Jesper is a seasoned Professional in Business development, strategy, sales and marketing planning and execution within the Information Technology sector. He has a technical background and his +25 years of experience is primarily in advizory, IT services and software. He was the founder of Identity Management consultancy, IT InterGroup and Software company FastPassCorp that was publicly introduced, via an IPO in 2007, on Nasdaq OMX Copenhagen Exchange.
Jesper ran Software Asset Management consultancy Secorigo before it was sold on to Deloitte in June 2017.
He was co-founder of ITAMOrg, the international membership organization within IT Asset Management that provides best pratices, training & certification, conferences etc. to help mature the industry.
The ISO ITAM Standards Committee (WG21) is happy to announce the publication of ISO/IEC 19770-8. This standard provides guidance on the mapping of industry practices to/from the ISO/IEC 19770 series. This first (2020) edition of ISO/IEC 19770-8 focuses on ISO/IEC...
It often comes as a surprise to many organisations when they receive notice of an IBM license audit. They might feel they have a good relationship with their account manager and have been spending a significant amount on S&S over the years. So why are we...
There’s a lot of discussion about Oracle’s change to the way that Java is licensed; sadly there are also a lot of myths and misunderstandings. This session will look at what the changes are, what they really mean and whether you need to panic or not! We’ll also...
Over the past few centuries, American manufacturing has experienced several sweeping changes, from the dawn of modern bulk material handling to Henry Ford’s game-changing assembly line, to today’s robotics and the rise of Industry 4.0. Yet we have only begun to...
Many organizations are looking at IT asset management (ITAM) solutions to ensure that all IT assets are properly discovered, tracked, secured, and disposed of at the end of the asset’s lifecycle. IT administrators often ask if they can use a configuration management...
Managing IT assets has been a natural part of business for decades: where is the asset? What are you paying for it and from whose budget? From the service management perspective of “providing value through technology services” we rely on the assets to deliver the...
OK--we didn't mean to get you too excited, but Christmas may have arrived early for some users of two Oracle database option licenses, summary below: - Spatial and Graph are now zero cost and included in all editions of database. - Advanced Analytics has also now been...
Why is it important to track and monitor cloud costs? The obvious answer is it helps you save money—and everyone wants to save money. Yet, cost plays a much larger role in your cloud journey. If you think about cost only in terms of how much you are paying and what...
Oracle (the owner of Java) announced that, starting April 2019, the popular Java version 8 would no longer receive any updates; and that Java version 11 (and later) would only be available for commercial "subscribers" (with a required annual fee). Since Oracle's...
Over recent years, we have seen an increase in software licensing disputes in the Middle East. In a common scenario, a software supplier audits a customer for the first time in years and tells them they are under-licensed. The supplier may demand a fee for the...
The Supreme Court has agreed to review one of the decade's most significant software copyright decisions: last year's ruling by an appeals court that Google infringed Oracle's copyrights when Google created an independent implementation of the Java programming...
The cheaper and more flexible a service, the more allure for executives weighing cloud provider selection and commitment. As infrastructure as a service vendors reach technology parity, billing emerges as a battlefront in the cloud wars. IaaS and platform as a service...
As more Asia-Pacific enterprises gear up for the hybrid cloud, a slew of tools has emerged to help organisations manage the lifecycle of cloud applications in a heterogeneous IT environment. In October 2017, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) embarked on a massive project to...
Microsoft announce the availability of “the new Project” or “Project for the web”, the most recent offering for cloud-based work and project management. A brand new Project Plan 1 will be available at $10 per user per month to manage projects through a browser, with...
Microsoft has put the brakes on a plan that would have given end-users unlimited ability to buy software without having to first seek authorisation from administrators. The plan was developed for the Microsoft Power Platform, which comprises Power BI, PowerApps and...
Microsoft has defended a policy decision for its "Power platform" – part of Office 365 – to let end users bypass Office 365 admins and make their own licence purchases. The company has posted an FAQ here – to which one customer has already commented "Are you...
By: Kareen Tan, Senior Manager at KPMG, UK ServiceNow are having a busy year in the Software Asset Management (SAM) space. They’ve extended the core capabilities of their SAM Professional offering, they’ve made acquisitions which will extend their overall capability,...
