Press Release
Platinum Partner status means CleanSlate will be able to offer platinum-level advantages to our current and future clients, while continuing to provide the expertise and dedication to quality that got us here in the first place.
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ILMT/ITAM
Software Asset Management (SAM) is something that many companies don’t think much about. After all, so long as software is functioning properly and you don’t plan on making any big systems changes any time soon, why worry about it?
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IBM Software
IBM Cloud allows IT organizations to standardize upon software-defined infrastructure that is simpler to acquire, deploy, manage and scale out as business needs grow, without sacrificing reliability and security.
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ILMT/ITAM
The IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) is a system created by IBM to help businesses measure and monitor software usage. While that might not sound important, it’s a critical tool for just about any company using IBM software in a complex environment.
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IBM Software
Two of our account executives, Ben Thomas and Brandon Montgomery, recently attended Software and Solutions Top Gun ...
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IBM Software
As part of IBM’s BigFix suite of products, Detect is a critical component of keeping your business safe from potentially devastating cyber attacks. It provides endpoint detection and response solutions for threat analysis, and has capabilities far beyond your typical endpoint detection and response tool.
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ILMT/ITAM
Software scans—like those performed with ILMT—are familiar to just about anybody working in Software Asset Management (SAM). They keep you compliant, help ensure there won’t be any surprises during a software audit, and are critical for giving you important details about your software inventory.
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AWS, Azure, SaaS/Application Development
With the use of application program interfaces (APIs) becoming more common in recent years, companies are ...
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IBM Software
It’s no mystery that IBM software licensing and audits can be complicated. Chances are good that if you’re like many of the companies I’ve worked with over the years, you don’t have the right software asset management (SAM) strategy in place.
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Press Release
Software licensing compliance can get complicated quickly. And with the constant changes in rules, updates, and ...
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Press Release
Starting in 2017, we’ve changed our name from Preferred Partner to CleanSlate. We also launched a new website to showcase our software sales and consulting services.
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ILMT/ITAM
Have you ever found yourself in a position on a project where you struggle to obtain answers to your ...
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ILMT/ITAM
There’s nothing wrong with self-managing your software assets. But if you do, it’s important that your company knows what to do if you discover an over-deployment of licensed products. When that happens—and it happens to the best of us—here’s what you should do next.
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ILMT/ITAM
Corporations implement SAM strategies to help control and lower cost—but more important, they do it to maintain compliance. Sometimes SAM seems like an impossible puzzle, especially when you’re crunched for time and resources. As a software consulting firm, CleanSlate leverages our years of experience and depth of knowledge to help our clients do just that.
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IBM Software
Earlier this year, David Gilbertson published an excellent article on Hacker Noon with the eye-catching title “I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.” While the article is noted as a fictional endeavor, the approach that is detailed is certainly something that could have a negative impact on corporations around the world.
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AWS, Azure, SaaS/Application Development
The Internet of Thing (IoT) is rapidly becoming more popular as services, such as home automation and health ...
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AWS, SaaS/Application Development
In the digital world, new product offerings demand increased forms of content to attract consumers. Delivering ...
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ILMT/ITAM
In order to stay compliant with IBM software terms and regulations, clients must use a supported version of ILMT. ...
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ILMT/ITAM
To take advantage of Sub-capacity licensing and its inherent value, IBM customers are required to:
1) Install ...
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ILMT/ITAM
Don’t delay in preparing for and implementing ILMT, or the upgrade of your existing ILMT platform. Whether your company is just in the exploratory phase or is starting to plan for deployment, you are not alone.
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IBM Software
If your company uses IBM products, PVU reporting is something you’re probably familiar with. But it’s easy to forget that there are licensed products outside of PVU that require proper managing and reporting, too.
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ILMT/ITAM
It is about that time of the year when companies are trying to finalize their future budget cycle and financial allocations. Companies allocate roughly 5%, and even upwards of 10% for some industries, of company revenue for IT budget.
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IBM Software
The IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) System is a breakthrough cloud platform that helps solve petabyte and beyond storage challenges for companies worldwide. Enterprises that need to store large volumes of unstructured data must look beyond their current storage solutions and evaluate new approaches.
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Press Release
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb recently recognized CleanSlate as one of Indiana’s fastest growing technology ...
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ILMT/ITAM
If your company uses IBM Passport Advantage, you’re probably aware of the licensing requirements. As part of your ...
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IBM Software
Managing hundreds or even thousands of computers across a network can get complicated quickly. You’ve got software distribution, patches, licensing issues, security threats—it’s easy to see how things can get overwhelming without the right systems management tools.
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ILMT/ITAM
Having the right software asset management (SAM) strategy in place for your business can save you time, money, and lots of headaches—especially if you run into an unexpected software audit. But many companies have an outdated SAM strategy—or no SAM strategy at all—which is a risk that can be easily avoided if you take the right steps.
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ILMT/ITAM
For many companies, software represents a significant portion of overhead. And if you aren’t managing your ...
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AWS, SaaS/Application Development
Centralized cloud security and compliance combined with democratized incident response can ensure that the right ...
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IBM Software
Is your IBM Hardware reaching End of Support? If so, there’s still time to protect your withdrawn equipment with an IBM Hardware Support Extension!
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AWS, SaaS/Application Development
Voice driven computing is revolutionizing how we work, live and play in the digital world. People are interacting ...
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Azure, SaaS/Application Development
Creating cloud enabled applications has several distinct differences compared to traditional software solutions. ...
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Press Release
All of us at CleanSlate are excited to announce that we’ve just received Ingram Micro’s IBM Business Unit Partner of the Year award.
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Press Release
Every year, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce chooses 100 companies throughout Indiana for their distinguished Best ...
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Press Release
We’re happy to report that CleanSlate is now a partner with MuleSoft and its family of products. Our team is ...
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ILMT/ITAM
Perhaps the most important aspect of fully utilizing IBM’s ILMT (or Big Fix Inventory) tool is to be able to ...
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AWS, Azure, SaaS/Application Development
The electronic age has certainly made life simpler.
Even before we found the need to be connected, electronic ...
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AWS, Azure, SaaS/Application Development
It wasn't until a couple years later that I started seeing RESTful APIs at client engagements. All of them seemed to follow the standard RESTful API design, making it easy to build client applications against the back-end API services built upon REST.
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