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The World's Greatest (Licensing) PodcastITAM, Audits, and Finding Your North Star with Martin ThompsonIn this episode we welcome Martin Thompson, founder of ITAM Forum, a non-profit trade body run by ITAM professionals designed to educate companies on ITAM with a focus on business value. Martin and Craig explain how vendors use audits to force conversations, drive revenue, and steer customers toward shiny new cloud offerings. They discuss pain points companies are facing (like cloud spend, SaaS sprawl, and data quality), the EU vs US's secondary software markets and the differences in software reselling, and practical moves to align ITAM with FinOps.Martin also highlights North Star Labs, a c...
2025-12-0340 minThe World's Greatest (Licensing) PodcastYour Coffee Mug Doesn’t Need an App (But Your Contract Might!)An ad in a Sunday paper, a faxed resume, and a week later Craig Guarente was on a plane to start at Oracle. That origin story sets the stage for a tour through three decades of deals, from paper contracts and fax machines to cloud subscriptions and the rise of generative AI. In this episode our usual host, Craig Guarente, is in the guest chair, interviewed by Marisa Gallicchio, Director of Marketing at Palisade Compliance. We talk about what has really changed in enterprise negotiations (and what hasn’t).We connect the enterprise to the eve...
2025-10-1543 minThe World's Greatest (Licensing) PodcastRyan Triplette and the Coalition for Fair Software LicensingIn this episode our host Craig Guarente welcome Ryan Triplette, Executive Director of the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing. Craig and Ryan discuss the Coalition and it's mission to highlight the importance of fair and transparent software licensing terms for both public and government sectors. They also share their experience with software licensing across industries, the challenges that different companies face while licensing software for critical business functions, and what organizations around the world are doing today to stay in compliance with an ever-changing digital landscape.Learn more about the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing: https://fairsoftwarelicensing...
2025-06-1145 min
Service Management Leadership PodcastGlobal ITAM Summit - Starring Craig Guarente Discussing Oracle Software OptimizationCraig is the founder of Palisade Compliance, an organization established to help companies optimize their Oracle software licensing.
2024-05-0933 min
Service Management Leadership PodcastThird Annual Global ITAM Summit - Craig GuarenteIn this episode, Craig shares his knowledge of Oracle software Licensing
Each week, Jeffrey will be interviewing guests from the technology, Service Management, or Business Continuity leadership communities. Stay tuned as next week's show is one you will not want to miss. Jeffrey is the founder of Service Management Leadership, an IT consulting firm specializing in Service Management, CIO Advisory, and Business Continuity services. The firm's website is www.servicemanagement.us. Jeffrey is an accomplished author with SIX acclaimed books in the subject area and a popular YouTube channel with approximately 1,300 videos on various topics. Also, please foll...
2022-04-0725 min
Service Management Leadership PodcastThird Annual Global ITAM Summit - Panel Discussion - Part 2Pam Fulmer, Craig Guarente, Rory Canavan, and Alexander Golev share their knowledge on the asset management world.
Each week, Jeffrey will be interviewing guests from the technology, Service Management, or Business Continuity leadership communities. Stay tuned as next week's show is one you will not want to miss. Jeffrey is the founder of Service Management Leadership, an IT consulting firm specializing in Service Management, CIO Advisory, and Business Continuity services. The firm's website is www.servicemanagement.us. Jeffrey is an accomplished author with SIX acclaimed books in the subject area and a popular YouTube channel with approximately 1,300 vid...
2022-03-1716 min
Service Management Leadership PodcastThird Annual Global ITAM Summit - Panel Discussion - Part 1Pam Fulmer, Craig Guarente, Rory Canavan, and Alexander Golev share their knowledge on the asset management world.
Each week, Jeffrey will be interviewing guests from the technology, Service Management, or Business Continuity leadership communities. Stay tuned as next week's show is one you will not want to miss. Jeffrey is the founder of Service Management Leadership, an IT consulting firm specializing in Service Management, CIO Advisory, and Business Continuity services. The firm's website is www.servicemanagement.us. Jeffrey is an accomplished author with SIX acclaimed books in the subject area and a popular YouTube channel with approximately 1,300 vide...
2022-03-1016 min
Designing Enterprise PlatformsEarly Adopter Podcast with Palisade's Craig GuarenteIn this edition of the Early Adopter Podcast, Dan Woods speaks with Palisade's CEO Craig Guarente about Java audits. It is the first podcast the "Escape Hatch from Oracle Series." Oracle has focused its innovation as much or more on licensing and audit practices as it has on technology. Oracle has created a lot of quality technology, but now it seems a lot of the company's energy is focused on maximizing the amount of money it gets from customers through licenses. The latest case of this involves the Java language which Oracle acquired in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
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2019-01-2420 min
The ITAM Forum PodcastITAM Review Podcast - Oracle License ManagementITAM Review podcast discussing Oracle Licensing with Craig Guarente, Piaras MacDonnell and Richard Spithoven. Host: Martin Thompson, The ITAM Review.
Topics covered:
Working with Oracle
LMS Scripts and Oracle Tools
Managing expensive Oracle
Repricing and Negotiation Strategy
Types of Oracle Audit
Audit Triggers
Virtualization
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