Organizations purchasing Microsoft 365 subscription licenses can easily face licensing compliance issues, upping their costs. That's the gist of a Thursday online presentation by Directions on Microsoft (DoM), a Kirkland, Wash.-based independent consultancy focused on...
A recent industry survey of 100 IT decision-makers from large companies showed that 68% of IT departments use public cloud infrastructures. Of these, 80% have moved at least a quarter of their information to the public cloud. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and...
What do your current virtual server security and compliance procedures look like? It might be time to take a closer look to reduce risk. Virtualization offers many advantages, but ineffective virtual server security and compliance policies can offset any benefits....
The Dutch chief information officers of more than 100 big companies have raised the alarm about monopolistic practices by major software suppliers. Oracle in particular is said to have locked its customers into unfair contracts before demanding millions of euros a...
Mistake, phishing expedition, or an attempt by Oracle to hold a company liable for its customers? Merula Limited, a UK-based network service provider, recently received a bill from Oracle for $12,200 for using the company's proprietary VirtualBox Extension Pack, which...
Stéphane Joret is one of the authors of the official ITILv4 ITAM Practice Guide, and we’ve invited him to run a workshop on the 15 October to to collect improvement suggestions and ideas in the key areas of ‘Organisation & People’, ‘Information & Technology’,...
Oracle Open World 2019 took place last week and we want to comment on the news coming out from SF. We took the liberty to go live on YouTube to talk about what is happening and what was NOT being talked about, here is a link to the 45min questions and answers. The...
Line of business leaders are making technology decisions without owning the cybersecurity risk” Organisations across the world depend today on a range of internet-connected devices; from laptops and printers through to security cameras and heating sensors – and that...
IT Asset management (ITAM) is a big deal. And, like pretty much anything else in technology, ITAM is changing fast. So fast, in fact, that many organizations are struggling to manage devices without help. Fortunately, ITAM vendors can add tremendous efficiency and...
Whether you’re a startup or a large technology company, cloud computing can propel your business forward. A cloud solution can meet the needs of your company at a reduced cost and with higher reliability. There’s an increasing number of vendors offering cloud-based...
When it comes to the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), healthcare providers have powerful tools at their disposal for capturing and contextualizing vast troves of data useful for improving care outcomes and driving profitability. Securing your IoMT network is...
This systematic, three-step approach will help IT vendor management leaders get maximum value from their strategic vendors. Before you take on a new vendor, stop and consider the impact the relationship will have on your organization — will the vendor will be engaged...
For IT admins, juggling licenses can be a complicated task. You might be managing specific editions or models of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops from a number of deployments. But what if you could monitor your on-prem deployments through the Citrix Cloud console?...
NOTORIOUS TIGHTWAD Oracle has started to issue End-of-Life warnings to customers of Dyn, the dynamic DNS service it bought in 2016. This wasn't unexpected in itself but has got some noses out of joint amongst Dyn's most faithful supporters as it appears, instead of...
In any one enterprise organization right now, there may be four or five separate asset management tracking systems or, more likely, several separate spreadsheets with different naming conventions and probably some overlaps and out-dated information. Many data centers...
Cost is one of the most important aspects of the cloud and can have a massive impact on your business. Azure has several tools available to help you get a better understanding of cloud spend and some best practices that you can leverage to help you save money. This 1h...
If you missed part one of this article, click this link to read it. In the first installment of this two-part article, we underscored the importance of collaboration between procurement and IT operations when considering the nature, tolerance for and mitigation of...
The software business was supposed to be getting easier. Not just the programming and application development side of the equation, but the way we consume it too. While low-code no-code platforms bid to try and alleviate some of the programming challenges, we have yet...
Microsoft has updated its Office Home Use Program by removing the previous benefit of steeply discounted copies of non-subscription Office for use at home by enterprise customers. Microsoft quietly has made a change to its Home Use Program (HUP) for its Software...
Amazon and Google execs have derided an updated policy closing a loophole for transferring on-prem Microsoft Windows and SQL licenses to cloud providers. Microsoft partners see hypocrisy in their complaints and encourage the software giant to continue leveraging its...
