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ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 5/6) – “Summary of Comparisons – ITSM vs. ITAM"
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 ... -
ISO/IEC 19770 Standard Update - Turning Theory Into Practice
ISO/IEC 19770-2 Published After three years of work the ISO/IEC 19770-2 standard has been published by ISO. I think this is a great initiative and the team behind the ISO standard have done some great work. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...