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Address: 5 Edinburgh Road S Suite 14 3, Guelph, ON, N1H5N8, CA
Telephone: +18889785129

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A passionate group of software licensing experts who assist companies to optimize software both on premise and in the cloud.

Combined experience of more than 80 years optimizing software licensing from Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Oracle and many more.

10/28/2026

Did you know that uncontrolled Microsoft growth rarely looks dramatic month to month? It usually becomes obvious AFTER budgets are locked and leverage is gone.

The teams that stay in control don’t react — they model multiple scenarios early and choose their outcome.

Our Microsoft HealthCheck is your next step to evaluate your risk: https://hubs.li/Q04CCSx20

10/27/2026

A month ago, our SharePoint tenant hit 133% of its storage limit. The obvious fix was to buy more storage. It's a charge that renews monthly and keeps growing.

We didn't end up buying a single gigabyte.
Two days later we were at 60%, and nobody lost a file.

The surprise wasn't what was in the storage. It was that we'd already turned on a setting, and it simply didn't reach a large proportion of our estate.

If a storage purchase or a Microsoft renewal is on your calendar, read this first:
https://hubs.li/Q04CsxB40

10/22/2026

Does your Adobe agreement carry forward assumptions no one re-validated? That’s how cost becomes actual commitment.

Use this Adobe Exposure Guide for Enterprises t o see where that baseline breaks: https://hubs.li/Q04C12y20

10/21/2026

CIO, a Fortune 500 Company: "I thought our Microsoft costs were fine. We were compliant. Turns out we were guessing."

Here is why guessing your enterprise Microsoft costs is clearly not a good option:

https://hubs.li/Q04BW1YC0

Microsoft licensing and cloud spend have crossed a line. In 2026, the difference between controlled and exposed enterprises won’t come down to intent — it will come down to data, timing, and leverage.

10/21/2026

Microsoft already knows what your EA renewal will cost.
Do you?

If your Microsoft agreement renews in the next 6–12 months, your quote is going to jump for two reasons:
1) Higher list prices: up 8-13% for most office licences and 25-33% for frontline workers.
2) No more volume discount: large customers are now paying the same list price as everyone else.

Together, that's up 14-28% on renewals. Most of the budgets didn't anticipate that at all.

What normally happens is that Microsoft sends the quote over, Finance is asked why it's so high, and IT has no independent numbers to either justify it or challenge it. The renewal just gets through.

In his recent interview, Mike Austin explained why Microsoft made both changes at the same time and why enterprises need to understand the vendor before discussing renewal with them. Know your number before Microsoft gives you theirs.

🎥 Watch (2 min) ⬇️

10/19/2026

Software overspend doesn’t usually come from bad intent. It comes from bad data and conflicted advice. When SAM insights aren’t independent, every negotiation with your software vendor starts at a disadvantage.

Learn why independence and data quality matter more than tools, dashboards, or promises:
https://hubs.li/Q04Bx-pj0

10/16/2026

How much Microsoft licensing waste is actually common in enterprises? In most cases, much more than you imagine.

Here are a few FAQs to help enterprise IT, Procurement, and Finance teams to stay on top of their creeping Microsoft costs.
https://hubs.li/Q04BrqF_0

10/15/2026

💡Tip: Organizations can claim their Microsoft True-Down as a contractual right.
Here's how to do it:

https://hubs.li/Q04BgbTK0

10/14/2026

Enterprise Microsoft True-Up doesn't just settle what you owe, it resets your baseline. Every user added mid-term, every unvalidated deployment becomes the new floor for your next EA renewal.

That floor never resets down.

Before you submit your next one, know where your actual usage sits, and which numbers are inflated by data nobody's validated.

Unvalidated data becomes permanent spend. Validate it before Microsoft does: https://hubs.li/Q04B6R_b0

10/13/2026

Microsoft has just given CSP buyers an extra month. Don’t spend it waiting.

Usage-based billing for Microsoft 365 Copilot Business is switching on by default. It kicks in on Oct. 19 for direct purchases and Dec. 1 for purchases through a CSP partner. It applies to new subscriptions, additional seats and upgrades.

If you have a Copilot Business purchase, expansion or renewal coming up, MetrixData 360 can help you set the policy, size the exposure, and connect AI spend to the SAM and FinOps governance you already run: https://hubs.li/Q04B06xc0

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