When cloud gets confusing… Microsoft says customers are wrongly running its software in the cloud despite only holding on-premises software licences. It is shaking up its licensing terms to tackle the issue, which it blames on blurred lines between “traditional...
During Microsoft’s yearly partner conference Inspire, Las Vegas July 14-18, Microsoft announced some big changes to their Software Asset Management program. This impacts partners but offers opportunities as well. For end-user organizations we will have to see if the...
There are asset management gaps in the utility sector across Australia, which is opening it up to cybersecurity risks. According to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), “Protecting the Australian energy sector against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats...
7 short-term actions you can take now to produce meaningful in-year reductions to your budget. Each budget cycle, CIOs are expected to reduce operating expenses even when faced with increased expenditures on key business projects or the need to increase service...
Oracle Licensing and deploying in VMware environments? Have there been a more controversial licensing topic in the past 10 years? I know SAP Indirect usage has been hotly discussed in recent years. But I guess without having hard facts to back it up, that more...
New artificial intelligence (AI) solutions make contract writing and auction management smarter and easier. In 2017 Gartner predicted that AI would benefit procurement and sourcing technology. That moment has arrived, according to Mike Quindazzi, managing director at...
Joint report by the Internet Economy Foundation think-tank and business consultancy Roland Berger urges governments to take steps to prevent a cloud computing oligopoly that would leave organisations at greater risk of supplier lock-in Public sector organisations...
SAP wants its customers to migrate from ECC to Hana and its cloud offering and is also putting forward a new, “ambiguous” document licensing scheme Many businesses appear to be taking their time migrating from SAP ECC to the S/4 Hana ERP (enterprise resource planning)...
Welcome to our three-part blog series on achieving real-time asset management. Here, in part one of this series, you'll learn how to build a comprehensive asset management strategy. Next, we'll explore the role real-time asset management plays in driving service...
Many IT teams are in the midst of evaluating their enterprise software roadmaps, particularly as vendors like Oracle shift more of their innovation focus away from the core systems that organizations have spent years customizing and building their business around....
With the recent launch of the latest Raspberry Pi, comes a story of “shadow IT” rearing its ugly head at NASA in California. NASA’s jet propulsion lab in Pasadena lost 500 Mb of data – just 23 files; not the hugest amount of data I hear you cry, but size isn’t...
This webinar gives an insight to the importance of ITAM qualification. Stephane Joret of Liscience is speaker. The webinar is in French. Link to registration page>>
Managing Oracle product deployment across an enterprise is a major challenge. Although tools have their uses, invariably there are some very significant gaps in their abilities; often gaps that are either glossed over or, worse, false information is presented. The...
If you havent come across Kylie Fowler in your ITAM circles then here's the chance. Kylie Fowler is a true advocate for anything ITAM and her contribution to the industry was recognized at the ITAM conference in Dublin a couple of months ago where she became the 4'th...
How relevant is IT Asset Management (ITAM) in the cloud era? What are the biggest problems it solves? When I was raising money for startups, I remember VCs asking me two question. Do I have a company or a product? And do I have a pain pill or a nice-to-have? Of...
The largest particle physics laboratory in the world and home of the Large Hadron Collider can't afford Microsoft's software licensing fees anymore. What's a good sign your software licensing fees may be too high? How about when the largest particle physics laboratory...
In 1996, Washington, DC and its surrounding communities were hit with a tremendous snow storm causing businesses to shut down across the entire region. Today, advances in technology allow people to work from almost anywhere, eliminating “snow day” shutdowns for most...
When people apply traditional or common licensing knowledge to modern cloud solutions the organizations these people work for may end up tarnished. In this article some of the most common cloud pitfalls and how Software Asset Management helps prevent them. Shared...
Since the emergence of mainstream computing, software copyright and licensing became the main practice for proprietary software publishers to monetize on their intellectual property rights. As such many software license validation methods as well as audit methods have...
Why IT Asset Management should be your #1 priority today There was a simpler time, not so long ago, when no one really had to worry about securing their operational technology (OT) devices; a time when you could enjoy all the benefits of connectivity and remote...
