  Matt heads up business development at License Dashboard.

David Chamberlain is one of License Dashboard’s leading licensing experts, helping customers understand how to maximize their use of License Dashboard technologies to optimize their software usage and license availability.

Together, our three contributors will help you keep up-to-speed with what’s happening in and around the world of Software Asset Management (SAM) and software licensing. 

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