In the September edition of ITAMantics, Rich, AJ and George discuss Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk, ITAM’s role in corporate credit ratings, SAP buying LeanIX, Josys raising $93M, Torii launching an AI assistant, and whether Oracle had any role in Birmingham City Council’s bankruptcy?
And as a bonus, AJ gives one of his foreign film recommendations. Did someone say Chilean Vampire dictators? You’ll need to listen to the end for this gem.
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I delivered our “Managing AI as an Asset” training course the day before the Wisdom conference last week. Thank you to those who attended and provided feedback. It will be available on the LISA platform before ...
Since the ITAM Forum has been working in strategic partnership with the FinOps Foundation, I’ve come to admire the Crawl, Walk, Run approach to best practices, as it allows improvements and recommendations to meet the organisation ...
Shadow IT often spreads quietly and quickly becomes a serious risk. Just look at the UK-based supermarket chain Co-op. A little-known remote maintenance tool used by an external IT provider was compromised. The result? Nearly 800 ...
Managing AI in the enterprise is a team sport. In this article, I want to explore specifically what ITAM brings to the table as we enter the AI era. As I’ve mentioned in previous articles on ...
