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Rich Gibbons

Rich has been in the world of IT and software licensing since 2003, having been a software sales manager for a VAR, a Microsoft licensing endorsed trainer, and now an ITAM analyst looking at software licensing and cloud. A Northerner renowned for his shirts, Rich is a big Hip-Hop head, and loves travel, football in general (specifically MUFC), baseball, Marvel, and reading as many books as possible. Finding ways to combine all of these with ITAM & software licensing is always fun! Connect with Rich on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Best PracticeSaaS Management

Public Cloud: The new gold rush

This article “Public Cloud: The new gold rush” was contributed by Mikkel Brun Naesager. They’ve found gold out West! So started the California Gold Rush ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: February 25, 2021

Software vendor financials

Software Publishers

Google Cloud loses $5.6 billion

Software vendor financial results can be more interesting for ITAM & SAM managers than they might first appear. Looking at how the software vendors are ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: February 23, 2021

Software PublishersWhite Papers & eBooks

Micro Focus Support guide

Following this Micro Focus Support guide – be on the lookout for our Academic, Government, & Non-profit guides soon! Maintenance & Support Micro Focus offer ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: February 9, 2021

ITAM News & Analysis

Gartner drop SAM Tools Magic Quadrant

A busy month as Gartner drop the SAM Tools Magic Quadrant, Ivanti & SoftwareOne both make more acquisitions, Oracle expand their tool acceptance, and VMware ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: February 2, 2021

Software PublishersWhite Papers & eBooks

Micro Focus Commercial Licensing guide

Following this Micro Focus Commercial Licensing guide – be on the look out for our Academic, Government and non-profit, and Support guides soon! There are ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: January 28, 2021

Best PracticeSAM

MathWorks Licensing: Getting started

This article “MathWorks Licensing: Getting started” was contributed by Dominique Dormet. What is MathWorks? MathWorks is a vendor that you may not be particularly familiar ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: January 26, 2021

ITAM News & Analysis

ITAM Review Wisdom 2021: Share your stories

2021 is here and what better way to start this new year than submitting your session to speak at one (or more) or our world-renowned ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: January 19, 2021

Best PracticeSustainability

Multi-million dollar ITAD fine for bank

International bank Morgan Stanley have been hit with a $60 million fine from the US Treasury Dept. for “engaging in unsafe or unsound practices relating ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: January 5, 2021

Best PracticeSustainability

European Parliament give “right to repair”

Making IT more sustainable The European Parliament look to give the “right to repair” as a recent resolution – aimed at boosting the sustainability by ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: December 17, 2020

Software vendor financials

Best PracticeSaaS Management

Subscription sales surpass on-premises software

Software vendor financial results can be more interesting for ITAM & SAM managers than they might first appear. Looking at how the software vendors are ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: December 16, 2020

Software Publishers

Salesforce pick up the Slack in latest acquisition

Reports emerged last week that CRM giant Salesforce was in talks to buy techie-friendly chat and collaboration service, Slack – and the deal was announced ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: December 3, 2020

Best PracticeSAM

Robotic Process Automation – licensing dangers

This article “Robotic Process Automation – licensing dangers” was written by Mathieu Dufetelle, Elée. What is Robotic Process Automation? Robotic Process Automation (RPA) can be ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: December 1, 2020

ITAM News & Analysis

Preparing for the future of Asset Management

The time to start preparing for the future of Asset Management is now. Technology, and the way businesses view and use it, is changing – ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: November 24, 2020

Best PracticeSecurity

Mitigate risk and vulnerabilities in your organization

This article was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review and Kevin Miller, Flexera. Chaos in the IT environment Digital disruption is making it difficult to ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: November 19, 2020

Best PracticeWhite Papers & eBooks

Strategies to raise your ITAM maturity

This article “Strategies to raise your ITAM maturity” was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review with Antony Attfield and Dan Ortman, SoftwareOne. IT Asset Management ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: November 17, 2020

Software vendor financials

Best PracticeSaaS Management

Cloud still driving software vendor revenues

Software vendor financial results can be more interesting for ITAM & SAM managers than they might first appear. Looking at how the software vendors are ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: November 13, 2020

ITAM News & Analysis

Wisdom North America: “One of the best online conferences”

Wisdom Online North America took place September 29th – October 1st and it was absolutely fantastic! Originally planned for March 2020 in St Petersburg, Florida, ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: November 5, 2020

Best PracticeSAM

New savings with engineering software

This article was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review and Kieron Dean, ServiceNow. Cost management is always an important aspect within SAM, but it has ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: October 27, 2020

Software Publishers

IBM, Microsoft, and Atlassian all drive cloud adoption

There is always something happening somewhere and keeping track of it all can be difficult – to say the least! Our ITAM industry news roundups ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: October 22, 2020

Software Publishers

IBM container licensing – new rules

IBM have recently announced new rules for licensing their software in containers, a growing technology that makes up part of almost any IT environment. Here ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: October 13, 2020

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