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.
  • The ITAM Future - and how to get there

    The ITAM Future - and how to get there

    Our 2018 User Survey results are in & our readers see an ITAM future of new reporting lines and new responsibilities. In order to get there, they envision new tool capabilities and have identified improvements required ...
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  • State of ITAM survey results, 10 years of ITAM Review

    State of ITAM survey results, 10 years of ITAM Review

    Thank you to everyone that took the time to complete our “State of ITAM” community survey last month. This article shares some of the preliminary results based on the first 150 responses. The survey is still ...
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  • Secondary Software Market - Guide and Commentary

    Secondary Software Market - Guide and Commentary

    The Secondary Software Market, created by an EU-ruling in 2012, is not just about sourcing second-hand copies of old licenses, or getting some money back for your now redundant Office licenses. In preparing a guide to ...
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  • Open Source databases to cloud vendors – get forked!

    Open Source databases to cloud vendors – get forked!

    Open Source software vendors are starting to fight back at what they perceive to be the misuse of their products by global cloud providers. Sick of other companies using freely available software to make money, certain ...
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  • Shortcuts to SAM Immaturity

    Shortcuts to SAM Immaturity

    This article was prompted by a discussion with an ITAM Review reader, asking how they should maximise the value of an expensive tool deployment that wasn’t, as yet, delivering results.ITAM tools can be seen as a ...
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  • How to practice Safe SaaS - practical approaches to SaaS Management

    How to practice Safe SaaS - practical approaches to SaaS Management

      SaaS usage continues to grow, seemingly outstripping every industry benchmark or estimate. For Software Asset Managers it is undoubtedly here to stay. Whilst perpetual software is usually more cost-effective for long-term predictable deployments such certainty ...
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  • We're getting worse at SaaS Management, 37% of spend is wasted

    We're getting worse at SaaS Management, 37% of spend is wasted

    The latest figures from SaaS Management tool vendor Zylo show that companies are getting worse at SaaS spend management. Typically, tool vendors in this market usually quote 30% wastage as part of their pitch – Zylo’s ...
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  • Bridging the Gap – how to build a process for Datacenter Change Management, PMO, & ITAM

    Bridging the Gap – how to build a process for Datacenter Change Management, PMO, & ITAM

    If you could choose only one area to focus your SAM efforts on, what should it be? If you’re a large organisation with process-based approaches to IT & Project Management Barry Pilling of Cortex Consulting argues ...
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  • ServiceNow London: Innovation, integration & a lot of

    ServiceNow London: Innovation, integration & a lot of "you mean, that wasn't in there already?"

    ServiceNow held a launch event on Tuesday 12th September for their London release, skilfully avoiding a scheduling conflict with a slightly bigger event just down the road in Cupertino. The key components discussed at the launch ...
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