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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.

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

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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

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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

Best PracticeHAM

EU Directive extends useful life of servers and storage from 2020

Until recently the goal of EU “Ecodesign” directives was to focus on reducing energy consumption. Europeans have seen this in force on all sorts of ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: March 27, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

ITAM Review Radio Show March 2019 – AWS spend gone crazy at Netflix, Oracle on the ropes, Hardware as a Service, Lego!

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

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: March 21, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

2019 Salary and Skills Survey

How does your salary compare to your ITAM industry peers? How big is your team and the resources available to you compared to others in ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: February 28, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

Event Listing: CCL Cloud Consumption Roundtable

Campaign for Clear Licensing – Code of Conduct for Cloud Computing In 2014 the Campaign for Clear Licensing published a Software Audit Code of Conduct. ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: February 28, 2019

Best PracticeSAM

ITAM Review Radio Show February 2019 – Axel out, ServiceNow’s Madrid, ITAM market size, Cake

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

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: February 16, 2019

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