So, you’ve just signed your agreement with Microsoft, time to relax for the next two years right? Wrong! Your Microsoft agreement is probably one of the largest agreements financially for your company and touches every person working at your company. Many of the things I’ll talk about here apply to any other large complex agreement too, but I’ll slant my ...

By Ann Marsh, Cargill Inc. ITAK V7 I8 So, you think you have a good handle on your client software licenses? But what can you do about that troublesome server software? Complicated license models, diverse hardware platforms, and technical teams with admin rights all make this a complex environment to manage. In this article, I will share some of the ...

By Ann Marsh, Cargill Inc. ITAK Volume 6 Issue 8 One thing we can be sure of is that nothing will ever stay the same.  This is true of companies also.  In my experience, companies are always acquiring new companies, changing percentage of ownership of existing companies, and divesting companies that are no longer a strategic fit.  In this ever ...