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.
Best PracticeIaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
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
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
Wisdom NA 2024 is taking place in Florida on March 19 – 20 2024. As the agenda begins to take shape I wanted to highlight ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: January 11, 2024
The ITAM Review has certified USU as having met the requirements for Inventory & Discovery certification in accordance with our community-sourced open standard. Read the ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: January 9, 2024
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
There are perhaps two pieces of news that have impacted the world of ITAM most this year – early in the year we had Oracle’s ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: December 19, 2023
Do you want to raise your profile in 2024? Do you have experience in ITAM that you feel would be of benefit to others? Has ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: December 13, 2023
Software PublishersITAM News & Analysis
The following article was originally published on the 12th December 2023. Scroll down for more recent updates on this continually-evolving story: Mere weeks after completing ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: December 12, 2023
During a glitzy, fun-filled evening in Reading, the winners of the 2023 Excellence Awards received their awards. The awards were announced during last night’s ITAM ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: December 8, 2023
Goodbye COBOL. OpenText to focus on cloud and AI opportunity Rocket Software: “Combined Entity Will Offer the Most Compelling Portfolio of Solutions to Support the ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: December 7, 2023
Here is the ITAM Review’s analysis of the big Flexera Snow news this week. The ITAM world changed on the 28th November 2023 when Flexera ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 30, 2023
Rich is once again joined by the experts from LicenseFortress and Beeman & Muchmore – this time to examine the latest happenings in the ongoing ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 29, 2023
News just in – Flexera is buying Snow! Flexera has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire rival Snow Software. “Joint offering and strengthened partner ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 28, 2023
Snow Software has unveiled Snow Copilot, the first-in-a-series of Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities designed to solve large challenges in IT Asset Management (ITAM) and FinOps. ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 27, 2023
ResourcesITAM News & AnalysisBest Practice
We want your help in finalising the ITAM Review Microsoft Certification. ITAM Review Certifications are designed to enable tool and service buyers to assess potential ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 14, 2023
IaaS ManagementSaaS ManagementITAM News & AnalysisSAM
The Snow Software IT Priorities Report has found that artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating the mindshare of IT leaders this year and next, with 72% ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 9, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & AnalysisSAM
USU Software Asset Management has been certified for Enterprise SAM against the ITAM Review’s community-sourced Enterprise SAM Tool Certification Standard. ITAM Industry Analyst AJ Witt ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 7, 2023
Atlassian buys AirTrack – The mega software company Atlassian has purchased fellow Aussie AirTrack for an undisclosed sum. This news comes shortly after Atlassian completed ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 1, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
With Wisdom APAC 2023 barely a few weeks away, we have pulled together highlights from the biggest sessions at this year’s event. If you haven’t ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: October 31, 2023
SAMBest PracticeITAM News & Analysis
ITAM Review is pleased to announce it has certified USU Oracle Optimization for management of Oracle Databases, Middleware, and Java licenses against our open community-sourced ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: October 25, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & AnalysisSoftware Publishers
Flexera’s 2023 State of ITAM Report highlights the latest ITAM trends and statistics surrounding ITAM and SAM teams across the globe, including challenges, initiatives and ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: October 24, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & AnalysisSAMPodcasts
Our latest podcast covers Oracle Java licensing analysis from LicenseFortress and Beeman & Muchmore. We’re approaching 12 months since Oracle made major changes to their ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 19, 2023