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Martin Thompson

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.

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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

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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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

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