The ISO ITAM Standards Committee concluded a very successful meeting at Aalto University in Finland last week. We are grateful to Finland for the wonderful hospitality, and to all our experts who participated in person or remotely from many countries and...
In the cloud era, software asset management can help solve a range of complex business problems - The rise of SaaS and cloud services has created important strategic opportunities for software asset management - Modern SAM platforms provide visibility and cost...
ORGANIZATIONS in the digital age often have complex IT infrastructures with many elements and moving parts, some on-premise and some on the cloud — with many integration points. The sheer complexity of the systems makes it difficult for business leaders to track IT...
On Monday May 6th, SAP announced its time-bound Digital Access Adoption Program (DAAP) with financial incentives for customers who choose to proactively license their Indirect Access on the basis of their business-document consumption. What do you need to know about...
In the cloud era, software asset management can help solve a range of complex business problems - The rise of SaaS and cloud services has created important strategic opportunities for software asset management - Modern SAM platforms provide visibility and cost...
Effectively managing physical IT infrastructure – let alone optimising for best output – is an increasingly tricky feat. Trends such as the upsurge in connected devices, as well as the move to edge computing, mean that assets are increasingly spread over disparate...
As the modern enterprise adopts more and more software as a service (SaaS) applications, billing and compliance are becoming incredibly complex, with a simple solution nowhere to be seen According to its 2019 Business @ Work report, identity management platform Okta...
ServiceNow is recognized for, we believe, redefining the future of SAM In its first 16 months since the product launched, ServiceNow has been recognized/acknowledged in the Magic Quadrant. We deliver SAM differently. ServiceNow SAM is the only solution on an IT...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Anglepoint, the global leader in software asset management (SAM) for the Fortune 500 and beyond, today announced its acquisition of Ireland-based BlackRock Technologies - the leader in Quest software licensing...
PRODUCT REVIEW: Cisco’s new Smart Licensing simplifies the process of purchasing, upgrading, tracking and licensing infrastructure. The network infrastructure market has changed a lot over the past decade--not just the vendor landscape, but also in how products are...
by: Torsten Feldmann, Senior Manager in EY Ireland's Software Asset Management practice Whether it’s clients or co-workers, I’m often asked IBM product-specific licensing questions. One of the most common is how to quantify the license requirement. The truth is, given...
Digital transformation initiatives are driving government agencies to develop integrated IT asset management strategies that can meet resource demands and reduce analyst workloads. To meet growing service and asset requests, agencies are looking to IT asset management...
Apps Associates survey finds customers fear triggering software audit if workloads not moved to Oracle cloud A majority of Oracle software customers are looking to move their remaining on-premises applications and workloads to cloud service providers. Holding them...
IT can be pretty good at setting up a PC for a new joiner, but what happens when someone leaves? How do you delete their cloud access? A recent software asset management survey reported that almost half of participants do not have a software asset management (SAM) ...
Software asset management (SAM) is a business imperative for a multitude of reasons. Having proper and mature SAM will allow your business to stay in compliance with license agreements, stay proactive about software audits, and dodge costly fines. In many ways, SAM is...
Before making the leap to SaaS ERP, be sure to evaluate the true cost of what you may be signing up to. Rimini Street’s Eric Helmer exposes the hidden costs Used wisely, cloud computing really can rain down savings, productivity, and innovation. Unfortunately, that’s...
You’ve invested in security solutions to protect your business from cyber attacks. But you also know that no solution is 100% bulletproof – the attackers are going to find their way in somehow. With that in mind, are you sure that you’re adequately protecting the...
Over the last few years the vast majority of vendors has turned towards cloud in most, if not all areas of their business and portfolio. The cloud is full of promise and opportunity but at the same time introduces new challenges, not at least in terms of cost control....
In its IPO filings, Lyft said it's on the hook to pay Amazon Web Services (AWS) at least $300 million by the end of 2021 for cloud-computing services. Depending on when the deal began in January and when it ends in December, it means Lyft is paying between $8.33...
Bet all two of you who paid to activate your copy are feeling a little cheesed off at this 14-year-old undetected flaw CheckPoint infosec eggheads are today laying claim to discovering a Windows archiving security flaw that appears to have been lingering since 2005,...
