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.
  • INTERVIEW: Allen Beach, Argus Connection “How Every ITAM Professional Can Make a Difference”

    Last month Barbara Rembiesa at IAITAM spoke of the need for IT Asset Managers to step up to the plate and be the superhero.  One way in which IT Asset Managers can make a difference is ...
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  • ISO Working Group Recognises Contributors to SAM Standards at IAITAM 09

    This update has been provided by Steve Klos of TagVault. This year, the IAITAM conference was held in Las Vegas from September 30th to Oct 2nd.  IAITAM did their usual great job in coordinating the event ...
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  • Who's Got The Ball On Your SAM Project?

    Some good points are raised in this software compliance webinar from BDNA and Forrester. Evelyn Hubbert from Forrester explains the “We know what we have syndrome” – an explanation why SAM adoption is slow in some ...
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  • IT Asset Management

    A collection of ITAM articles from the archives. IT Asset Management – Do you know what you’ve got? Total Number of IT Assets – The Most Basic of Metrics How IT Managers Can Reduce Carbon Emissions ...
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  • What Is IT Asset Management?

    What is IT Asset Management? “IT Asset Management is the business practice joining financial, contractual and inventory functions to support life cycle management for IT environments” Wikipedia I once heard someone say that money and legislation ...
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  • Quick Guide to Licensing Agreements: The Software Maintenance Game (Part 3/3)

    As we all know, there's a lot of buzz these days about inflated maintenance charges. Frankly, I think users of commercial software are moving beyond frustration and on to anger, and reading articles about the 85% ...
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  • Can You Outsource SAM?

    I met with a large corporate end user in the UK this week who is considering outsourcing the management of their software licensing and software compliance monitoring.
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  • Quick Guide to Licensing Agreements: Future Proofing (Part 2/3)

    Timothy Nuckles is a technology lawyer from Madison, Wisconsin. He runs Nuckles Law , a technology law firm specializing in helping companies do better deals with IT Procurement. In this series Tim gives us a quick ...
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  • SAM is a Team Sport

    The link between Cricket and Software Asset Management might be a bit tenuous, but England victories are few and far between so we have to make the most of it! It was a fantastic achievement by ...
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