Best practice

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  • ARTICLE: Ilan Justh; "Playing The Detective in Software Asset Management Projects"

    Back in December last year Cynthia Farren shared her views on the key skills to look for in an IT asset manager. Two of the key atttributes Cynthia mentioned were strong analytical skills and the ability ...
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  • ARTICLE: Why SAM Projects Fail - Imbalance Between 'Customized' and 'Off-the-shelf' SAM Software (Part 4/8)

    This article has been kindly contributed by Phara McLachlan of Animus Solutions. The ITIL Guide to SAM highlights several possible problems that may arise when implementing Software Asset Management projects. In this series we look at ...
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  • ARTICLE: Why SAM Projects Fail - Lack of Clear Responsibilities (Part 3/8)

    Why do Software Asset Management projects fail? This article has been kindly contributed by Phara McLachlan of Animus Solutions. The ITIL Guide to SAM highlights several possible problems that may arise when implementing Software Asset Management ...
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  • ARTICLE: Why SAM Projects Fail - Lack of Senior Management Support (Part 2/8)

    Why do Software Asset Management projects fail? This article has been kindly contributed by Phara McLachlan of Animus Solutions. The ITIL Guide to SAM highlights several possible problems that may arise when implementing Software Asset Management ...
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  • CASE STUDY: Student Loans Company Increases Visibility of IT Assets

    This case study has been contributed by IT Asset Management partner CRC. STUDENT LOANS COMPANY CLARIFIES VIEW OF IT ASSETS WITH CRC The Student Loans Company (SLC) is wholly owned by the Department for Innovation, Universities ...
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  • INTERVIEW: Bjorn Westerlund, "Building the Business Case for Software Asset Management"

    Bjorn Westerlund can be credited as one of the driving forces behind the development of the International Standard for Software Asset Management, ISO19770. Now semi-retired, he has kindly shared his views with The ITAM Review and, ...
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  • ARTICLE: Why SAM Projects Fail - Conflict with Decentralisation Culture (Part 1/8)

    Why do Software Asset Management projects fail? This article has been kindly contributed by Phara McLachlan of Animus Solutions. The ITIL Guide to SAM highlights several possible problems that may arise when implementing Software Asset Management ...
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  • INTERVIEW: Ben McCullom, 'How IT Managers Can Reduce Carbon Emissions and Energy Costs"

    Few companies have an accurate view of IT Assets – so what hope is there for reducing the carbon footprint and energy consumption within IT – a large consumer of business energy? I spoke with Ben ...
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  • ARTICLE: 3 Steps to Negotiating Software Agreements

    Daryl Ullman is a Software Licensing Consultant at Emerset, a company he founded in 2004. Daryl has eleven years experience in IT including seven years at Microsoft in Israel. Here he shares his unique three step ...
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