Birger is a Senior Business Consultant at Secorigo. Birger’s has a background as Principle Manager, Compliance & Optimization a the COMPAREX SAM-team in Denmark, where the primary responsibility was SAM-advise and analysis for several of the top 10 companies in Denmark.
Birger has for the past 10 years worked with software consultancy in both ITAM and ITIL areas, and is presently focused on SAM and the business perspective. He has vast experience in optimization of cost savings, processes and procedures. Birger is a certified trainer and has a unique ability to convey complex information in an simple and understandable way. Furthermore Birger has the great ability to think out of the box whilst maintaining focus on the task. This results often in new perspectives and alternative angles on well-known situations and challenges.
Besides all of this Birger is the main architect behind ITAMOrg education materials. Together with Jan Oberg, Director of ITAMOrg, Birger has spearheaded the development of both our Software Asset Management- and IT Asset Management Foundation course and certification. Birger is also one of the foremost trainers in ITAMOrg.
Birger is educated in Computer Science with specialties in e-commerce and IT-strategy. This high level of competencies is continuously developed and maintained through numeric courses and certifications
RFID is here! Grocery stores seem to have a lot more self-checkout registers lately. My grocery cart is usually full and then I am expected to act like a cashier because I have to scan each item myself, then pay a machine. I have estimated that I spend an extra 12...
The purpose of the ITAMOrg Software Asset Manager (SWAM) course and certification is for the participants to obtain knowledge on best practice and use of Software Asset Management in the challenges and variables that Software Asset Managers face on an everyday basis....
Let’s be honest, there are so many terms and acronyms in this industry that are easy to confuse. ITIL vs. ITSM? Incident vs. change vs. problem? CMBD? SLA? Okay. Take a deep breath and let’s get back to the fundamentals. There are two very important terms in our...
Every organization faces unexpected turbulence. The gusts may come in the form of hardware and malware malfunctions, careless employee errors, or any other type of disruptive incident. Ignoring the vulnerabilities of information securities and the countless regulatory...
The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the steward of the Open Source Definition (OSD), announced today it has created a machine readable publication of OSI approved licenses. According to the Initiative, the API will allow third parties to ‘become license-aware’, giving...
I’m going to hit you with some bold numbers: 53 percent of customers would rather research on their own and make their own decisions rather than talk to a sales representative, and 65 percent prefer word of mouth. 80 percent of companies think they offer great...
In addition to being hindered by resource and costs restraints, ITSM leaders are perpetually pressed for time. In my twelve years in IT, I’ve never run into an IT leader who has an abundance of time. Managing critical applications and IT services requires timely...
Virtualization in general and more specifically VMWare, as one of the market leaders in virtualization software, is becoming increasingly important in end-users IT environments. It is therefore important to understand how the different VMWare virtualization...
Microsoft recently announced its intention to end its Software Asset Management competency. The SAM competency, in addition to 11 other competency subjects, will be retired in 18 months. The news spread like wildfire within the SAM community. Folks that I spoke to...
Rep. Steve Russell is teaming up with Democrats in the House and Senate to force federal agencies to stop wasting money on software licenses — a seemingly minor thing that actually adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars. Russell, R-Choctaw, said Thursday that...
If your business is planning a large technology refresh, a data center upgrade for virtualization, or are downsizing employees odds are you are finding the need to dispose of surplus computers in a secure manner. One of the largest risks during computer liquidation,...
Gartner recently published a report called: Software Asset Management Is Now a C-Level Imperative in which they say: “SAM has evolved into a discipline that supports strategic business development, requiring IT leaders to engage C-level commitment to SAM investment.”...
An increasing dependence on technology has led to the usage of software becoming mission critical for most organizations. But managing software licenses and governance can be quite complex as it includes license optimization, usage and can result in incorrect...
TextExpander, a macro-expansion and fill-in form utility, switched Tuesday from a version-based license fee to a recurring subscription model, which can be paid monthly or yearly. In making this move, Smile, its maker, put itself squarely into the ongoing discussion...
