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.
  • IT Asset Management: How to Bring Value To Your Organisation (Part 2/2)

    This article has been contributed by Barb Rembiesa from IAITAM. Part One. Vision Part Two. Key Processes Part Two. Key Processes Once you understand how these foundational processes exist within the enterprise, then you are in ...
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  • Six Ways to Attract a Vendor Audit

    Are you bored at work? Do you fancy a new challenge? How about the prospect of attracting lots of board level attention, the threat of legal action, loss of IT jobs, enormous punitive charges and all ...
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  • Bristol-Myers Squibb SAM Case Study

    As a result of the work I did with the Infrastructure Executive Board last year I am able to share  a great SAM case study. It details how Bristol-Myers Squibb, a global BioPharmaceutical company with over ...
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  • IT Asset Management: How to Bring Value To Your Organisation (Part 1/2)

    This article has been contributed by Barb Rembiesa from IAITAM. Part One. Vision Part Two. Key Processes When evaluating core business practices, IT Asset Management has not made the list for most enterprises.  In the past, ...
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  • Building a VMware Cost Model

    During my work with the IEC last year three things stood out with market leading ITAM implementations . They mapped services to costs effectively They provided feedback to the business in layman’s terms They provided the ...
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  • Commitment Trumps Best Practice Frameworks

    This article has been contributed by Rory Canavan of FAST Limited. My current role involves going about organisations in the North of the UK and advising them on best practice in regards to software asset management.  ...
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  • Lean and Green IT

    This article has been contributed by Tanya Kristiansen from Open iT, inc. a software provider of IT optimization tools. Tanya is a native Californian expat living in Oslo, Norway. Tanya wants to see organizations reform and ...
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  • Recession - What Recession?

    Mixed Views on ITAM Market Conditions I conducted an informal straw poll amongst partners and vendors at the SIRB event last week to gauge feelings about the current state of the ITAM market. The feedback was ...
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  • SIRB/FAST Conference Review

    The Software Industry Research Board (SIRB), part of FAST, brought together a good representation of the UK SAM Industry for their conference last week. Around 80* end users met at the Majeski Stadium in Reading to ...
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