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Excellence Awards 2022 winners announced
On Friday night we had the pleasure of hosting the ITAM Review’s 2022 Gala Dinner and Excellence Awards ceremony at the prestigious Crown Plaza, Reading – our first Gala Dinner since 2018. After receiving a record ... -
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The ITAM Manager's Guide to Digital Supply Chain Management (white paper)
Management of the software Digital Supply Chain (DSC) is about creating a seamless, integrated set of systems and activities across ... -
Influencing stakeholders, and other highlights from Wisdom APAC 2022
It was so nice to be back in Australia to host Wisdom APAC face-to-face again. Australia, it’s been too long. ... -
Business Benefits of HAM in hybrid environments
In this article, co-written with Tom Watson, CEO and Founder of hardware asset management specialists AMI, we explore how HAM ...
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Why ITAM deserves a seat at the FinOps Table
FinOps is an evolving cloud financial management discipline and cultural practice that enables organizations to get the maximum business value by helping engineering, finance, technology, and business teams to collaborate on data driven spending decisions. How does ITAM ensure it has a seat at this table?
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“Price Harmonization,” - Microsoft price rises coming in 2023
Microsoft price rises are coming in 2023. In an effort to “become more agile”, Microsoft have announced they will begin a new process to “harmonize” their global pricing to the US dollar. This will, according to ... -
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Java audits are coming: Podcast episode 120
In this episode of the ITAM Review podcast AJ Witt & Silke Henderson-Stuenkel of Matrix42 discuss what’s new in Oracle ... -
News roundup - September/October 2022
Big fine for Ford. Oracle and Microsoft launch new products, and Adobe sheds Pantone. Here’s your ITAM news roundup for ... -
Podcast Episode 117: Protect against stealth software audits
In this latest podcast focused on stealth software audits, I sit down once again with four great guests. Michael Corey ...
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FinOps Guide for ITAM Managers: Free download
Successfully bridging the gap between ITAM & FinOps will be a huge boost to ITAM within any organisation, and bring demonstrable business benefits too. To help ITAM managers better understand and navigate FinOps, we have created this short, FREE guide for our readers.
This section combines news with our analysis of issues affecting the ITAM industry, including software publisher stories, ITAM/SAM tools developments and launches, mergers & acquisitions and any other IT news which is pertinent for the ITAM professional to know about.
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“Price Harmonization,” - Microsoft price rises coming in 2023
Microsoft price rises are coming in 2023. In an effort to “become more agile”, Microsoft have announced they will begin a new process to “harmonize” their global pricing to the US dollar. This will, according to ... -
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Java audits are coming: Podcast episode 120
In this episode of the ITAM Review podcast AJ Witt & Silke Henderson-Stuenkel of Matrix42 discuss what’s new in Oracle ... -
Excellence Awards 2022 winners announced
On Friday night we had the pleasure of hosting the ITAM Review’s 2022 Gala Dinner and Excellence Awards ceremony at ... -
The ITAM Manager's Guide to Digital Supply Chain Management (white paper)
Management of the software Digital Supply Chain (DSC) is about creating a seamless, integrated set of systems and activities across ...
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Opentext acquires Micro Focus: Audits ahead?
You’ll be pleased to know that a company known for their aggressive audit tactics have bought another company known for their aggressive audit tactics…OpenText will acquire Micro Focus for $6 billion USD. The acquisition is expected to close in Q1 2023, subject to approvals.
This section combines news with our analysis of issues affecting the ITAM industry, including software publisher stories, ITAM/SAM tools developments and launches, mergers & acquisitions and any other IT news which is pertinent for the ITAM professional to know about.
Below you will find all of our articles in chronological order, then filtered into four main categories: News & Analysis, Best Practice, Audits and Software Publishers.
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Excellence Awards 2022 winners announced
On Friday night we had the pleasure of hosting the ITAM Review’s 2022 Gala Dinner and Excellence Awards ceremony at the prestigious Crown Plaza, Reading – our first Gala Dinner since 2018. After receiving a record ... -
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Influencing stakeholders, and other highlights from Wisdom APAC 2022
It was so nice to be back in Australia to host Wisdom APAC face-to-face again. Australia, it’s been too long. ... -
Using Enterprise Technology Management to expand ITAM’s influence
IT Asset Management teams, with their holistic estate-wide view of technology assets, know that they are now performing a vital ... -
US Federal cybersecurity requirements raise the importance of ITAM for all
In recent years the demands of US Federal agencies have driven forward cybersecurity best practice in many areas of ITAM. ...