I’ve written and have been talking a fair bit recently on the need to consider a wipe-and-load approach to your Windows 10 migration. If you want to learn a bit more about why this is an important consideration, check out my blog on the subject. Wiping the disk means...
In anticipation of future negotiations with SAP, many of UpperEdge’s customers are proactively conducting a baseline assessment of their SAP relationship. A critical part of the baseline assessment is an optimization assessment, which proves to be extremely valuable...
ARC Advisory Group (www.arcweb.com) monitors and analyzes the enterprise software market on a quarterly basis. We track the revenues of fifteen prominent publicly traded enterprise software companies and translate financial results reported in foreign currencies to...
Oracle Corporation Executive Chairman Larry Ellison, taking the stage at the company’s massive flagship tech conference in San Francisco last evening, unveiled plans to continue pushing into the cloud computing business while noting that the industry has still massive...
It takes a concerted effort to implement a successful Software Asset Management (SAM) program, but there is one ingredient that is so critical to success that I wouldn’t want to see anyone launch a SAM initiative without it. It’s true that a well-designed SAM program...
There are some big changes going on in the once staid world of databases. Take for example, Microsoft's recent decision to offer SQL Server for free (with caveats) in what appears to be a blatant attempt to win over Oracle customers. Microsoft is also porting its...
Although named licensing might feel easy, safe, and predictable, it can cost between 50-75 percent more than concurrent licensing, which also offers a more flexible approach. Rewind to 1989, when I was a 4th grader learning long division for the first time. Like most...
Out with the old; in with the new. Ushering in the New Year means taking stock of the accomplishments and lessons learned in the previous year, while looking ahead at where the opportunities lie in the twelve months to come. For most of us, this means making...
Managing software licenses to guard against the disruption of failed audits or the excessive cost of overprovisioning has never been easy. According to industry analysts, licensing complexities have only increased in recent years. “We’ve seen the number of software...
A recent licensing dispute between software giant Oracle and candy manufacturer Mars has been making headlines in the Software Asset Management community. While this case was settled before going to trial, Mars was facing massive licensing fees that could arise for...
“Roaming Rights for Windows Enterprise and Windows VDA is being discontinued as of either January 31, 2017 or the end of a Customer’s existing Enrollment or Agreement term, whichever is later.” – Microsoft 2016. These rights allow the primary user of a device licensed...
In case you’ve missed the last month of our blogs, there are huge benefits of an IT asset management (ITAM) solution. From software lurking in the dark depths of your marketing team’s laptops to the ever moving mobiles of your remote workforce, an ITAM solution allows...
Perhaps the biggest misconception about IT Service Management software is that it’s only for the IT department. That’s not true, and we have proven it at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. We have more than 9,000 employees, including physicians, nurses, caregivers, and staff. We’re...
Miro Consulting’s latest whitepaper, IBM Licensing Metrics (ILMT): Clarifying the Misconceptions & Anxieties, is now available to help IT Executives better understand IBM licensing and clarify how best to utilize IBM’s free licensing tool – ILMT. Available free of...
Software Asset Management Will Support Cybersecurity Efforts According to a recent IDC report, the more unlicensed software running on an organization’s network, the greater the malware risk. This is because hackers often can gain entry through malicious code they...
Most organisations spend approximately twenty five per cent of their IT budgets on software. Because it is not a physical asset, like a computer, a desk, or a chair, software is difficult to keep track of and inventory. The problem gets exponentially more complicated...
In previous blogs I outlined what “enterprise service management” is, what’s driving its growing adoption, along with the available benefits: The Perfect Storm Driving Enterprise Service Management 14 Benefits of Enterprise Service Management Enterprise Service...
Service-level agreements for cloud services are, at their core, more challenging than other SLAs because many cloud providers are unwilling to modify or adjust them. They want a relationship of “one to many,” with the same SLAs applicable to all of their customers....
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When it comes to licensing in general, many issues with software compliance are the result of treating licensing agreements the same across all publishers.
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