Best practice

ITAM, SAM and Software Licensing continually evolve. And, at the same time, ITAM's remit 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 best practices.
  • INTERVIEW: Larry Shoup, “The ITAM Career Glass Ceiling and How to Smash Through It”

    Larry Shoup is founder of Silvertree Solutions. I had the opportunity to meet Larry, an ITAM Industry veteran, at the IAITAM Conference in Las Vegas. Larry describes the ITAM career glass ceiling that commonly exists and ...
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  • Tough Economic Times Drive Budget Cuts- So Don’t Overlook IT Software Savings

    This article has been contributed by Rolfe Jaremus, Managing Partner at Jaremus Associates. During these difficult economic times, C-level executives are looking at ways to reduce business costs.  For some companies, cost saving is not just ...
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  • ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 1/6) - "Houston, we have a problem!"

    This article series has been contributed by Peter Salfi at Provance. In this series Peter explains why an Asset Registry, created within an IT Asset Management program, comprised of the appropriate mix of people, process and ...
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  • IT-Commerce in an E-Commerce World

    I bumped into Edward Chiles from Matrix42 whilst browsing the Exhibition Hall at IAITAM 09. I was intrigued by their web-shop approach to ITAM and Service Management. In this article Edward explains how ITAM professionals can ...
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  • ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 2/6) – “The Link between ITAM and ITSM”

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  • ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 3/6) – “4 Reasons Why ITAM is a Prerequisite for a CMDB”

    This article series has been contributed by Peter Salfi at Provance. In this series Peter explains why an Asset Registry, created within an IT Asset Management program, comprised of the appropriate mix of people, process and ...
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  • Managing Virtual License Boundaries

    There are three major types of virtualisation that need to be monitored and managed; Virtual Machines Virtual Applications Dynamic Partitioning In this article I explore each type of virtual environment, the licensing implications and basic fail-safe ...
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  • Open Source ITAM Software

    I recently corresponded with Marc Chisinevski about his open source ITAM Software project. Q. What is your current role? An important part of my role as security manager is to identify, evaluate, track and classify company ...
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  • ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 4/6) – “Why Building a CMDB is Challenging"

    This article series has been contributed by Peter Salfi at Provance. In this series Peter explains why an Asset Registry, created within an IT Asset Management program, comprised of the appropriate mix of people, process and ...
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