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Author: Pilar Silva

Pilar is an Inside Sales Account Manager at CrucialLogics where she manages and grows relationships with SMB accounts while driving new business opportunities. Her role blends account management, customer success and proactive sales development to ensure clients receive the right solutions across professional services, managed services, licensing and hardware. She approaches business challenges with a structured and detail-oriented mindset, focused on building trust, maintaining strong client relationships and delivering a smooth buying experience from first conversation through close.

4 Signs Your Organization Is Overpaying for Microsoft Licenses

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Managing Microsoft licenses in large enterprises is often straightforward in theory. Purchase the required SKUs, assign licenses efficiently, and track usage while optimizing costs. Over time, what appears structured begins to drift. Inefficiencies build, costs become less predictable, and processes lose consistency, leading to unnecessary spend. Microsoft licensing inefficiencies rarely appear at the outset. The […]

Top 7 Costly Mistakes to Avoid With Microsoft License Management 

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You may already suspect that you are overpaying for Microsoft licenses.  However, many organizations lack visibility due to missing governance controls.  At the same time, your Microsoft licensing might also be fragmented across multiple admin centers and reporting tools, none of which were designed with optimization as the primary goal. As environments grow and new […]

Microsoft License Optimization: Right-Size Your Microsoft 365 Licenses 

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Microsoft 365 optimization usually becomes urgent when renewals are approaching. Cross-functional teams scramble to assemble reports and justify the next commitment.  Reducing the number of accounts is rarely the real issue. The hidden costs often sit inside oversized licenses assigned to active employees who are not using the features included in their tier.  The days […]

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Amol Joshi

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Amol is a senior security executive with over 20 years of experience in leading and executing complex IT transformations and security programs. He’s a firm believer in achieving security through standardization, avoiding complexity, and that security is achieved using native, easy-to-use technologies.

Amol approaches business challenges in a detail-oriented way and demonstrates quantifiable results throughout highly technical and complex engagements. Creative, innovative, and enthusiastic, Amol uses the Consulting with a Conscience™ approach to advise clients about IT solutions.

Amol has a BSc. in Computer Science, is a certified Project Manager by PMI (PMP), and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).