Martin Thompson 
In this Podcast, I speak with Barry Pilling from Cortex Consulting to have a chat about contracting including the contracting market in general, how to get ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 2, 2017
The credit rating firm Equifax suffered a security breach resulting in the loss of 140m+ personal financial records. The CEO and CIO stepped down, the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 19, 2017
Dear ITAM Review readers, A couple of updates on new initiatives at The ITAM Review: Continuing to Listen We pride ourselves on continually listening to ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 19, 2017
In this Podcast, I speak with Kris Wong, Principal Consultant at Beaconize in Ottawa, Canada to discuss quantifying cost savings. Podcast Topics About Kris The Canadian ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 13, 2017
The ITAM Review Excellence Awards returns! This year we have a strong line up of international ITAM professionals, projects, partners and innovation. Building on the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 10, 2017
Update: This standard has been superseded by V2.0 available here. The criteria published below are an open standard for SAP License Management. i.e. If I ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 5, 2017
In this video, Colin Simmons, IT Asset Manager of Kingfisher IT Services speaks about the ITAM Teams and Stakeholders and describes the relationship between the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 4, 2017
Bytes UK have acquired Phoenix Software and License Dashboard. Bytes have bought “the Blenheim group”; a holding company for the SAM technology and services provider ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 4, 2017
I am very pleased to announced that our online training subscription, LISA, is now online. We’ve kicked off the service with a great bundle and ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 26, 2017
I spoke with Christoph Harvey, CEO of Deskcenter AG at Microsoft’s Inspire Conference in the summer. In this article Christoph shares his views on Microsoft’s ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 26, 2017
License Demand Management Have you invested in SAM infrastructure, spent time persuading processes to stick and hired an awesome team; only for compliance issues to ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 24, 2017
In this Podcast I am joined by Mats Ajnesjo, SVP at A&B Groep to discuss the telecom industry and how to take control of your ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 15, 2017
Networking has seen a dramatic shift from hardware to software defined networking. I asked Tom Nallen, President of Network Licensing Strategies, to give us the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 12, 2017
A salary survey conducted back in March this year reveals that salaries for ITAM Review readers across the globe have risen 13.34% since 2014. Thanks ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 4, 2017
SAP customers want clarity not a conversation – 76% in straw poll have concerns or fear the consequences of raising indirect access concerns with SAP ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 24, 2017
Competition in the SAM Managed Services market went up a few degrees this week when the software and services provider SoftwareONE made an aggressive play ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 22, 2017
Ahead of our Australia Conference this November, I speak with Hugh Darvall, Sales Director at Flexera to discuss the SAM market down under and the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 18, 2017
New Cyber Security threats and European legislation are a great way for ITAM to revisit links with the security team and strengthen the importance of ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 11, 2017
“Compliance and cost savings are table stakes; modern SAM partners should help customers drive innovation.” This was the claim made by Stewart McLuskey, Director of ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 8, 2017
WG21, the voluntary group that builds the family of ITAM standards (ISO/IEC 19770), has set up a study group to explore a formal certification. As ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 1, 2017