The Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) is for service providers and independent software vendors (ISVs) who want to license the latest eligible Microsoft software products to provide software services and hosted applications to end customers. There are 3 options in the Read more…
What was once unthinkable, is no longer a rare occurrence: SAP is suing its existing customers if they cannot come to a commercial agreement. In the most recent case, SAP charged global drinks company Diageo with indirect usage violations. In late Read more…
The judges for the Enterprise Excellence 2017 Awards have selected The Business Software Centre and its product Rentsoft Meter as the Finest Software Usage Metering Technology. The Enterprise Excellence Awards are designed to highlight and celebrate the finest enterprises on Read more…
SAP UK has recently won a court case against Diageo in a test case to determine their rights in claiming license fees for users with indirect access to SAP data. The implications for many SAP users can be profound. Essentially Read more…
Are you looking to significantly grow your business in the UK public sector? If so, don’t miss this opportunity as G- Cloud 9 is going to open for applications on 7 March. G-Cloud is a UK Government initiative to encourage Read more…
7. Tracking your success with R.O.I in Application Rationalisation. The process of application rationalisation is only worthwhile doing if you produce a return on investment. Validating your ROI is important to prove your success, but it does have a number Read more…
5. Prioritising Applications for Rationalisation In principle this stage is easy because you need to rank the applications according to the size of the benefit you can realise from their rationalisation. However this may be a manual process and can Read more…
3. What are the barriers? Whenever you try to create order from chaos you will face barriers. There appears to be an inbuilt inertia and opposition to change. This is exactly so with application rationalisation. If you do not have Read more…
“The task of art today is to bring chaos into order” T. Adorno 1. Overview Application rationalisation is the radical reshuffling of an application portfolio as part of an application strategy, a plan that implements changes to applications to achieve a business outcome. Many organisations try to Read more…
It is self-evident that changes in technology lead to major changes in work patterns and our lives in general. With the start of a new year it is a good time to reflect on how SAM will be affected with Read more…