Rich Gibbons 
Happy New Year from IBM: Here are your new prices More software “price harmonisation” coming from a Tier 1 vendor… following on from Microsoft’s recent ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 15, 2022
Microsoft price rises are coming in 2023. In an effort to “become more agile”, Microsoft have announced they will begin a new process to “harmonize” ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 1, 2022
Management of the software Digital Supply Chain (DSC) is about creating a seamless, integrated set of systems and activities across the procurement lifecycle of software ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: November 23, 2022
In this latest podcast focused on stealth software audits, I sit down once again with four great guests: We have another action-packed discussion covering Oracle, ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 6, 2022
They’ve been teased for almost 5 months and they’re finally here, Microsoft’s changes to cloud and virtualisation licensing for Windows Server, Windows 11, and desktop ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 3, 2022
Adobe have announced their intention to acquire a company called Figma – for $20 billion dollars (insert Dr Evil gif here!). https://pixabay.com/photos/shopping-online-e-commerce-fashion-4000414/ What does Figma do? That’s ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 23, 2022
As IT spending shifts to the cloud, ITAM must evolve. In this article we explore the implications for ITAM of the main findings from Flexera’s 2022 ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 14, 2022
You’ll be pleased to know that a company known for their aggressive audit tactics have bought another company known for their aggressive audit tactics…OpenText will ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 5, 2022
This article “SAM Managed Services in 2022” was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review, and Kris Johnson, Chief Product Office at Anglepoint. Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay The release of ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 23, 2022
Image by Sapto Cahyono from Pixabay Just as many aspects of the 90s, including music and fashion, are back in vogue (if only I’d kept hold of the ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 18, 2022
This article “Technology Intelligence: The Future of ITAM” was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review, and Becky Trevino, Executive Vice President Product, at Snow Software. Image by Tumisu from Pixabay ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 16, 2022
In this latest podcast, I sit down with four excellent guests to discuss all things legal and ITAM: Michael Corey – LicenseFortress Dean Bolton – LicenseFortress Art Beeman – Beeman & ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 14, 2022
Oracle are moving increasingly towards being a subscription-based company and have identified Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as their big bet for the future – getting ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 31, 2022
In episode 113 of The ITAM Review podcast I talk to Jason Keogh, Field CTO of 1E, about Digital Employee Experience (aka DEX). We cover a ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 26, 2022
Microsoft have announced a range of changes to their European cloud licensing policies, aimed at reducing some of the heat they’ve been receiving from European ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 20, 2022
Microsoft have announced more changes to their Software Assurance program – this time its the 24×7 Problem Resolution Support that is on the chopping block. ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 11, 2022
In this podcast, I talk to Simon Leuty – founder of Livingstone Group and veteran of the ITAM industry. Once we got talking, we almost ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 21, 2022
Whatever Microsoft can do, Adobe can do too, right? April 27th, 2022 sees the introduction of Adobe price increases of 4-7% for Adobe Creative Cloud ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 14, 2022
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In this latest ITAM Review podcast, I speak with Wouter Deceuninck & Diederik Van Der Sijpe from Deloitte about all things ITAM & FinOps. Both ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 12, 2022
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FinOps is another one of those evolving IT trends that is increasingly scanning across the ITAM manager’s radar – in fact we ran a session ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 31, 2022