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SAM Strategy Support Thoughts

Ula exit : what to consider?

To better understand the stake of ULA exit, we actually first need to understand what happens when we enter into ULA, and why we enter into ULA. In many cases, the SW Publisher is putting a high pressure on the customer (e.g. during an audit), and one manner to sort out from this situation is […]

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Feature Marketing Use Case

SamBox.io works with

Why would we have to choose between SamBox.io and other SAM Tools? Actually, SamBox.io does not aim at replacing one large existing SAM tool like Flexera Flexnet, Snow software SLM or Aspera SmartTrack. As previously mentionned, here, our approach is to make a deep dive on some selected SW products, and bring to the customers […]

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Announcement Event Market news Marketing

THE ITAM REVIEW EXCELLENCE AWARD 2020

Yes we did it ! SamBox.io has been been awarded by the ITAM REVIEW in the ITAM Technology & Service Innovation 2020 category. On behalf of the entire #elée team, we are grateful for this recognition by the market. Thank you to the judging committee, the ITAM Review, and the ITAM community. With SamBox.io, we […]

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SAM Strategy Thoughts

ByoL into AWS & Azure: Room for savings or new trap?

Our customers have often asked us if they could use their licenses into the Cloud, and whether it was a real manner to optimize the spend, or just a non sense. To make a long story short, our answer is YES; keep as a quick answer that Bring your own Licenses into the Clouds is […]

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Announcement Market news

Microsoft licensing in the Cloud – Part 2

Of course you guessed it after after first announcement a few days ago. There it is : SamBox.io now manages Bring you own License into Microsoft Azure. Ever heard of Hybrid Use Benefit ? Can I use my Windows Server licenses ? my SQL Server licenses ? In IaaS only, or in PaaS mode ? […]

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SAM Strategy Thoughts

Microsoft ESU – what’s the deal?

Following the end of support for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 on July 9, 2019, Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 also reached the end of support on January 14, 2020. What does this mean and what are the alternatives? Microsoft’s support policy states that products have a 10-year lifecycle during which they will provide support. These 10 […]

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Announcement Market news

Microsoft licensing in the Cloud – Part 1

Ever heard of Bring your own license ? We are happy to announce that SamBox.io has been updated to manage Bring you own License into AWS. Can I use my Windows Server licenses ? my SQL Server licenses ? with or without Software Assurance ? Is there some metric restrictions ? What if I purchased […]