Welcome to the February 2024 edition of the ITAMantics podcast.
In this month’s edition of ITAMantics George and Rich discuss another Quest audit ending up in court, a Slack customer falling foul of Slack’s broken data migration tool (and facing the threat of their data being deleted), Flexera completing its acquisition of Snow Software, and “Chatbot Turbulence” – Air Canada’s misguided AI which gave a customer incorrect advice.
The following articles were also mentioned [i.e. shamelessly plugged by George] but not directly discussed on the podcast. Check them out below:
ITAM Predictions 2024: Views from the industry: ITAM and FinOps continue to merge, SaaS sprawl continues to be a challenge, software vendor consolidation could cause issues as resellers get squeezed out as they look to transact with their customers directly (which could reduce SAM oversight on software purchases)
The ITAM Forum’s 2025 global ITAM research report in partnership with Azul reveals some fascinating insights into the financial, operational, and compliance risks involved in software licensing and audits. This article provides a high-level overview of ...
The ongoing legal battle between VMware (under Broadcom ownership) and Siemens is yet another example of why ITAM goes far beyond license compliance and SAM. What might, at first glance, appear to be a licensing dispute, ...
During one of the keynotes at the FinOps X conference in San Diego, JR Storment, Executive Director of the FinOps Foundation, interviewed a senior executive from Salesforce. They discussed the idea of combining the roles of ...
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The ITAM Forum’s 2025 global ITAM research report in partnership with Azul reveals some fascinating insights into the financial, operational, and compliance risks involved in software licensing and audits. This article provides a high-level overview of ...
In this episode with Martin Thompson and Aamer Trambu (SoftwareOne) we delve into the critical role of relationship management in ITAM, emphasising its significance in fostering collaboration and facilitating change. They also discuss how embracing relationship ...
In this episode Kelly Yip and Meesha Nayan (TMG), delve into the importance of adopting a continuous learning mindset within ITAM. They discuss common barriers to learning, such as time constraints and a lack of resources, ...
The ongoing legal battle between VMware (under Broadcom ownership) and Siemens is yet another example of why ITAM goes far beyond license compliance and SAM. What might, at first glance, appear to be a licensing dispute, ...