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As IT spending shifts to the cloud, ITAM must evolve
As IT spending shifts to the cloud, ITAM must evolve. In this article we explore the implications for ITAM of the main findings from Flexera’s 2022 Tech Spend Pulse, where the top priorities for technology initiatives continue to focus on digital transformation, cybersecurity and cloud/cloud migration.
ITAM, SAM and software license management are continually-evolving disciplines. At the same time, the remit for ITAM 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 practices here.
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The ITAM Manager's Guide to Digital Supply Chain Management (white paper)
Management of the software Digital Supply Chain (DSC) is about creating a seamless, integrated set of systems and activities across the procurement lifecycle of software and cloud services, from software demand to fulfilment and optimization. The ... -
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Business Benefits of HAM in hybrid environments
In this article, co-written with Tom Watson, CEO and Founder of hardware asset management specialists AMI, we explore how HAM ... -
“Empathy with stakeholders gets you buy-in” ITAM Forum podcast
AJ Witt recently interviewed Eric Schuman for the ITAM Forum’s latest Change Makers podcast series. Click here if you would ... -
Using Enterprise Technology Management to expand ITAM’s influence
IT Asset Management teams, with their holistic estate-wide view of technology assets, know that they are now performing a vital ...
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How to reduce e-waste – ITAM’s role in meeting sustainability goals
A recent report & survey by the UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has highlighted the growing problem of how to reduce e-waste and how we can do more to reduce consumption of rare earth metals and shore up overstretched supply chains.
Forewarned is forearmed. Get the latest news and advice on the ever-present challenge of software publisher audits here. Who is auditing right now? How and when should you respond to an audit? Stick here to stay informed on the latest audit trends, patterns and behaviours.
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Java audits are coming: Podcast episode 120
In this episode of the ITAM Review podcast AJ Witt & Silke Henderson-Stuenkel of Matrix42 discuss what’s new in Oracle Java licensing including. Introduction to Oracle Java licensing Differences in license agreements Java license risk exposure ... -
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Podcast Episode 117: Protect against stealth software audits
In this latest podcast focused on stealth software audits, I sit down once again with four great guests. Michael Corey ... -
Six questions to ask before agreeing to a software audit clause
An audit clause within a software agreement is the mechanism used by software publishers to instigate a software audit. Software ... -
New research shines a light on big four audit firms conflicts of interest
The Financial Times reports that big four audit firms license audit work into their own audit client’s environments maybe a ...
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Podcast Episode 117: Protect against stealth software audits
In this latest podcast I sit down once again with four great guests to discuss the prospect of "stealth audits". In this action-packed discussion we cover Oracle, audit tactics, court cases, recent acquisitions, contract terms and much more. We also talk about new terms to best describe modern software audits (stealth software audits?).
Licence management is the mainstay of many ITAM roles, so it is important to stay informed on the latest software publisher news. We aim to keep our readers informed on the latest developments at tier 1, 2 and 3 software publishers, combined with analysis of how it will affect ITAM professionals.
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“Price Harmonization,” - Microsoft price rises coming in 2023
Microsoft price rises are coming in 2023. In an effort to “become more agile”, Microsoft have announced they will begin a new process to “harmonize” their global pricing to the US dollar. This will, according to ... -
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Java audits are coming: Podcast episode 120
In this episode of the ITAM Review podcast AJ Witt & Silke Henderson-Stuenkel of Matrix42 discuss what’s new in Oracle ... -
News roundup - September/October 2022
Big fine for Ford. Oracle and Microsoft launch new products, and Adobe sheds Pantone. Here’s your ITAM news roundup for ... -
Biggest Microsoft licensing changes in years
They’ve been teased for almost 5 months and they’re finally here, Microsoft’s changes to cloud and virtualisation licensing for Windows ...
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Opentext acquires Micro Focus: Audits ahead?
You’ll be pleased to know that a company known for their aggressive audit tactics have bought another company known for their aggressive audit tactics…OpenText will acquire Micro Focus for $6 billion USD. The acquisition is expected to close in Q1 2023, subject to approvals.
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