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.
  • 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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  • Quick Guide to Licensing Agreements: Tipping the Balance Towards Clients (Part 1/3)

    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 guide ...
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  • The KOALA Factor : A Pragmatist’s Guide to Structuring IT Asset Data

    This article has been contributed by Scott Parkin, Product Manager at Avocent LANDesk. At the core of every task is relevant data. To effectively plan, execute, and report on critical business activities you need quick and ...
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