Best practice

TAM, SAM and software license management are continually-evolving disciplines. At the same time, the remit for ITAM continues to expand as the industry matures. What was cutting edge just a few years ago is ITAM bread-and-butter today. Keep you and your team up-to-date on the latest ITAM practices here.
  • Writing a Great ITAM CV

    This article has been contributed by Kylie Fowler. Regular columnist and Analyst at The ITAM Review. A CV has one aim, and one aim only – to get a job interview. If the CV gets you ...
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  • SAM Project Pitfalls [Cartoon]

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  • What is Contract Management?

    By Martin Chalkley, ITAM Review Analyst. See other articles from Martin here. For the last 8 months or so there has been an interesting forum discussion on the LinkedIn Group – IACCM Contract and Commercial Management, ...
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  • Charity Launches Appeal for PC Monitors to Help Fight Poverty

    UK registered charity Computer Aid International is calling for donations of monitors to meet demand from schools, hospitals and charities in Africa and Latin America. The charity needs donations of over 2,500 monitors per month to ...
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  • Three Tips for Maintaining the Momentum of your SAM Programme

    This article has been contributed by Kylie Fowler. Regular columnist and Analyst at The ITAM Review. You’ve written your business case, you’ve got executive sponsorship, defined your policies and implemented new processes… but now everyone has ...
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  • Set Corporate Standards For Effective Software Management

    This article has been contributed by Sandi Conrad of Conrad & Associates. Sandi is the author of the “SAM Starter Kit” published by The ITAM Review. When starting out with a plan to manage your software ...
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  • How Vendors Select a Customer For an Audit

    Some interesting research here from Ernst & Young. Their recent SAM survey looked at both vendors and clients to assess attitudes towards vendor audits and SAM adoption. The research highlights room for improvement on both sides ...
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  • Symantec Licensing Quick Guide

    This quick guide has been contributed by Matt Marnell of Flexera Software. Introduction Symantec is currently the world’s largest computer security software publisher, standing head and shoulders above the rest in terms of market share and ...
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  • Mobile Telephony Best Practice Survey

    Here at the ITAM Review one of the ways in which we believe we can add further value to your organization is to conduct surveys in order to provide a benchmarking against fellow ITAM Review readers. ...
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