Martin Thompson 
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
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
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
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
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
I attended an interesting session at the BCS SAM networking group last night. The main topic of conversation was SAP, led by Snow’s subject matter ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 7, 2018
The Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server (formerly Windows Server Azure Hybrid Use Benefit) has been around for some time now. It was announced ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 1, 2018
In this Podcast, I am joined by Joe Powell of ITAMEyes Solutions to discuss his journey on starting a new venture and what services the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 1, 2018
European SAM teams have been able to buy and sell software licensing on the secondary market since the EU ruling in 2012, but it seems ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 28, 2018
This article is the second of a four part series by Martin Thompson of ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building the Business Case for SAM Managed Services. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 19, 2018
Machine learning, block chain and the Internet of things, exciting technology trends that are disrupting entire industries. In this article I’ll explore these topics and ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 1, 2018
ITAM and SAM tools cover a wide spectrum – free to many thousands of pounds, specific features to a wide range of abilities, inventory only ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 23, 2018
This update on ISO has been provided by David Bicket. David writes: “Edition 3 of ISO/IEC 19770-1 for Software and IT Asset Management has recently ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 19, 2018
This article is the first of a four part series by Martin Thompson of ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 19, 2018
In a recent straw poll of ITAM Review readers it was found that only 27% of organisations have some form of portal or automated provisioning ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 15, 2018
The video below was played for David Bicket for his lifetime achievement award at our excellence awards back in November. Congratulations again to David Bicket ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 4, 2018
2017 – the year SAP starting suing its customers, cloud optimisation goes mainstream and end users starting biting back against software vendors. Here is what ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 2, 2018
I was speaking to Jochen Hagenlocher on The ITAM Review podcast recently (My recording with Jochen will go live in the New Year). Jochen shared ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 12, 2017
Hardware Asset Management (HAM) Best Practice Survey Following on from the recently published study into Hard Drive Disposal, I would now really appreciate your support ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 7, 2017
Thanks to everyone that took the time to respond to our quick poll on hard drive disposal (Original request here). The goal was to understand ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 28, 2017