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Microsoft Server Subscriptions for Azure
Added into the May 2018 Microsoft Product Terms, we have Server Subscriptions for Azure AKA on-premises software via the CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) program. What is it? This new offering covers. Windows Server Standard Windows Server ... -
ServiceNow & Flexera go shopping for SaaS tools, who’s next?
Following ServiceNow’s acquisition of VendorHawk in late April Flexera have followed suit with their acquisition this week of Meta SaaS. Clearly this is a market where swift exits for founders and investors is possible. VendorHawk was ... -
How not to engage in a Microsoft Audit
Microsoft are suing Community Health Systems (CHS), a Fortune 500 company based in Franklin, Tennessee, USA, for alleged copyright infringement and breach of contract. What’s the issue? The court docket from the Central Court of Tennessee ... -
Call for your tales of epic failures, and how you learnt and recovered from them
This article has been put together to help shape AJ Witt’s session at the 2018 UK Conference – I never learned anything from a win. Share your epic ITAM failures and help shape the session. This ... -
SAM Tool vendors should focus on retention over new business
This article has been contributed by Mark van Wolferen of b.lay. The SAM tool market is growing, but not as much as expected, according to Martin Thompson’s article. Whether this slow growth is caused by SAM ... -
Gartner SAM Tools Magic Quadrant & Critical Capabilities reports
Gartner this week published their first ever research into the SAM Tools marketplace and the results are a mix of surprises and expectations. It is great for the industry to see some focus from Gartner on ... -
How to onboard with a SAM Managed Service provider and de-risk implementation
This article is the fourth and final part of a four part series by Martin Thompson of The ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building the Business Case for SAM Managed Services Part One – explores cost considerations for ... -
Joiners, Movers and Leavers in ITAM – The ignored lifecycle
A lifecycle that is too often ignored is that of the end user. Within ITAM, we will react to software and hardware installations, patches and upgrades with an operational efficiency that can appear automated. Yet when ... -
Weak growth in SAM tools market - are SAM Managed Services to blame?
I recently polled some of the leading SAM tool vendors for their customer numbers. I was keen to understand how much the market had grown since we last asked them in the SAM Tools Universe report ...