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.
  • Software Asset Management Case Study (Microsoft/Software Organiser)

    Microsoft have released a new Software Asset Management case study for the Bowmer and Kirkland Group, a 1,600 employee construction and development company based in Belper, UK. The group has started to benefit from a clearer ...
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  • HP adds RFID Tracking to IT Asset Management

    HP announced yesterday the release of RFID functionality into it’s hardware. Those customers using an HP RFID solution can take advantage of greater asset visibility and physical location tracking of HP hardware. Commenting on the service, ...
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  • The Search Engine for IT?

    An interesting new concept from Paglo who are turning conventional IT Asset Management Reporting on it’s head by offering a “Search Engine for IT”. The California based startup is offering “inventory management, network management and software ...
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  • Irwin Mitchell saves £65,000 a year with green IT strategy

    Computer Weekly reports that Irwin Mitchell, a UK law firm with more than 2,500 employees, expects to save a total of £65,000 a year by driving down power consumption in its IT department.Gary Thomas, head of ...
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  • Four migration lessons from Vista early adopters

    An interesting article in Reseller News in New Zealand highlights the “Four keys to Vista migration success”. 1. Tie the OS upgrade to your company’s natural PC refresh cycle. 2. Beware of application compatibility hiccups. 3. ...
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  • 19770-2 Software Asset Management Tag DRAFT

    The third Working Draft of ‘ISO/IEC 19770-2 SAM Tag’ was released by the 19770-2 Other Working Group on 14 April 2008. This is available for public review until 11 May 2008. The full draft, together with ...
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  • IT Asset Management - Do you know what you've got?

    Stuart Brown MBCS, a services architect with 3net Ltd gets to grips with ITAM. Most large organizations do not really know what IT assets they have or who is looking after them, so using the inventory, ...
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  • Software Asset Management Analyst Job Description

    The following Job Description comes from a company called Humana in Louisville, KY US. Let us know if you think anything else should be included in the job description of a SAM Manager. “Software Asset Management ...
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  • Speedy Hire tools up for savings after rationalising Microsoft licences

    “Tools hire firm Speedy Hire expects to save £2m over the next six years after rationalising the way it licenses Microsoft software.” Computer Weekly reports how Speedy Hire centralised purchasing of licenses and rationalised software for it’s 3,500 user ...
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