News & Analysis of the ITAM industry

The ITAM Review offers the latest news and insights within the ITAM field to keep you informed of the latest updates and best practices in the area. Our newsroom covers important topics in IT Asset Management, Software Asset Management and Software Licensing. 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 is an investment in cybersecurity, not a cost

    In the following article, Rishi Simbudyal from Teqtivity explains why ITAM is so critical to cyber security, and why cybersecurity professionals need ITAM more than ever. According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, the ...
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    VMware stops selling perpetual licenses (updated 8th May 2024)

    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 its acquisition of VMware, Broadcom has announced some very significant changes ...
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    Excellence Awards 2023: The winners are announced! [updated with Gala Dinner photos]

    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 Review Gala Dinner, the annual highlight in the ITAM calendar, and ...
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    Rocket Software is buying OpenText’s Application Modernization and Connectivity Business (formerly part of Micro Focus)

    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 World’s Largest Companies in their Modernization and Hybrid Cloud Journeys”  Rocket ...
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    ITAM Review analysis on Flexera buying Snow

    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 announced its intention to acquire Snow Software. While we await further ...
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    Oracle & Rimini St: A look at the latest events (podcast)

    Rich is once again joined by the experts from LicenseFortress and Beeman & Muchmore – this time to examine the latest happenings in the ongoing battle between Oracle and 3rd party support provider, Rimini St. They ...
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    Flexera is buying Snow

    News just in – Flexera is buying Snow! Flexera has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire rival Snow Software. “Joint offering and strengthened partner network will provide customers with more data and capabilities to understand ...
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    Snow Software launches Snow Copilot, its first AI assistant for ITAM and FinOps

    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. Developed in its innovation incubator Snow Labs, Snow Copilot is an ...
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    Request for Comments – ITAM Review Microsoft Certification

    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 purchases against common community-sourced standards. Currently we have standards for Oracle, ...
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    AI Driving 2024 IT Agenda: Snow Software report

    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% of IT leaders believing their organization will be using more AI ...
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    USU Software Asset Management certified for Enterprise SAM

    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 said. ”Since we first certified this solution USU have carried out ...
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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.
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.
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.
  • news post 1

    ITAM is an investment in cybersecurity, not a cost

    In the following article, Rishi Simbudyal from Teqtivity explains why ITAM is so critical to cyber security, and why cybersecurity professionals need ITAM more than ever. According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, the ...
    Read more

  • 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.
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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.
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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