28-May
2013
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Sassafras Software ships K2 v7.1 - Enhances Software Identification and Hardware Discovery
Sassafras Software, a pioneer in Software Asset Management (SAM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM), has released a major upgrade of its award-winning product, K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer. Version 7.1 introduces a new software Product Recognition Service (PRS) to accompany K2’s extensive SAM and ITAM capabilities. Now software licensing administrators will automatically receive software product updates based on software discovered across their organization.

12-Sep
2012
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Sassafras Offers Web-Training – “Understanding and Customizing Reports in K2 7.0”
Sassafras Software will host two online web-training sessions for K2-KeyServer version 7.0 on September 12, 2012. The technical training will be offered twice, taught by Sassafras subject-matter experts. The topic will be “Understanding and Customizing Reports in K2 7.0”. Sassafras extends an open invitation to all K2-KeyServer administrators, and others, to attend this 90-minute technical training at either of the two times. To register, or request more information, send email to


11-Jun
2012
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Sassafras Offers Web-Training – "K2-KeyServer version 7.0 Configuration & Migration"
Sassafras Software will host four online web-training sessions for K2-KeyServer version 7.0 in June & July 2012. The technical training will be offered four times, taught by Sassafras subject-matter experts. The focus will be on “K2 v7.0 Configuration - including Upgrade/Migration details”. Sassafras extends an open invitation to all K2-KeyServer administrators, and others, to attend this 90-minute technical training on any of the four dates. To register, or request more information, send email to


1-Nov
2011
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Sassafras Software ships K2 v7.0 - Entitlement-based Software Asset Management
Sassafras Software, a pioneer in Software Asset Management (SAM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM), has released a major upgrade of its award-winning product, K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer. Version 7.0 adds purchase histories and product recognition to K2’s usage tracking, hardware & software auditing, and active license management. Now software licensing administrators can track license entitlements, proofs of purchase, and current entitlement position, then reconcile them against active management policies.

18-Oct
2010
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Sassafras Software Integrates Software Purchase and Entitlement Tracking into K2 v7
Sassafras Software, a long time innovator in the fields of Software Asset Management (SAM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM), is adding comprehensive software purchase tracking tools to the next major release of its award winning product, K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer. With the release of K2 version 7, the new purchase database will enable licensing administrators to easily reconcile license entitlement rights with usage and software audits.

11-May
2010
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K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer receives the 2010 CODiE Award for “Best Asset Management Solution”
KeyAuditor, KeyServer - software license management, software auditing, software piracy control, PC audit K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer, from Sassafras Software, has been named the Best Asset Management Solution in the 2010 CODiE Awards competition. This prestigious award was presented to Sassafras Software by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) after extensive evaluation and testing during the industry peer-review process.

10-Nov
2009
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December 1: K2-KeyServer Configuration Training - Software Management Best Practices
NERCOMP (NorthEast Regional Computing Program) will host a K2 User Group meeting on December 1, 2009 at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. Workshop organizers, Margaret Stancer of Amherst College, and Vince Spiars of Wesleyan University, extend an invitation to all K2-KeyServer administrators to attend this 5-hour technical training taught by John Tomeny from Sassafras Software. Details are included in this notice. Online registration is available at: Climbing the Mountain of Software Licensing

8-Sep
2009
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Sassafras Software ships K2 v6.2 - New tools for Software Cost Reduction
Sassafras Software has released the next major version of K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer with new tools for optimizing, automating, and simplifying the management of software assets throughout an enterprise. With important improvements in every major area of the product, K2 v6.2 continues to enable software asset managers to maintain accurate software license compliance and significantly reduce software and hardware costs throughout their organizations.

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.

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