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INTERVIEW: Scott D. Rosenberg "The most common issue that leads to heavy-duty fines or expensive settlements"
Today the ITAM Review interviews Scott D. Rosenberg. Scott is CEO and Founder of Miro Consulting Inc, known for helping customers analyze and negotiate enterprise agreements with the major publishers such as Oracle and Microsoft. We ... -
INTERVIEW: Allan Mejer "Excel is still the most widely used tool to manage licenses"
I recently corresponded with Allan Mejer, Presales Consultant at PCWare Denmark. Here Allan tells us about the Danish market and his advice for reducing licensing spend. -
ARTICLE: 15 Steps To Completing A Software Audit
Sandi Conrad of Conrad and Associates in SouthWestern Ontario shares her 15 stage process for completing an internal software audit. Sandi recommends you take these 15 steps in turn or consult the skills of a qualified ... -
ARTICLE: Software Asset Managers – The Skills to Look For…
Cynthia Farren, Software Asset Management Expert at Cynthia Farren Consulting explores the Skills and Qualifications required for an effective Software Asset Manager. Software Asset Management (SAM) is a combination of automated tools, key process controls and ... -
INTERVIEW: Chris Minchin, “There are no quick fixes in Software Asset Management”
Chris Minchin, Director at Techam Limited, talks to the ITAM Review about getting started with Software Asset Management (SAM), his personal views on developments in the International Standard and the ways in which SAM and ITAM ... -
ARTICLE: SAM Standard (ISO/IEC 19770)
Steve Klos of Agnitio Advisors provides a quick overview of the International Standard for Software Asset Management. This is an edited version of a discussion in the Software Asset Management forum on LinkedIn. Steve is the ... -
Modular Approach to ISO/IEC 19770-1
The working group (WG21) supporting the SAM process standard for Software Asset Management (ISO/IEC19770-1.2006) is proposing to break implementation of the standard into manageable chunks to aid successful implementation. Krzysztof (Chris) Baczkiewicz states; “Many people like ... -
SaaS is disrupting the IT management software market
Forrester Research (Nasdaq. FORR) claim SaaS based tools are disrupting the IT management software market. The link to the report plus a couple of other reports relevant to IT Asset Management are below. How Big Is ... -
BBC Slashes SAP Licensing Costs
The BBC has reportedly reduced it’s software spend by using software usage data on SAP licensing. Silicon reports that there were 2,126 staff members with licenses to use their SAP ERP system who had not logged ...