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Making 2017 “The Software Asset Management Year” for your Organization
Many organizations are overspending on Software and at the same time are at risk of non-compliance by not keeping their Software Assets & Usage under control. Below provides an overview of key SAM Focus Areas worth ... -
How the ITAM Review 12 Box Model maps to ISO/IEC 19770
The table below shows how the 12 Box model from The ITAM Review compares to the International Standard for SAM, ISO/IEC 19770-1 (2012). The major competency areas for the 12 Box model are on the left ... -
The role of verification in ITAM
In advance of the last module in our 12 Box Assessment Model Training Course – Verification. How to maintain audit ready status, I met with Rory Canavan, owner & founder of SAM Charter to discuss the role of ... -
Case Study: Argos Audit Defence Strategies & ITAM industry collaboration
Argos Audit Defence. In this video Danny Begg, SAM technical specialist at Argos, shares his approach to defending and managing software audit requests. Danny also makes the case for more collaboration and networking amongst ITAM industry ... -
Ending the vendor audit cycle
This article has been contributed by Walker White of BDNA. Ending the vendor audit cycle Vendor software and hardware audits have become so common in the enterprise IT landscape that they are beginning to be accepted ... -
ISO/IEC 19770-3 Quick Guide; leveraging -3 tags in contract negotiations
In this podcast I speak with Jason Keogh of 1E, Editor of the ISO/IEC 19770-3 Standard to give us an update on -3. The new standard was published in April 2016, so what does it mean ... -
What stops organizations from executing effective Software Asset Management?
If your organization is running an in-house Software Asset Management program, the chances are your SAM team can boil their activity down to one thing. Compliance. Ensuring your organization isn’t under-licensed (and therefore risking blowing ... -
Can you resell software licenses? The latest legal position in 2016
This is a guest post from Robin Fry of Cerno. The European Court has restated the legality of the resale of software in Europe in its latest judgment but confirmed that the principle does not extend ... -
Leveraging the power of ITAM data beyond the ITAM department
Our latest module in the 12 Box Training course series covered Stakeholders, and in particular, “How to use ITAM asset data to support major IT transformation projects”. Why bother working with Stakeholders? Throughout the course we’ve ...