This section combines news with our analysis of issues affecting the ITAM industry, including software publisher stories, ITAM/SAM tools developments and launches, and mergers & acquisitions.
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.
After days of reporting, financial discussions, and negotiations with different stakeholders, all your software licensing is in order. The IT team has a firm grip ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: August 9, 2013
I am looking forward to attending the EMEA version of the Gartner ITAM summit next month. “Great value for money, great networking, recommended event.” – ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 7, 2013
This independent review of HP Asset Manager from HP is part of our 2012 SAM Tools Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 31, 2013
Aspera, Concorde, eTelligent, Flexera Software, ITAMS, Computacenter, SHI and Softline Group are confirmed participants for our upcoming SAM Managed Service Providers review. Our review will ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 25, 2013
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued NHS Surrey with a monetary penalty of £200,000 after more than 3,000 patient records were found on a second hand ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: July 19, 2013
This independent review of Core Control from Concorde Solutions is part of our 2012 SAM Tools Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: June 21, 2013
Gartner analyst Patricia Adams published a new ‘MarketScope’ for IT Asset Management Repositories last month. View a reprint here. In case my link sets off ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: May 23, 2013
The ‘Barium Manifesto’ back in December stated the need to ‘Shake things up’ in the software licensing industry and create an industry regulator. We’ve been ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: May 15, 2013
This article has been contributed by David Foxen, a Software Asset Manager in the UK Note: For the relevance of the article it is important ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: May 1, 2013
Norwegian licensing reseller and SAM specialist Inmeta Crayon has acquired FAST Limited. InMeta Crayon, with headquarters in Oslo, has presence in Northern Europe, Germany, France ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 24, 2013
This contributed piece to the ITAM Review is actually entitled in full — “Five misconceptions of software licensing that prevent CIOs from achieving the cost ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: April 19, 2013
This is a guest contributed piece to the ITAM Review by Seann Gardiner, EMEA sales director of Dell Software Group. A looming deadline awaits… In ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: April 18, 2013
The BSA and other trade bodies such as FAST and SIIA have traditionally used a ‘Stick’ approach to raise license compliance up the corporate agenda. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 16, 2013
SureCloud has brought a business analytics (BI) proposition into its IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution portfolio. The SureCloud platform will now ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: April 16, 2013
Gutsy talk from Snow Software this week who are aiming to be the number one SAM tool in the world by 2015 following 44% growth ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 9, 2013
This independent review of the Berlin release from ServiceNow is part of our 2012 SAM Tools Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 5, 2013
This is a contributed comment to the ITAM Review written by Filipa Preston, CEO of Software Optimisation Services. The ongoing parliamentary committee investigation into the alleged ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: April 3, 2013
WHAT IT Cost Optimization in an era of Virtualization: “Learn about new technologies and practices that will enable you to achieve IT cost optimization and ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 19, 2013
This article has been contributed by Jackie Luo, CEO of E-ISG Asset Intelligence. RFID’s application in data centres is on the way to becoming a ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: February 13, 2013
Capacity transformation and control software company CiRBA has launched a new Software License Control System designed to enable organisations to reduce the costs associated with ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: January 31, 2013