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Broadcom vs Siemens AG - A Brewing Storm
The ongoing legal battle between VMware (under Broadcom ownership) and Siemens is yet another example of why ITAM goes far beyond license compliance and SAM. What might, at first glance, appear to be a licensing dispute, ... -
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10 Strategic Lessons for Tackling Compliance, Audits, and Software Licensing Risk in 2025
The ITAM Forum’s 2025 global ITAM research report in partnership with Azul reveals some fascinating insights into the financial, operational, ... -
Shifting Left Together: Embedding ITAM into FinOps Culture
During one of the keynotes at the FinOps X conference in San Diego, JR Storment, Executive Director of the FinOps ... -
Addressing the SaaS Data Gap in FinOps FOCUS 2.1
I recently reported on the FinOps Foundation’s inclusion of SaaS and Datacenter in its expanded Cloud+ scope. At that time, ...
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ITAM Evolution: Embracing Necessary Change for a Prosperous Future
The value of ITAM is under great scrutiny. This is driven by siloed and conflicting stakeholder demands and the growing influence of cloud computing. ITAM must be reimagined and modernised. It must take on a holistic, flexible approach with a focus on collaborative management and distributed decision making. This white paper serves to highlight the need for ITAM to evolve.
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The M&S Cyberattack: How IT Asset Management Can Make or Break Your Recovery
Marks & Spencer (M&S), the iconic UK retailer, recently became the latest high-profile victim of a devastating cyberattack. Fellow retailers The Co-Op and Harrods were also attacked. Recent reports suggest the rapid action at the Co-Op ... -
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AI in ITAM: Insightful Signals from the Front Line
During our Wisdom Unplugged USA event in New York in March 2025, we engaged ITAM professionals with three targeted polling ... -
How ISO/IEC 19770-1 Can Help Meet FFIEC Requirements
In the world of ITAM, the regulatory spotlight continues to intensify, especially for financial institutions facing increasing scrutiny from regulatory ... -
An Introduction to Scope 4 Emissions
Executive Summary For ITAM teams, sustainability is a core responsibility and opportunity. Managing hardware, software, and cloud resources now comes ...
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FinOps Guide for ITAM Managers
Successfully bridging the gap between ITAM & FinOps will be a huge boost to ITAM teams within any organisation, and it will also bring demonstrable business benefits. To help ITAM Managers better understand and navigate FinOps, we've created this short, yet informative, guide.
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Microsoft Licensing Seminars - Call for Speakers
Following on from the fantastic success of our Tools Day events, Oracle and IBM & SAP Seminars, The ITAM Review is compiling a roster of Microsoft licensing experts and industry insiders for our Microsoft Licensing Seminar ... -
Challenges of Implementing SAM in India: Practical Road Map
This is a guest article contributed by Probuddho Halder, a SAM and Software Licensing expert based in India. Probuddho is a young and enthusiastic SAM professional. He likes to read and write about SAM and software ... -
Event Listing: SAM Best Practice & Networking, June 16th, Paris
I am pleased to be supporting our first SAM event in France in conjunction with the telco giant Orange and ELEE. On June 16th I’ll provide a view on SAM Best Practice and enhancing SAM maturity as ... -
Technology Review: Spider Licence Enterprise (brainwaregroup)
Independent Review brainwaregroup is a provider of systems management and IT Lifecycle Management tools and services who have over 400 clients worldwide. With more than 1.5m managed clients, brainwaregroup’s software has been implemented in a number ... -
ITAM Review Excellence Awards 2015
The IT Management discipline of IT Asset Management (ITAM) is today more critical than ever as organisations seek to maximize returns and minimize risks on IT spend. ITAM today means meeting compliance requirements, financial transparency, efficient ... -
ITAM Tools Day; Why is it needed?
We’re back! Due to the unfortunate timing of ‘Storm Juno’ that struck on our last visit to New York, we are returning on May 12th to host our FREE to attend ITAM Tools Day Event. This is a ... -
ITAM tools customer satisfaction scores - SPRING '15 UPDATE
I am pleased to publish an updated list of customer satisfaction scores. This follows our previous table back in January. Please Note. This is not a one-off exercise. We will continually collect satisfaction scores. So please ... -
Podcast Episode 9 - A view from IT Procurement
In this episode I speak with Christiaan Murphy of SoftwareSpend.com on a view from IT Procurement. Topics covered in this podcast. SoftwareSpend.com IT Procurement Cycles How IT Procurement interacts with ITAM The four key stakeholders in ... -
Enterprise Opinions Cup - Call for Drivers
Do you consider yourself as a frustrated Lewis Hamilton, or are you more like Maureen from Driving School? Do you like the thrill of speed, the competitive nature of racing and the smell of burning rubber? ... -
How IBM customers get caught out with licensing
Eric Chiu of HW Fisher tells us how IBM customers get caught out with IBM licensing and audits, the recent changes to IBM’s passport advantage impacting customers and a preview of his upcoming sessions at ...
