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IAITAM Preview: Audit Defense – What Every CIO Should Know
Ahead of the IAITAM Spring Conference taking place in Las Vegas, April 28 – May 1, I interviewed Bernhard Boehler, Co-founder and CEO at Aspera, about his presentation “Audit Defense – What Every CIO Should Know”. In just a ... -
Network Discovery Data Quality
This article has been contributed by Thomas Trenz, CEO at JDisc. More and more companies adapt their IT processes to the ITIL best practices to increase the efficiency of their IT service management. According to Wikipedia, ... -
Trends in licensing, the future of ITAM and 5,000 subscribers
Congratulations to David Shaffer who has won a Amazon voucher for being our 5,000th opt-in email newsletter subscriber. David works for Murphy Oil USA Inc based in El Dorado, Arkansas. About our newsletter. The first newsletter was ... -
Navigating the Political Storm Of ITAM
This article was contributed by Anne Watson, Senior Systems Engineer/Altiris Consultant at Intuitive Technology Group. In my experience, IT Asset Management (ITAM) is rarely embarked upon as a proactive initiative. Adopting this program is often the ... -
Process of the Month – Joiners, Movers and Leavers Process
Sometimes within Software Asset Management we become so focused on producing an audit and reconciliation report, that we miss the bigger picture in taking state data and converting it into a tangible business decision. One such ... -
Campaign for Clean Licensing – A Breath of Fresh Air?
This article has been contributed by John Lovelock (independent consultant). UK centric organisation the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has been in operation for almost 30 years this April 2014 along with other more international organisations such ... -
How do you convince the CFO?
As an IT asset management consultant, I’m in this business because I want to be remembered for making a difference. But ‘making a difference’ can mean different things to different people. For the CFO for example, ... -
Can I sell my surplus software licenses?
I’m writing this blog following recent news of a dispute between Microsoft and second-hand licensing specialist Discount Licensing. In particular, I’m keen to publish an independent message in light of the nonsense being stated by FAST ... -
Oomnitza: IT Asset Management on your smartphone
January marked the seventh anniversary of the launch of the iPhone. Looking back at the launch, it’s remarkable how many product features Steve Jobs announced that are now taken for granted; touch screen, multi-touch, large music ...