by | Jun 29, 2020 | Microsoft, The SAM Club News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For many IT organisations Microsoft SQL Licensing is a major cost. A recent Directions on Microsoft article cited that one of the biggest savings might be made by consolidating SQL server virtual machines (VMs) into a dedicated...
by | May 19, 2020 | The SAM Club News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Following our recent article on recovering money through the Microsoft second hand licenses market: https://thesamclub.co.uk/saving-on-microsoft-license-costs/ , The SAM Club is pleased to announce two further successful cases: • A...
by Neeley SAM Club | May 5, 2020 | The SAM Club News
One theme we have seen several times at The SAM Club is the spiralling licensing costs of SQL Server on premise. From client reviews we have completed we have seen several interesting scenarios including: DBA installing SQL Server Enterprise without realising...
by Neeley SAM Club | May 4, 2020 | The SAM Club News
As a result of COVID-19 we expect IT budgets to come under closer scrutiny to reduce costs despite increasing maintenance costs either due to Vendor price increases or where the price is based on the US$ exchange rate with regular fluctuations. At The SAM Club, one of...
by Neeley SAM Club | Apr 6, 2020 | The SAM Club News
As we enter a new decade The SAM Club is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. One thing that hasn’t changed over the 10 years is that licensing rules & compliance requirements continue to change. During our 10 years we have:- Continued to acquire long term clients...
by | Oct 30, 2019 | Azure, The SAM Club News
The SAM Club’s 6th Azure User Group meeting was kindly held at Neon Underwriters, a long-term client of ours based in London. The topic for this meeting was about a customer’s journey migrating to Azure. The SAM Club also presented on some of the licensing...
