SPLA and CSP Predictions for 2019
If someone were to ask me to sum up 2018 for the hosting community in one word, I would say “choice”. I could also use the often overplayed words such [...]
The BSA Audit: How trusted employees can cause you to be audited
Did you know that over 60 percent of data breaches are caused by trusted employees. In fact, incidents of fraud and cybersecurity are often inside jobs perpetrated by current, former [...]
Part 2 of 4 -Part Series: The Audit Notification: What to look for in the data collection
This is a continuation of our first blog post found here Ok, you made it through the kick-off call. During that time, I’m sure they provided you with dates, timelines, [...]
Part 1 of 4 -Part Series: The Audit Notification – What to look for on your kick-off call
Audits are not always a bad thing. In some ways, it automatically forces you to clean up your datacenter environment and a chance to restart your license reporting. In this [...]
How to Report SPLA Usage to be Compliant
The biggest benefit to SPLA is the month-month licensing rules. The biggest downfall to SPLA (and CSP for that matter) is its month-month licensing rules. What's a benefit to [...]
The Truth Behind Your SPLA Licensing Agreement
Third-Party Software and Cloud Environments: Not a Want…It’s a Need
Have you deployed third-party software and host it (provide it as a service) to your end customers? What is third-party software? Any software that you did not develop but license [...]
Do you have SA? Why this question really matters.
John's Hosting's sales director is consistently looking on the web to see what competition is advertising. It drives him nuts to see other "hoster's" advertise SharePoint for less than what [...]
Is it SPLA or not?
Is it SPLA or not? That is the question. My conversations have changed throughout the years. It used to be "How do I license Exchange?" Fast forward to today, and [...]
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