Of all the fictional virtual assistants we know from pop culture, few stand up to the original and perhaps most famous: the HAL 9000 from the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. We should probably be thankful for that. After all, Alexa may shut your...
IT asset management (ITAM), software asset management (SAM), software license management (SLM), and software license optimization (SLO), are often looked at from one or, hopefully, two perspectives: 1. cost reduction (or optimization) and 2. improved governance,...
In our last article, we summarized Digital Access licensing. If you haven’t read that yet, we recommend reviewing that beforehand (find it HERE) as it is the first part in a series and sets the foundation for what we’ll discuss in this article… Now that you’re all...
Keeping track of software and licences has traditionally been a compliance requirement. However, many organisations struggle with this, from knowing what software they have, to what licences they are or are not using, to knowing if their software is up to date or...
By: Craig Guarante I’ve written frequently about Oracle and the company’s strategy of milking its customers for as much revenue as possible through a rigorous and intrusive auditing process. In a recent conversation for the Early Adopter Podcast with Palisade...
Microsoft will have a new approach for organizations buying Azure services called the "Microsoft Customer Agreement," which will be available for some customers starting as early as this March. The Microsoft Customer Agreement was announced last week at this Microsoft...
We're already into 2019 and looking forward to new achievements. So,it’s time to produce a feature on what we believe is the top 5 for those in world of ITAM to be looking out for in 2019. We would be interested to hear your thoughts also – do you agree/disagree? Or...
Rimini Street and Oracle were once again at odds in the courtroom yesterday, as the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the pair's long-running copyright battle. The legal wrangling has shifted from the initial complaint – alleging the third party support vendor...
AWS Marketplace is a digital catalog of software solutions from independent software vendors (ISVs) that offer a variety of pricing options, including SaaS contracts, hourly billing, annual licenses, and private offers for their software products. Almost half of these...
Microsoft just release a new preview tool a couple of days ago as part of the Office Client Management portal https://config.office.com – personally I think that this is a cool tool that need a change. The big advantaged of this new tool is that it makes cloud-based...
Research firm Gartner Inc. published a new report on cloud management platforms, listing Flexera (RightScale), Scalr, Embotics and Morpheus Data in the "leaders" category. "CMPs enable organizations to manage multicloud (i.e., private and public cloud) services and...
If you thought that following the German DSAG annual congress it was all smooth sailing and calm waters for customers, SAP might just have a surprise stocking stuffer for all of us. At DSAG it was announced that SAP was planning to put a hold on premature Indirect...
Why effective and efficient contract management is extremely important for organizations in the near future In 2018, we saw how effective contract management is changing the way contracting is done, contracts are drafted, and relationships are managed. By leveraging...
Unlike other industries, the vast majority of legal departments have yet to embrace artificial intelligence. According to a 2017 survey by HBR Consulting, only 6 percent of law departments have already implemented an AI-enabled technology. Despite the slow adoption...
In one of this year’s most interesting cases relating to software piracy, a software vendor has alleged that its customer has fraudulently obtained access to its software via counterfeit, as well as evaluation license keys. The vendor, Synopsys, Inc. (Synopsys), also...
Financial analysts as well as business and technology journalists were startled when, as part of its earnings announcement earlier this year, Oracle abruptly stopped sharing specific revenue numbers for its cloud business. But the resulting flurry of analysis misses...
The latest FITARA scorecard shows that agencies have made progress on software licensing but need to do work in other areas. On Dec. 11, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released the seventh IT Scorecard, better known as the Federal IT Acquisition...
NIST has published NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8011 Volume 3, Automation Support for Security Control Assessments: Software Asset Management. This volume features the software asset management (SWAM) information security capability. The focus of the SWAM...
According to the "EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) implementation review survey” conducted by IT Governance, six months on from the May deadline, organizations are failing to implement the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Although...
Building a business isn’t easy. Most business owners use some sort of mental checklist to stay on top of growth requirements and core priorities. But that checklist often runs thin on matters of license compliance, which, if overlooked, can cost a growing business...
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