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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

1 man in 9 will be diagnosed with this cancer in their lifetime

For Gary We were shocked to hear, at our Australian Conference in November 2018, of an ITAM Review reader being diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: February 15, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

The Latest Speaker Spotlight for the ITAM Review US Annual Conference 2019

Last week we released our second in the series of speaker spotlights for our US annual conference. We’re continuing our US Speaker Spotlight series with even ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: February 7, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

ITAM Review expands into Japan in partnership with GRCS

The ITAM Review and GRCS Inc – new partnership announced The ITAM Review has today announced a strategic partnership with compliance and governance specialist GRCS Inc. to address ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: January 31, 2019

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Best PracticeSAM

Mailbag: What should the success criteria be for a SAM project?

An ITAM Review reader writes: “I would like to set up a list of success criteria for a SAM project. Do you have any documentation ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: January 31, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

The Next Speaker Spotlight for the ITAM Review US Annual Conference 2019

Last week we took a look at some of the esteemed speakers educating attendees at our US annual conference. We’re continuing our US Speaker Spotlight ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: January 31, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

Microsoft Office 365 Price Benchmarking Survey

Microsoft Office 365 Price Benchmarking Survey This price benchmarking survey by The ITAM Review collects prices and agreed concessions for Microsoft Office 365. Are you ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: January 29, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

Speaker Spotlight for the ITAM Review US Annual Conference 2019

We pride ourselves on finding engaging, inspirational speakers for all of our events and this year’s US conference is no different. Meet some of our ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: January 22, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

ITAM Review Radio Show January 2019

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: January 17, 2019

Best Practice

ITAM in 2019: Leadership, Networking and saving $120m – by George Arezina, 2018 ITAM Professional of the Year

This article has been contributed by George Arezina, Head of Global Software Asset Management at F. Hoffman La Roche AG – 2018 ITAM Professional of the ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: January 4, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

Crowdsourced Favourites: What you read in 2018

We published 128 new articles in 2018, which were the most popular? Our most read article of 2018, with over 100K views, was the news ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: January 2, 2019

ITAM News & Analysis

ITAM Review Radio Show – December 2018

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: December 20, 2018

ITAM News & Analysis

Our first all-female panel – a significant improvement in the ITAM industry

November 2018 saw The ITAM Review hold our second annual Australian conference at the Arial UTS Function Centre, Sydney. This year’s theme was ‘Enabling the ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: December 13, 2018

Best PracticeSAMPodcasts

Podcast Episode 58: Setting realistic expectations for SAM projects

In this podcast I’m joined by Hugh Skingley of Livingstone Tech and Patrick Phillips of Red Rock, a DXC Technology Company. We discuss setting realistic ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: December 7, 2018

Audits

New research shines a light on big four audit firms conflicts of interest

The Financial Times reports that big four audit firms license audit work into their own audit client’s environments maybe a potential breach of UK industry ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: November 26, 2018

Best PracticePodcasts

Podcast Episode 57: Artificial Intelligence applied to ITAM

How Artificial Intelligence is being applied to ITAM. In this podcast I’m joined by Nick Youell of Scalable Software. Topics covered include: Intro to Nick and ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: November 16, 2018

Best PracticeSAM

State of ITAM survey results, 10 years of ITAM Review

Thank you to everyone that took the time to complete our “State of ITAM” community survey last month. This article shares some of the preliminary ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: November 7, 2018

ITAM News & Analysis

Community Survey: The state of ITAM

The State of ITAM Community Survey Where does your team report into and where will it report into in the future? What will be the ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: October 2, 2018

ITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts

Podcast Episode 56: Live from Gartner’s 2018 London Summit

This podcast was recorded live at the Gartner IT Sourcing, Procurement, Vendor and Asset Management Summit last month. I’m joined by Scott Beasley of License ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: October 1, 2018

ITAM News & Analysis

2018 Australian Conference: Agenda confirmed, last call on early bird offer!

The agenda is confirmed for our 2nd annual ITAM Review Australian conference in Sydney on the 27th and 28th November. The best ITAM education and ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: September 19, 2018

Best PracticeSAMPodcasts

Podcast Episode 55: How you are lured into overspend

In this podcast I’m joined by Adrian Mulligan from ELS in Australia. Podcast Topics Overspend tactics:  Maintenance payments will secure upgrade rights Support calls with ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: September 17, 2018

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