Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. In the city of Dallas, Interim CIO Brian Gardner needs to manage ...

The issue of compliance is forever on the minds of IT executives, and even more so in the last 10 years, due to increased audit activities by software vendors, complex licensing rules and the ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs entity tasked with centralizing software management across the agency is eyeing artificial intelligence to more swiftly drive cost savings by offloading licenses ...

NASA faced another moon shot. This time, the civilian space ­agency’s monumental task was to help reduce government spending on software. For NASA, that meant eliminating duplicate software licenses ...

Macrovision on Monday is introducing FlexNet Manager, a centralized software license management system for enterprises. Providing management and usage reporting, FlexNet Manager leverages ...

While every software license management (SLM) program is unique to the organization it serves, several common steps can maximize the return on investment (ROI) made in the people, processes and ...

More of a rant than anything: Working for a non-profit now and leveraging good old TechSoup for discounts and licensing to get them up to speed. Microsoft gives you licenses through Volume Licensing.

The prospect of managing software licenses can seem overwhelming for any entity because of the intricate tasks of overseeing a myriad of software applications operating on various systems, and keeping ...