What you need to know about ITAD
This post was contributed by Sarah Davies. IT Asset Disposition is an integral piece of the ITAM puzzle. How you’re going to deal with your ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 8, 2020
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Getting to know: Micro Focus
We all often talk about the “Big 4” Tier 1 vendors – Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, IBM – but more and more, increasing amounts of attention ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 22, 2020
Wisdom Online North America: SaaS, SAM, and Audits
With Wisdom Online North America fast approaching on September 29 – October 1, (register here if you haven’t already!), I wanted to take a look ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 17, 2020
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IBM v the IRS: The audit – what can we learn?
This story of an audit that found its way into court last year is, originally, from 2013 but only recently came to light…and it’s a ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 15, 2020
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Getting started with Salesforce licensing
Getting started with Salesforce licensing. Salesforce is considered by many to be the originator of SaaS (Software as a Service) licensing and, as such, becoming ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 9, 2020
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What skills will ITAM managers need in 2025?
As new technologies are introduced and businesses continue to work in new ways, new skills will be required to ensure ITAM continues to be, or ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 4, 2020
Podcast episode 92: Top SAM Predictions
Rich Gibbons sits down with experts from SoftwareONE – Kevin Hooton & Shadi Khoshab – who make predictions on what’s next in software management and discuss ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 2, 2020
The benefits and dangers of multi-cloud
This article looking at the benefits and dangers of multi-cloud was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review, and Kevin Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Flexera. ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 25, 2020
Software vendor financial results – August 2020
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: August 13, 2020
Quest software audit goes to court
In December 2019, Fairview Health Services, a non-profit organisation, informed Quest that they wouldn’t be renewing support for their “Active Roles” licenses; this move seemingly ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 11, 2020
ITAM industry news roundup – July 2020
There is always something happening somewhere and keeping track of it all can be, to say the least, difficult! Our ITAM industry news round ups ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 4, 2020
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Podcast Episode 88: Looking into Containers
Containers are fast becoming a hot topic for many of us in ITAM. As DevOps practices, cloud, and digital transformation continue to expand within organisations, ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 23, 2020
COVID-19: Won’t someone think of the vendors?
2020 has been tough globally – on businesses of all types – but won’t someone think of the vendors? When it comes to planning your ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 22, 2020
Podcast episode 86: All about cloud
Public Cloud aka Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) plays a part in most roles within a business – ITAM, architects, finance, security, CFO, CIO etc. ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 21, 2020
Wisdom Online: APAC 2020 – call for speakers
Wisdom Online is coming to the APAC region, November 24-25, 2020. Although, for this year at least, we can’t make our annual trip across the ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 20, 2020
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A guide to licensing Oracle in the cloud
As public cloud (like Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure) continues to grow and more projects are shifted to Infrastructure-as-a-Service, it is increasingly likely that you ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 14, 2020
An introduction to Engineering software
This article – “An introduction to Engineering software” was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review and Paul Empringham, European Sales Director, TeamEDA. What are Engineering ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 2, 2020
ITAM industry news June 2020: IBM, NetApp, Apple, and VMware
There is always something happening somewhere and keeping track of it all can be, to say the least, difficult! Our ITAM industry news round ups ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 30, 2020
Software vendor financial results #3 (Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow)
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: June 23, 2020
VMware Contracts Deconstructed: Order of Precedence
This article on VMware contracts was contributed by Barry Pilling, Managing Partner at Cortex Consulting. A comment on my previous article regarding VMware’s CPU ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 9, 2020