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06/08/2025
VOCC meets SACS 2025
In just over a month, it will be time once again for the SACS – Software Assets & Cloud Services conference, which will open its doors in Leipzig on September 9 and 10, 2025. SACS is a vendor-neutral platform for professional and in-depth exchange of experiences on current trends in software asset management. We will also be there again to speak on current topics as part of VOICE's Vendor Observer Competence Center (VOCC). Our blog post provides a concise summary of what you can expect from our presentations at SACS.
I have been part of Complion since 2018. I got to know the core team in my previous role at Deloitte in Berlin, where I was responsible for training management at the Deloitte SAM Academy. With the introduction of the GDPR, I became increasingly involved in data protection projects. The collaboration has been a good fit from the start, and I still enjoy working with customers on practical solutions, which is why I've stayed.
ViennaON - Our summer event in Vienna from July 6, 2025, to July 12, 2025
Our team is spread across the DACH region. Video calls and emails are not always enough to create a real connection between all our employees. It is much more important for a good connection to bring all colleagues together in one place from time to time. That's why we at Complion organize a summer event in the form of a workation once a year. Each time in a new city, sometimes even outside Germany, all employees come together to work, gather impressions, and spend convivial evenings together. Of course, planned feasts of local cuisine and varied team events ranging from culture to brain teasers to action are not excluded.
VMware takeover by Broadcom - developments, impact and outlook
The takeover of VMware by Broadcom at the end of 2023 has changed the IT world forever - with far-reaching consequences for customers, partners and the entire VMware ecosystem. Since then, continuous adjustments to licenses, products and partner structures have caused great uncertainty.
Experience report from an implementation project: Contractual DORA compliance in ICT third-party risk management
In our latest article, Roman Scholtysik, Florian Müller, and Christian Grabner shed light on the contractual implementation of regulatory requirements under DORA. Based on concrete project experience, they show how companies can effectively shape digital resilience at the contractual level. A practical report for anyone who not only wants to understand DORA, but also wants to implement it operationally.
Between duty and potential: A project report on a Microsoft True-Up
What at first glance appears to be a mandatory annual task in license management turns out on closer inspection to be a project with great potential for optimization: the annual Microsoft True-Up report. The overarching goal is a comparison in which companies tell Microsoft how many licenses they have actually used in the past year.
Possible security risk from Chinese components in solar systems
The increasing spread of solar installations not only brings opportunities for the transition towards renewable energy, but also poses new risks to security of supply. In particular, the discovery of suspicious radio modules in solar system inverters, as reported by the Reuters news agency, raises serious questions about cyber security.
Your first project at COMPLION – Why IT regulation is an ideal start for young professionals
Are you a graduate or young professional wondering what your first project at COMPLION could look like when you start your career? Perhaps you're thinking of exciting IT projects, major transformation processes or digital innovations. That's right! But you're probably not thinking about IT regulation.
Sounds dry at first? But it's not. In fact, it's the ideal start for career starters and I'll tell you why.
I would like to show you what IT regulation is, what your tasks in the project at COMPLION look like and what skill set you should have in order to successfully master your tasks.
Concretization of AI competence in software asset management
Monitoring usage data, detecting over- and under-licensing, creating demand forecasts, integrating data from different sources and optimizing software costs - all supported by the use of AI. An idea that promises new efficiency gains and savings and should trigger euphoria among many license managers.
This blog post explains the need for an IT GRC manager. The blog post gives a brief introduction to the business activities of an IT GRC manager and also points out their indispensable position in a company. For a common basic understanding, the term GRC is first discussed and explained.
The three main phases of Contract Management - SAM Contract Management Training from COMPLION
Effective contract management is essential to minimize risks, exploit opportunities and maximize value from these agreements.
COMPLION's SAM (Software Asset Management) Contract Management Training addresses, among other things, the three main phases of contract management, which are organized along the lifecycle of each contract: Contract Creation, Contract Monitoring & Governance Contract Termination/Renewal.
In the following blog post - which reflects a small excerpt from the content of the SAM Contract Management Training - the three main phases of software contract management are described and the most important results and documents of each phase are summarized.
Effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders in Software Asset Management (SAM)
Collaboration and communication with stakeholders are key factors in the success of software asset management (SAM) projects. Without it, SAM initiatives can stall and even fail. It is therefore all the more important to know the different interests, expectations and requirements of the parties involved in a SAM project and to manage them.
At COMPLION, our project experience has taught us why stakeholder communication is so important in SAM, what challenges can arise and how companies can overcome them.
