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Martin Thompson

Martin Thompson owns ITAM Review, which he launched in 2008. He is also founder of LISA, the training and certification platform for ITAM, SAM, and software licensing professionals. Connect with Martin on LinkedIn.

ITAM News & Analysis

$250BN annual software maintenance market needs more scrutiny, a strategic opportunity for ITAM

The Campaign for Clear Licensing is pleased to present a new report on the software support and maintenance market. Thank you to everyone in the ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: September 11, 2018

ITAM News & Analysis

New Excellence Award Category for 2018: The Rising Star Award

I’m pleased to announce a new award category for our 2018 Excellence Awards: The Rising Star! The rising start is specifically designed to recognise newcomers ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: September 6, 2018

ITAM News & Analysis

Welcoming Henry Lee to the team

We are very pleased to welcome Henry Lee to the ITAM Review team as Commercial Director. Henry is an International Sales Manager with a successful ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: August 23, 2018

Software Publishers

Oracle faces class action lawsuit over cloud FUD

It appears Oracle’s cloud FUD chickens are coming home to roost. The US based specialist securities prosecutor BLB&G has filed a class action lawsuit against ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: August 14, 2018

ITAM Apprenticeship

ITAM News & Analysis

Call for Participants: ITAM Apprenticeship Scheme (Trailblazing Employers Required)

ITAM Skills Shortage ITAM Review research has shown there is a lack of new, young people entering the ITAM world – leading to a lack ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: August 3, 2018

ITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts

Podcast Episode 54: ‘Following the money & the 80/20 rule applied to SaaS’

In this Podcast, I speak with Matthias Vianden, Head of Development (Solutions) at Aspera to talk all things SaaS. Podcast Topics About Matthias & his ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: July 16, 2018

Software Publishers

IBM Licensing Essentials training added to LISA

I’m pleased to announce that our IBM Licensing Essentials training course is now live and available to LISA subscribers. LISA is our on-demand online training ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: July 5, 2018

ITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts

Podcast Episode 53: ‘The Women in Tech Campaign’

In this Podcast, I speak with Sarah Lewis of Ivanti to discuss the recently launched ‘Women in Tech’ campaign formed to empower women and encourage ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: June 21, 2018

Software Publishers

JetBlue halves SAP named users with automated user management

The American airline JetBlue has halved the number of named users required for SAP with proactive user management. I recently met with Mukarram Syed, General ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: June 1, 2018

Software PublishersPodcasts

Podcast Episode 52: ‘SAP has changed everything. Again.’

In this Podcast, I speak with Patrick Dickinson of Aspera (Bronze sponsors of our upcoming UK Conference) to pick his brains on what’s changed in ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: May 30, 2018

ITAM News & Analysis

What do our speakers think of the upcoming 2018 UK conference? (Part 2)

We asked our esteemed speakers a few questions around their sessions at our upcoming 2018 UK conference at Mercedes Benz World on the 5th & ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: May 10, 2018

ITAM News & Analysis

ServiceNow “London” release delivers strategic ITAM

New Broom, New Era According to my Las Vegas taxi driver, an event needs to be over 50,000 people before it makes an impact on ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: May 9, 2018

ITAM News & Analysis

What do our speakers think of the upcoming 2018 UK conference? (Part 1)

We asked our esteemed speakers a few questions around their sessions at our upcoming 2018 UK conference at Mercedes Benz World on the 5th & ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: April 19, 2018

ITAM News & Analysis

Campaign for Clear Licensing investigates support and maintenance

The Campaign for Clear Licensing (CCL) is investigating the software support and maintenance market. Please help the Campaign by sharing your experiences – all information ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: April 18, 2018

Best PracticeSAM

How to onboard with a SAM Managed Service provider and de-risk implementation

This article is the fourth and final part of a four part series by Martin Thompson of The ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building the Business Case ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: April 18, 2018

Best Practice

Joiners, Movers and Leavers in ITAM – The ignored lifecycle

A lifecycle that is too often ignored is that of the end user.  Within ITAM, we will react to software and hardware installations, patches and ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: April 5, 2018

Best PracticeSAM

Weak growth in SAM tools market – are SAM Managed Services to blame?

I recently polled some of the leading SAM tool vendors for their customer numbers. I was keen to understand how much the market had grown ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: March 27, 2018

Best PracticeSAMPodcasts

Podcast Episode 49: ‘Average 30% overspend on Cloud is reducing necessity for audit’

This Podcast is sponsored by SAM Charter. Click here for your free SAM Eco System In this Podcast, I am joined by Darryl Sackett of ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: March 23, 2018

ITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts

Podcast Episode 48: ‘Datacentre Governance’

In this Podcast, I speak with Roger Mallet of Aspera to have a chat about the current SAM Market and to pick his brains on ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: March 15, 2018

Best PracticeSAM

A three step, risk based approach to team building

This article is the third of a four part series by Martin Thompson of The ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building the Business ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: March 13, 2018

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