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 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
Best PracticeIaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
Ofcom refers cloud industry to the CMA Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has officially referred “the public cloud infrastructure services market” to the Competition and ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: October 10, 2023
Gartner has published the 2023 edition of the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Software Asset Management (SAM) Managed Services. The authors for the 2023 report are ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: October 6, 2023
ITAM News & AnalysisBest Practice
We are only 42 days away from Wisdom APAC 2023, our annual return to the Southern Hemisphere. This year we are heading to Albert Park, ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: October 3, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
The coming together of AI and ITAM In today’s ever-evolving technology landscape, the role of IT Asset Managers has become increasingly complex. The task of ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 28, 2023
Best PracticeIaaS ManagementSaaS ManagementHAMITAM News & AnalysisSAMAuditsPodcasts
In the September edition of ITAMantics, Rich, AJ and George discuss Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk, ITAM’s role in corporate credit ratings, SAP buying LeanIX, Josys ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 26, 2023
We are very excited to announce the shortlist for the 2023 ITAM Review Excellence Awards. As has become ITAM tradition, the winners will be announced ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 21, 2023
ITAM News & AnalysisIaaS Management
FinOps Foundation welcomes Tangoe as a new member Tangoe, the expense and asset management software company, has joined the FinOps Foundation community as a Premier member, while ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: September 19, 2023
Best PracticeSaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
The ITAM Review is pleased to announce the certification of Beamy for Enterprise SaaS Management against our open, community-sourced standard. ITAM Review Certifications help ITAM ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 14, 2023
Best PracticeSaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
SaaS management veteran Torii has announced new AI and developer capabilities. We’ve been following Torii at ITAM Review since 2018 and have always been impressed ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: September 13, 2023
Best PracticeSaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
SAP has announced its intention to buy the Enterprise Architecture company LeanIX from private investors. You may remember them from when they acquired the SaaS ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 8, 2023
SaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
Japanese SaaS management startup Josys Inc. has raised $93m in Series B funding. The company, which was launched in February 2022 by Yasukane Matsumoto, founder ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 7, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
On Tuesday, 5th September 2023, Birmingham City Council (the largest local authority in Europe) effectively declared bankruptcy after being hit with a £760m bill to ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 6, 2023
Join us on Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 at No. 11 Cavendish Square, London, U.K., for a day filled with inspiration, motivation, and valuable insights. Get ready to learn from ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 5, 2023
ISO/IEC 19770Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
Interviews with HDI and Softline about their ISO 19770-1 certification journeys One of the founding aims of the ITAM Forum was to create a path ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: August 31, 2023
Best PracticeIaaS ManagementSaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
Mike Abrashoff, former Navy Commander and bestselling author, now confirmed as speaker It is just two weeks to go until our “ITAM & FinOps: How ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: August 29, 2023
Best PracticeIaaS ManagementSaaS ManagementITAM News & AnalysisSAM
Are ITAM tools vendors suffering from Shiny Penny Syndrome? With all the hype around big trends like FinOps and sustainability, can you blame software vendors ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: August 24, 2023
Could more favourable Oracle licensing persuade you to move to Ampere ARM servers? Oracle recently announced support for Ampere ARM architecture for both cloud and ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: August 22, 2023
Good ITAM practices are now critical to achieving a good credit rating. This is acccording to a new report by the global credit ratings agency ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: August 17, 2023