Cost Management
Software cost management on unused seats, edition mix, and what you can drop before the next true-up. Coverage tracks the commercial saving on paper you already hold, not a FinOps view of cloud units.
Cloud Cost Control and FinOps sit in their own files when the meter is cloud spend. Vendor metric work stays in Microsoft, Oracle, and the other publisher categories. Use this archive when the question is license waste, not a new SKU buy.
What is second hand licensing?
Second hand items are prolific throughout the world, from e-bay bicycles for your 2023 health…
Microsoft 2023 price update
Microsoft has announced plans to implement “price harmonization” in 2023, which involves bringing local currency…
The true cost of an Oracle license
When it comes to enterprise software, there’s no company more controversial than Oracle. The database…
How inflation affects software prices
You’re not alone if you’re feeling the pinch at the gas pump or grocery store.…
Licensing changes ahead: Impact of the Broadcom-VMware acquisition on customers
The acquisition of VMware by Broadcom, announced in May 2022, presents significant implications for current…
Licensing Q&A: What are some optimization tips for Microsoft SQL Server?
Licensing SQL Server can be expensive, and you use only a fraction of its capabilities…
Licensing Q&A: What to consider when deploying and licensing Microsoft SQL Server in a container environment?
Understanding how containers work is the first step to successfully deploying and licensing Microsoft SQL…
What you have is cheaper
In the past few years, we’ve seen how on-demand access to assets, rather than ownership,…