13-Oct
2008

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Sassafras Announces: K2 Training at Goldsmiths, University of London
Sassafras Software is pleased to announce the details of a Sassafras K2 User Group meeting and K2 training session at the Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London on Tuesday afternoon, 4 November, 2008


9-Sep
2008

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ISO/IEC 19770-3 “OWG” is Convened for Software Entitlement Tag Standard
Sassafras is an enthusiastic participant in the active standards development work of ISO/IEC 19770-2 and 19770-3 which promises to facilitate an evolution toward entitlement centric software licensing. The ISO/IEC 19770-3 Other Working Group (“OWG”) was convened on September 9, 2008. Over thirty Software Asset Management (SAM) industry participants had joined the work as of that date and more are continuing to join. The Working Group has been tasked with drafting an international data standard for software license entitlement tags. Details of the OWG’s work and an invitation to join the effort are included in this article.


25-Aug
2008

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Development Begins for ISO/IEC 19770-3 Software Entitlement Tag Data Standard
John Tomeny of Sassafras Software Inc is set to convene the ISO/IEC 19770-3 working group on 9 September 2008. The working group has been tasked with drafting an international data standard for software license entitlement tags. Participation is open to any qualified individuals with relevant expertise in software asset management, software licensing, software manufacturing, and related disciplines.


2-Jul
2007

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Sassafras K2 Supports new Licensing Options from Adobe
Adobe Systems introduced new licensing options for Adobe CS3 products and reintroduced concurrent-use licensing to Education customers for Acrobat products. K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer supports Adobe’s new licensing options and provides efficient management of all software assets.


2-May
2007

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Sassafras Leads SAM Standards Development
Sassafras Software has accepted a leadership role in developing the international standard for software licensing entitlements. The new computing standard will streamline the procedures that IT administrators use to match licensing entitlements with installed software during a software audit.


12-Jul
2006

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Sassafras Announces K2 User Group Meeting + K2 Training
Sassafras Software announces the details of a Sassafras K2 User Group meeting and K2 training session at the Hilton - Financial District in San Francisco on Friday afternoon, August 11.


7-Jun
2006

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Sassafras Ships K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer 6.1
K2 6.1 ushers in a plethora of features including scheduled reports, a web browser console, simplified program discovery, automatic rules-based classifications and actions, much faster report generation, broader integration support, and numerous other enhancements.


4-Jan
2006

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Sassafras Announces Support for Intel-based Macintosh Computers
K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer - support details for version 6 and version 6.1


15-Dec
2005

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Sassafras Slipstreams New Features into K2 6.0
Sassafras moves ahead with features previously announced for version 6.1, releasing them early in the current shipping version.


14-Sep
2005

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Sassafras Simplifies IT Auditing & Software License Management
K2 version 6.1 - software discovery automatically sorts programs into categories. Dedicated report server offers speed increases and enhanced services.


5-Jan
2005

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Sassafras Announces K2 version 6.1, KeyAuditor & KeyServer
K2 version 6.1 will ship in 2006 with new IT Asset Management reporting capabilities.


8-Dec
2004

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K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer named “Outstanding Product of the Year”
Technology & Learning magazine honors K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer with an “Award of Excellence” as one of the outstanding products of the year.


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Policy-based software license compliance.

Policy-based software license compliance. Software asset management.


Hundreds of internal reports.

Hundreds of internal reports. Software asset management.


Role- and Scope-based administration.

Software License Compliance. SAM - Software asset management.


Hardware and Software Inventory.

ITAM - Hardware and software inventory. Software asset management.


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