Editorial

The experts behind the research.

Every analysis Admodum publishes is written by a former executive of the vendor it covers. Each spent a decade inside the publisher — in licensing, compliance, or enterprise commercial — before joining the buyer's side. They write so procurement leaders read the contract the way the vendor does.

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Gregory R. Hale
Oracle Practice Lead · Former Oracle VP
Ten years inside Oracle License Management Services, latterly as Vice President. Worked audits from first notification through to certification and settlement before moving to the buyer's side. Now leads Admodum's Oracle research — the ULA certification methodology, the Java SE Universal Subscription counter-position, and the partitioning and OCI BYOL reads.
Oracle · ULA · Java SE Universal · NUP / Processor · OCI BYOL · LMS audits
Marcus T. Bennett
Microsoft Practice Lead · Former Microsoft Senior Director
Ten years inside Microsoft's Enterprise Commercial organisation, latterly as Senior Director for Enterprise Agreements and SAM. Sat on the vendor side of EA renewals and true-ups before joining Admodum. Writes the firm's Microsoft and cloud research — EA renewal mechanics, M365 Copilot seat economics, Azure MACC design, and SAM audit defence.
Microsoft · EA renewal · true-up · M365 Copilot · Azure MACC · SAM audits
Diane K. Caldwell
SAP Practice Lead · Former SAP VP
Ten years inside SAP's Global Licence Compliance and audit organisation, latterly as Vice President. Ran system measurements and indirect-access reviews from the vendor side before crossing to the buyer's. Authors Admodum's SAP research — RISE economics, the digital access counter-position, S/4HANA conversion planning, and FUE arithmetic.
SAP · RISE · indirect / digital access · S/4HANA · FUE · system measurement
Karen E. Whitfield
Salesforce & SaaS Practice Lead · Former Salesforce VP
Ten years inside Salesforce's enterprise organisation, latterly as Vice President, Enterprise Account Strategy. Built and renewed enterprise agreements from the vendor side before joining Admodum. Writes the firm's Salesforce and SaaS research — editions and shelfware, Data Cloud credit design, Agentforce scope, and the renewal-defence methodology extended across ServiceNow and Workday.
Salesforce · Data Cloud · Agentforce · shelfware · ServiceNow · Workday
Independence
Each author held senior roles inside the vendor they now cover. None holds any current commercial relationship with that vendor, or any other. The buyer is the only client.

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