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.
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ITAM, AI, FinOps, Containers, ESG, security… Back in January I wrote about my picks from the agenda for Wisdom NA 2024. Building up to the ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 27, 2024
Best PracticeIaaS ManagementSaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
The FinOps Foundation has added a new Licensing & SaaS capability to the FinOps Framework. Announced during a series of updates to the FinOps Framework ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 26, 2024
Today is a milestone for the ITAM industry and profession. The ITAM Forum has acquired the ITAM Review and LISA. Together, we’ll be able to ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 18, 2024
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
Ahead of his upcoming talk about how GCI leveraged generative AI, we spoke with Matt Graves, VP – Enterprise Data & Analytics to learn a ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 15, 2024
SaaS ManagementITAM News & AnalysisSAM
According to a new survey published today by Oomnitza, roughly half of organizations have experienced a significant increase in their audit budget expenditures due to ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 8, 2024
ITAM News & AnalysisBest Practice
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Eva Louis, Software Asset Manager at Salt River Project, the Arizona electric power and water utility ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 1, 2024
Best PracticeITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts
Welcome to the February 2024 edition of the ITAMantics podcast. In this month’s edition of ITAMantics George and Rich discuss another Quest audit ending up ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: February 29, 2024
Best PracticeSecurityITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts
In our latest podcast, Martin Thompson speaks with James Hatcher from Lansweeper about the value ITAM brings to infosecurity, as well as Lansweeper’s contribution to ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: February 23, 2024
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
Air Canada recently learned that AI chatbots cannot always be trusted… There is a lot of talk about AI within ITAM and how it can ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 22, 2024
On the 15th February, Flexera confirmed it had completed the acquisition of Snow Software. You can read our analysis of the original acquisition announcement here. “Flexera ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: February 16, 2024
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
Last month we published our analysts’ predictions for what to expect in ITAM in 2024. Gazing into their crystal balls, Rich and AJ could see ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: February 15, 2024
ITAM News & AnalysisBest Practice
The following article from Hayley Mooney, GM UK at Crayon explores the biggest trends shaping the tech channel in 2024, including the growing role of ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: February 14, 2024
Best PracticeITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts
In this joint ITAM Review / ITAM Forum podcast, George Wright and Jennifer Carr join forces to interview Mihai Ciupala, Software Asset Management Specialist at ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: February 8, 2024
Best PracticeITAM News & AnalysisSustainability
In this article we explore the results of our ITAD Maturity Assessment, conducted in partnership with Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations. Responsible disposal of IT assets is ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: February 6, 2024
Best PracticeSaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
Slack didn’t have the best bit of PR this week… Whoever said vendor lock in wasn’t a thing clearly has never tried to leave Slack. ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 1, 2024
A Quest Software audit is in court (again). Here I am, back with another story of a software vendor treating one of their customers in ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: January 31, 2024
As you may have seen, following the completion of the Broadcom acquisition, “VMware by Broadcom” are no longer offering perpetual licenses for their products as ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: January 30, 2024
Best PracticeITAM News & AnalysisPodcasts
Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the ITAMantics podcast. In this bumper 2-month edition of ITAMantics, George, Rich and AJ discuss the biggest ITAM ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: January 25, 2024
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
With Blue Monday behind us, it is safe to say that 2024 is now in full swing. So, we thought now would be a good ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: January 18, 2024
IaaS ManagementITAM News & AnalysisBest Practice
This article provides a brief introduction to FinOps FOCUS, a new toolkit from the FinOps Foundation and Linux Foundation. Managing cloud costs in a modern ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: January 16, 2024