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 In the ever-evolving landscape of software asset management, professionals are looking for new and smart ways to enhance resource optimization and operational efficiency. A new metric that is gaining attention is tracking the Product Adoption Rate (PAR).  This metric serves as a fresh instrument for Software Asset Managers (SAM) to track the effectiveness of software license utilization within an organization. Product Adoption Rate is a metric that measures the frequency with which users interact with a software product over a specific time period. The calculation involves determining the percentage of users who actively utilized the software out of the total users assigned to it. A high PAR indicates efficient license assignment, while a low rate may signify challenges in user adoption or opportunities for license downsizing. For SAM managers, the ability to quickly assess which SAAS licenses require optimization is crucial for effective resource management. By analyzing the...

The year 2023 was an eventful one. My wife and I decided to move to Aachen, so we bought a house here at the end of the year. We also purchased a car that took us on quite a few trips, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Belgium, and the Netherlands. With so many events, finding time for reading was not easy, but luckily, I was able to entertain myself with a few good books. 1. How Not to Die by Gene Stone and Michael Greger Stone This book turned me vegetarian. I used to eat meat with every meal, so it wasn't easy to give up burgers and chicken wings, yet this book made a solid point about the effects of modern-day meat and how it is linked to various modern-day diseases. The author shares stories of how, as a doctor, he was able to cure patients by simply modifying their diets. He argues that diseases around the globe have patterns that are linked to what people eat in specific regions. There is a reason why there are so many cases of diabetes and heart disease in America and n...

Car sharing user-numbers have exploded in Germany reaching  2.29 million users in 2019 . As the largest city in Germany, Berlin has been blessed with having over  5,800  vehicles from various free-floating car-sharing providers that can be easily rented via mobile apps. The surge in popularity of car-sharing services is attributed to lower costs, greater flexibility, sustainability, and practicality. If you are new to Berlin and would like a convenient alternative to buying or leasing a car you should certainly consider subscribing to one of the available car-sharing services here. After three years of intensive use of various car-sharing services in Berlin, I have put together a list of the most popular providers to lay out an overview of their offerings. I have ranked them by the Mobility score, which is a metric I came up with based on two categories: the practicality score and the coolness score. The practicality score includes elements such as the price, fleet availa...