This section combines news with our analysis of issues affecting the ITAM industry.
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Reviving Technology Management Careers: A Launchpad For Future Leaders
In this episode with Martin Thompson and Aamer Trambu (SoftwareOne) we delve into the critical role of relationship management in ITAM, emphasising its significance in fostering collaboration and facilitating change. They also discuss how embracing relationship ... -
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The Lifelong Learning Advantage: Cultivating a Growth Mindset in ITAM
In this episode Kelly Yip and Meesha Nayan (TMG), delve into the importance of adopting a continuous learning mindset within ... -
Microsoft Visual Studio Licensing Guide: Reduce Risks
(This article was reviewed and updated on 3 July 2025) Visual Studio Licensing Visual Studio subscriptions are licensed Per User ... -
Broadcom vs Siemens AG - A Brewing Storm
The ongoing legal battle between VMware (under Broadcom ownership) and Siemens is yet another example of why ITAM goes far ...
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Have you listened to the ITAM Review podcast?
All the latest and greatest ITAM conversations, interviews, and insights for you to listen to on the move.
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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Broadcom vs Siemens AG - A Brewing Storm
The ongoing legal battle between VMware (under Broadcom ownership) and Siemens is yet another example of why ITAM goes far beyond license compliance and SAM. What might, at first glance, appear to be a licensing dispute, ... -
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10 Strategic Lessons for Tackling Compliance, Audits, and Software Licensing Risk in 2025
The ITAM Forum’s 2025 global ITAM research report in partnership with Azul reveals some fascinating insights into the financial, operational, ... -
Shifting Left Together: Embedding ITAM into FinOps Culture
During one of the keynotes at the FinOps X conference in San Diego, JR Storment, Executive Director of the FinOps ... -
Addressing the SaaS Data Gap in FinOps FOCUS 2.1
I recently reported on the FinOps Foundation’s inclusion of SaaS and Datacenter in its expanded Cloud+ scope. At that time, ...
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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 M&S Cyberattack: How IT Asset Management Can Make or Break Your Recovery
Marks & Spencer (M&S), the iconic UK retailer, recently became the latest high-profile victim of a devastating cyberattack. Fellow retailers The Co-Op and Harrods were also attacked. Recent reports suggest the rapid action at the Co-Op ... -
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AI in ITAM: Insightful Signals from the Front Line
During our Wisdom Unplugged USA event in New York in March 2025, we engaged ITAM professionals with three targeted polling ... -
How ISO/IEC 19770-1 Can Help Meet FFIEC Requirements
In the world of ITAM, the regulatory spotlight continues to intensify, especially for financial institutions facing increasing scrutiny from regulatory ... -
An Introduction to Scope 4 Emissions
Executive Summary For ITAM teams, sustainability is a core responsibility and opportunity. Managing hardware, software, and cloud resources now comes ...
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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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ITAMantics - April 2024
Welcome to the April 2024 edition of ITAMantics, our monthly news podcast where we discuss the biggest ITAM stories from the last month. George is joined this month by AJ Witt and Ryan Stefani. Stories tackled ... -
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ITAM & AI, FinOps, Containers, ESG, security: The many ways in which ITAM has matured beyond its roots
ITAM, AI, FinOps, Containers, ESG, security… Back in January I wrote about my picks from the agenda for Wisdom NA ... -
Another Quest audit ends up in court
A Quest Software audit is in court (again). Here I am, back with another story of a software vendor treating ... -
As some VMware products come to an end some customers face 1200% price rises
As you may have seen, following the completion of the Broadcom acquisition, “VMware by Broadcom” are no longer offering perpetual ...
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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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Microsoft Visual Studio Licensing Guide: Reduce Risks
(This article was reviewed and updated on 3 July 2025) Visual Studio Licensing Visual Studio subscriptions are licensed Per User with each licensed user able to. “install and use the software on any number of device”. ... -
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Broadcom vs Siemens AG - A Brewing Storm
The ongoing legal battle between VMware (under Broadcom ownership) and Siemens is yet another example of why ITAM goes far ... -
Microsoft Power Apps: Current Pricing Models Comparison
Back in November 2021, Microsoft made Power Apps available under the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) model, alongside the traditional Per User/Per App ... -
Microsoft Q3 Soars as AI and Azure Growth Fuels Market Gains
On the 30th April, Microsoft released its Q3 quarterly earnings report, exceeding expectations and igniting investor optimism. Investors had been ...
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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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