Martin Thompson 
The Campaign for Clear Licensing held an Oracle roundtable at the Home Office today. The objective was to discuss issues regarding Oracle licensing and audit ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 26, 2014
IT Asset Management Solutions (ITAMS) is an independent UK based ITAM specialist and veteran of the UK SAM Industry. The team consists of 25 full ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 21, 2014
Computacenter is a £3BN IT infrastructure services business with 12,000 employees across Europe. They have developed some modular asset management services for clients struggling with ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 10, 2014
Aspera is one of nine providers that we reviewed for our SAM Managed Service Providers Review. Aspera are based in Aachen, Germany with an office ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 7, 2014
Updated 25th April 2014 – The first version of the Code of Conduct is now live here: https://www.clearlicensing.org/audit-code-conduct/ This code of conduct from the Campaign ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 16, 2014
I’m writing this blog following recent news of a dispute between Microsoft and second-hand licensing specialist Discount Licensing. In particular, I’m keen to publish an ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 13, 2014
January marked the seventh anniversary of the launch of the iPhone. Looking back at the launch, it’s remarkable how many product features Steve Jobs announced ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 6, 2014
Peer Reviews – ITAM Review readers sharing their opinions on ITAM tools, technology and services. This product review has been written by three ITAM Review ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 3, 2014
I am pleased to announce my report on SAM Managed Service Providers (MSP) is now available. Download the full report here. A competitive comparison of ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 27, 2014
ITAM service and SaaS tool provider eTelligent has been acquired by StrataScale, sister company to SHI International Corp. Both StrataScale and SHI are led by ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 23, 2014
This is our first foray into Podcasting, so forgive me if it’s a bit rough around the edges. In this session we delve into Oracle, ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 31, 2013
Last month the BSA released a paper aimed at helping organizations ‘Navigate the cloud’. The core message was that in a cloud era, Software Asset ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 16, 2013
This review of AppClarity from 1E is part of our Adobe License Management feature. 1E Commercial Summary Product Name AppClarity Product Version Reviewed 4.0 Version ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 8, 2013
This review of License Manager from License Dashboard is part of our Adobe License Management feature. License Dashboard Commercial Summary Product Name License Dashboard License Manager ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 8, 2013
This review of Flexnet Manager for Adobe is part of our Adobe License Management feature. Flexera Commercial Summary Product Name FlexNet Manager for Adobe Product Version ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 8, 2013
This is a chapter from a book entitled “Software Asset Management (SAM) ~ the first ninety days“. I plan to publish each chapter online before ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 4, 2013
This update on ISO activity has kindly been provided by David Bicket. See previous updates relating to ISO here: https://itassetmanagement.net/category/isoiec-19770/ “The Working Group responsible for international ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 7, 2013
I will be reviewing Asset Repositories soon; the criteria below will shape our assessment of market leading Asset Repository vendors. What is Asset Management? Asset ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 6, 2013
In 2011 we conducted some research into ‘ITAM in the Cloud’ with Victoria Barber from Gartner. At the time, ITAM Review readers were telling us: ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 6, 2013
Oracle announced back in 2010 that it would begin to verify the data provided by ITAM tools. Oracle is notoriously difficult to manage from an ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 29, 2013