Audits are up and tools are down - why IT Asset Managers need to ask tougher questions

by Sean Robinson 26. October 2011 05:36
Recently, License Dashboard sponsored the first Gartner ITAM event to be held in Europe.  Among the keynote presentations from Gartner analysts and other distinguished speakers were a number of messages that made IT Asset Managers in the auditorium wince.  Namely that the trend of increasing software vendor audits continues while at the same time, IT Asset Management solutions are currently in a lifecycle phase that Gartner likes to call the ‘trough of disillusionment’. To... [More]

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UK Government receptive to software license savings proposals

by Sean Robinson 18. July 2011 06:55
Over recent weeks, License Dashboard has been involved in a UK Government initiative called the 'Innovation Launch Pad'. The brainchild of senior executives at the Cabinet Office, SMEs from across the UK were invited to submit a wide variety of proposals outlining how they could save the UK taxpayer money through government department cost savings. License Dashboard jumped at the opportunity and prepared a proposal to show how through our Software Asset Management (SAM) Portal and License Dashb... [More]

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License Dashboard brings SAM services opportunity to Microsoft partners at WPC '11

by Sean Robinson 10. June 2011 03:32
Specialist license management tools’ vendor, License Dashboard, will be presenting at the upcoming Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Los Angeles in July 2011. With more organizations than ever looking to uncover IT savings through improved software license management, this is certain to be a hot topic at this year’s WPC Expo and License Dashboard invites all Microsoft partners to learn more about how to both save their customers money and also create new service reven... [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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