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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

Excellence Awards 2020 – Call for Nominations

Excellence Awards 2020 – Call for Nominations I’m delighted to announce the return of our Excellence Awards for 2020. After a brief hiatus in 2019, ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: October 24, 2019

Best Practice

What tool manufacturers don’t tell you about implementation

This podcast features Kristy Hawkins and Andrea Anderson of Xcite Consulting. This is an interesting and wide ranging conversation covering standing up an ITAM practice, ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: October 21, 2019

ITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts

Wisdom Australia preview podcast – ‘Less compliance risk & more cost optimisation’

In the lead up to our Wisdom Australia conference this November, I speak with a few of our conference sponsors; David Jenson, CEO of Crayon ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: October 8, 2019

Software Publishers

SAP License Management Standard V2.0

Our SAP License Management Standard for SAP has been updated to reflect changes in SAP licensing since 2017.  The criteria published below are an open ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: October 7, 2019

Software Publishers

September Radio Show – software audit defence

The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring: Martin Thompson Geoff Worsley Stuart Pomfrett AJ Witt Barry Pilling David Foxen Rory Canavan September 2019 topics include:  ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: September 30, 2019

Software Publishers

August Radio Show – Change Management and ITAM

The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring (in order of appearance): Martin Thompson Geoff Worsley Stuart Pomfrett AJ Witt Barry Pilling David Foxen August 2019 ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: September 10, 2019

Luke Whittaker, Tokio Marine Kiln, putting the ITAM Brain into managing public cloud

Best PracticeIaaS Management

Luke Whittaker, Tokio Marine Kiln – Inserting the ITAM brain into managing public cloud

Managing Public Cloud Thank you to Luke Whittaker, License and Configuration Analyst at Tokio Marine Kiln for sharing his views on managing public cloud. I ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: August 20, 2019

Software Publishers

Dear Microsoft, please stop abusing the word “SAM”

I met with Patama Chantaruck back in 2017, former global Microsoft SAM lead, who was honest enough to admit that Microsoft had confused their customers ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: July 26, 2019

Julia Veall Vodafone UK

Best Practice

Julia Veall, Vodafone UK – What I like about my ITAM role

In order to encourage more people into ITAM roles, I think it’s important to share what people love about their ITAM careers. Thanks to Julia ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: July 18, 2019

SAP s4 hana adoption

Software Publishers

SAP’s Digital Access Adoption Programme (DAAP) aims to kickstart indirect licensing decisions

SAP’s Digital Access Adoption Programme (DAAP) is an attempt to kickstart conversations about indirect access licensing, according to SAP expert Sebastian Schoofs at Voquz. In ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: July 16, 2019

Salesforce.com

ITAM News & Analysis

Radio Show June ’19: Salesforce manoeuvres, Oracle in bed with Microsoft, China, ISO

The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring: David Foxen Barry Pilling Rory Canavan Rich Gibbons Stuart Pomfrett AJ Witt Geoff Worsley Martin Thompson ~ June ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: July 2, 2019

Costa Coffee

ITAM News & Analysis

Radio Show May 2019: ServiceNow Knowledge, New Gartner Quadrant, Adobe, Costa Coffee, Sink Holes

The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring: David “SAM Beast” Foxen Barry “The Mercenary” Pilling Rory “Process God” Canavan Rich “Cantona” Gibbons Stuart “Duc De” ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: June 14, 2019

Salary and Skills Survey

ITAM News & Analysis

2019 ITAM Salary and Skills Survey – The Results

ITAM Global average salary shoots up 15% in two years Skills shortage worsened since 2017 Can ISO organisational certification deliver the credibility required for increased ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: June 7, 2019

Software Publishers

ServiceNow Knowledge 19: Stay hungry, Stay Foolish

ServiceNow Knowledge 2019 20,000 attendees and 200 partners met in Las Vegas to gorge on all things ServiceNow for their annual “Knowledge 19” conference at ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: May 21, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

Cloud skills key to ITAM salary growth

This article is a final call to participate in the 2019 ITAM Review Salary and Skills survey, and a short preview of some of the ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: May 7, 2019

Julia Veall, ITAM at Vodafone

ITAM News & Analysis

Speaker Profile: Julia Veall, Vodafone: “How to build an ITAM team from the ground up”

Only 35 days until the UK ITAM Review conference “Wisdom” at Twickenham Rugby Stadium in London. We have a compelling combination of experienced practitioners from ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: May 1, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

Radio Show April 2019 – What % of FTSE 100 is doing SAM? Apple spending $30M per month on AWS

The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring: David “SAM Beast” Foxen Danny “Soft and Cuddly” Begg Barry “The Mercenary” Pilling Rory “Process God” Canavan Rich ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: April 25, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

Speaker Profile: Daniel Begg, Aberdeen Investments: “Leverage and Managing Active Directory to support ITAM”

Only 42 days until the UK ITAM Review conference “Wisdom” at Twickenham Rugby Stadium in London. We have a compelling combination of experienced practitioners from ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: April 24, 2019

ITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts

Podcast Episode 63: “Classic ITAM won’t exist in five years time”, Deskcenter CEO Christoph Harvey

ITAM Review Podcast Episode 63 with Deskcenter CEO Christoph Harvey. https://soundcloud.com/itamreview/63-magic-roundabout Discussion topics include: Intro to Christoph and Deskcenter Preparing for an IoT world Automation, ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: April 6, 2019

Netum Dux Product Launch

ITAM News & Analysis

Movers & Shakers: Livingstone, Siwel, Derive Logic, Comparex, Flexera Software, License Dashboard & Netum

A quick round-up of ITAM industry news: UK SAM Services company Livingstone Technologies acquires USA SAM Services company Siwel. A great move – I’ve spoken ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: April 5, 2019

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