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.
  • Strategies for organizations to balance data and hardware security needs

    Strategies for organizations to balance data and hardware security needs

    By Chris Greene, Vice President of Strategy and Solutions for Iron Mountain‘s Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) business Three years have passed since the start of the pandemic and many people’s working lives have not been the ...
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  • Selecting the Right ITAM Tool and Service Provider

    Selecting the Right ITAM Tool and Service Provider

    The following article by James Bell, senior ITAM consultant at License Dashboard, explores the merits of taking a hybrid approach to your SAM programme by combining an ITAM tool/SAM tool with third-party support. Introduction As businesses ...
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  • Hybrid FinOps: Uniting ITAM and FinOps teams

    Hybrid FinOps: Uniting ITAM and FinOps teams

    FinOps – it’s a term that we all seem to be a click or two away from across the internet. With most organizations facing tightened or at least much more scrutinized IT budgets given the economic ...
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  • ITAMantics podcast - August 2023

    ITAMantics podcast - August 2023

    Welcome to the August edition of ITAMantics, our monthly news podcast where we discuss the biggest ITAM stories. We may be in the middle of summer, but there are still ITAM stories to discuss. In this ...
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  • Five Steps to optimise SaaS costs and deliver rapid savings

    Five Steps to optimise SaaS costs and deliver rapid savings

    In this new white paper by AJ Witt and Zluri we look at how organisations can optimise their SaaS costs in light of the significant increases in software prices during 2022/2023 and the continuing challenging economic ...
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  • Are ITAM tools vendors focusing too much on the next big thing (e.g. FinOps) at the expense of core SAM functionality? 

    Are ITAM tools vendors focusing too much on the next big thing (e.g. FinOps) at the expense of core SAM functionality? 

    Are ITAM tools vendors suffering from Shiny Penny Syndrome? With all the hype around big trends like FinOps and sustainability, can you blame software vendors for seeking to align their products with the latest trend? Are ...
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  • It’s Your Ship: Two weeks to Vegas FinOps event with Mike Abrashoff

    It’s Your Ship: Two weeks to Vegas FinOps event with Mike Abrashoff

    Mike Abrashoff, former Navy Commander and bestselling author, now confirmed as speaker It is just two weeks to go until our “ITAM & FinOps. How to win big” event kicks off in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ...
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  • Embarking on the ISO 19770-1 certification journey: The insiders’ perspective

    Embarking on the ISO 19770-1 certification journey: The insiders’ perspective

    Interviews with HDI and Softline about their ISO 19770-1 certification journeys One of the founding aims of the ITAM Forum was to create a path for organisation’s to certify their ITAM processes against the global ISO ...
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  • Trains, puns, ITAM and FinOps: What to expect at Wisdom Unplugged 2023

    Trains, puns, ITAM and FinOps: What to expect at Wisdom Unplugged 2023

    When you plan Wisdom Unplugged 2023 at the London Transport Museum, the transport puns seem almost inevitable. But how many are too many? Read on to find out… Mind the Gap… … in your ITAM knowledge. ...
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