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.
  • Can a SAM Team be 100% Virtual?

    Can a SAM Team be 100% Virtual?

    The Big Question A SAM professional who has been given a budget to build a SAM team recently contacted us to ask whether or not they can build an effective SAM team virtually, or if they ...
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  • Quick Guide to Mobile Device Management (MDM) Part 2 of 2

    Quick Guide to Mobile Device Management (MDM) Part 2 of 2

    Recap We previously looked at what exactly mobile device management (MDM) is and the types of solutions available to organisations. In part two we dive deeper into MDM including how MDM can help support mobile devices, ...
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  • É chegada a hora de SAM no Brasil?

    É chegada a hora de SAM no Brasil?

    Editors Note. A warm welcome to André Rangel, contributing our first article in Portuguese. Um caminho para redução dos custos de TI, riscos associados e aumento da eficácia operacional. Ainda mais evidente nestes dias pós-crise financeira ...
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  • September ITAM News Round Up

    September ITAM News Round Up

    September News Round Up It’s been a reasonably busy month in the world of ITAM for September, with the biggest news coming from Oracle. The ITAM Review have also had a busy month with a number ...
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  • Are SAM tools ready for the cloud?

    The ITAM Review team attended the European version of Gartner’s ITAM Summit in London last week for great networking and ITAM and IT procurement led presentations. Gartner Analyst Stewart Buchanan led an interesting session on the ...
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  • Managing Office 365: ITAM meets Identity Management

    Managing Office 365: ITAM meets Identity Management

    This article has been contributed by Daniel Power at OneLogin The official end-of-life for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is fast approaching, and with 11 million estimated to still be in use, there is an increased focus on ...
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  • Setting the scope of SAM design

    Setting the scope of SAM design

    The views of the writer in no way reflect those of the organisations he’s working or worked in. Pick any definition you like of Software Asset Management. I’ll go with the ITIL version. “Software Asset Management ...
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  • Quick guide to Hardware Asset Tagging

    Quick guide to Hardware Asset Tagging

    Martin Thompson and I were recently commissioned to write an overview of options for Hardware Asset Tagging for a client. The client has kindly let us share our report for the benefit of the ITAM Review ...
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  • Process of the Month – Software Request Process

    Process of the Month – Software Request Process

    I suspect the reason many folks get in such a bind with designing a process to handle software requests is that they try and bundle no end of steps into the overall process, including procurement, testing, ...
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