March 24th, 2009 by Matt Fisher
More and more employees are coming under pressure from their employers to install unlicensed software on their network, says software licensing watchdog, the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST).
John Lovelock, chief executive at FAST commented: “We are hearing all too frequently from IT workers that employers are pressurising them into installing illegal software. It’s becoming increasingly common and easy for employers to save costs and even time, by putting software compliance in the ‘too difficult’ basket in these troubled economic times.”
FAST has called for employees who are co-erced into using illegal software to blow the whistle on their employers by contacting 01628 622 121 or visiting www.fastiis.org/our_services/enforcement/reportingPiracy. FAST is promising to champion the cause for employees who are put in a difficult position and provide expert guidance on how to deal with software piracy.
Posted in IiS, Piracy, FAST |
March 19th, 2009 by Matt Fisher
The Software Industry Research Board (SIRB), a group formed by leading software vendors including Microsoft, Oracle and FrontRange Solutions, has today announced “The UK Software Management and Licensing Conference“, a one-day event for executives, IT professionals and finance managers charged with managing their organizations’ software. The event will take place in Reading on 12th May 2009.
Among the sessions presented on the day will be a number of customer case studies, where end-user organizations will demonstrate how adopting Software Asset Management (SAM) best practices has aided their operations, reducing risk and expenditure. Leading software vendors and SAM specialists, including FrontRange Solutions, will also give best practice advice on managing software in a recession and how to reduce the cost of software licensing.
Early bird discounts are available online only until the 9th April 2009 at £295 for the first delegate and £225 for each additional delegate.
Posted in FAST, SIRB |
February 11th, 2009 by Matt Fisher
According to an article published in CIO Magazine, the Student Loans Company saved itself £85,000 ($124,000) in just one year by implementing Centennial Discovery and other Software Asset Management (SAM) tools. By working with the tools and the FAST program, the public sector company estimates that it has saved an addition £50,000 ($73,000) annually in subsequent years.
While the Student Loans Company accepts that SAM is not a simple process, it claims that automated discovery and license management are critical to uncovering cost savings across the organization.
View the article here.
Posted in Centennial Discovery, Licence Manager, FAST |
September 2nd, 2008 by Matt Fisher
The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) and Investors in Software (IiS) have joined forces in an attempt to improve business user education on the subject of Software Asset Management (SAM).
While FAST is most-commonly perceived as a licensing enforcement body, it sees the union with IiS as an opportunity to focus more on promoting the adoption of best practices, so that organizations can achieve license compliance as part of a wider software management strategy.
“The logic of this operational merger becomes clear when you consider the fact that organizations increasingly have to demonstrate good corporate governance through compliance audits, but equally they wish to reduce software procurement and support costs and ensure that all licences owned are fit for purpose,” said John Lovelock, chief executive at FAST.
Posted in IiS, FAST |
