Coming "Dots connected" and "You will love this!" blog topics.

Want to talk about Software Asset Management? Talk about real "how to" and not just the (true) “Incredible value of decreasing risk while optimizing license cost” ?

Moving from HP Product Management to Flexera Services to Flexera Product Management to NR SAM Consulting Services in the last 20 years made me incredibly hands-on and I have a lot to share.

I will do it through two tracks:

• “Dots connected”. “Dots connected”. This one will echo the last post that was describing how critical this is to understand the big picture and the bit and bytes to be successful in SAM. This series will shade “the light of experience” on what is needed to succeed, how to identify issues and how to solve them. It will refer to a number of existing posts, SAM Best Practice Webinars or posts this blog as LinkedIn is not the best place for a detailed post.

• “You will love this!” will develop solutions (reports, integrations, automations) that I have created since I became a Flexera partner for customers back in November. Real life requires creative solutions supported by technical skills. The posts will illustrate what you can get to address your needs.

Thinking about content, Here is what we will see for the next 18 weeks!

• Dots connected #1: Inventory Quality (part 1): Fresh, exhaustive, relevant.

• You will love this! #1: A report that provides your full inventory gap!

• Dots connected #2: Inventory Quality (part 2): Choose the right inventory tool!

• You will love this! #2: A report that tells you everything about your MSDN Subscriptions needs.

• Dots connected #3: Inventory Quality (part 3): A reliable inventory: with no “merge” issue

• You will love this! #3: Manage end to end your VMWare license keys and understand vSphere optimization.

• Dots connected #4: Have your licenses correctly configured! Entry point to trust in compliance & optimization

• You will love this!#4: A report that gives you full explanation on your license restrictions (by entities, by reports).

• Dots connected #5: Have your license cleverer to optimize your license consumption: influencing the licenses.

• You will love this! #5: An automation to ensure Windows Server and SQL server optimal editions for each server.

• Dots connected #6: Take action: have your Infrastructure clever and optimized.

• You will love this! #6: Connect to your Citrix server and understand your concurrent usage through history analysis.

• Dots connected #7: Optimize your subscriptions & maintenances by identifying and removing unused applications!

• You will love this! #7: Simulate the VMware licensing changes financial impact with a report!

• Dots connected #8: Enterprise Groups as the foundation for slicing your data: Source of information, best use.

• You will love this! #8: Have a license consumption reporting object to create charge back reports.

• Dots connected #9: Get rid of the Java risk!

• You will love this! #9: A report giving you full transparency on created reports (folder, creation / modification details, use in restrictions or allocations / exemptions