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 & AnalysisAuditsPodcasts
Welcome to the August edition of ITAMantics, our monthly news podcast where we discuss the biggest ITAM stories. We may be in the middle of ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: August 17, 2023
ITAM News & AnalysisSoftware Publishers
The following analysis was compiled by Piaras MacDonnell, IBM license expert at License Hawk in response to the recent announcement of a 15% HCL price ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: August 10, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
When confronted with a software audit and the pain and stress that goes with it, I’m sure many of you have wished the shoe was ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: July 25, 2023
IaaS ManagementBest PracticeSaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
The SaaS management company Zluri has announced a $20 million Series B funding raise. Zluri tools enable IT managers to keep track of their organisation’s ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: July 18, 2023
Best PracticeIaaS ManagementITAM News & AnalysisAudits
We are pleased to announce a brand new FinOps event from the ITAM Review. “ITAM + FinOps: How to win big,” is a new, one-day ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: July 17, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & AnalysisAuditsPodcasts
Welcome to ITAMantics – the first of a new monthly podcast where we review the biggest news stories of the last month. This month Rich, ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: July 11, 2023
A few weeks ago Rich stumbled upon this LinkedIn post and video by Jitendra Desale, Software Asset Manager at RealPage Inc.. Click here to read ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: July 7, 2023
SAMBest PracticeIaaS ManagementSaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
A new report by CISPE has sought to quantify the additional cost or “tax” of running enterprise software outside of the vendor’s own cloud infrastructure. ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: July 5, 2023
IBM have confirmed their intention to acquire Apptio for $4.6 billion, a sum which represents a 150% return for current owners, Vista Equity Partners (you ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 27, 2023
Wisdom EMEA 2023 kicked off with a fascinating talk from Rob Geraghty about influencing ITAM stakeholders. The founder of Presenting Virtually discussed how to create ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: June 22, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
According to a new report from Crayon, 90% of businesses cite IT cost optimisation as a high priority right now, with 35% either actively assessing ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: June 21, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
Double-digit software price rises, “license gouging” and vendor M&A activity creates uncertainty for CIOs and ITAM in 2023 Rich’s keynote at Wisdom EMEA 2023 this ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: June 15, 2023
This quarter we give you our software vendor financials analysis for Q2 2023. This time we look at the financial results from IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 13, 2023
Flexera One Select for IBM to the rescue! Hot on the heels of the IBM Passport Advantage bombshell, Flexera have come to the rescue of ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: June 8, 2023
Best PracticeITAM News & Analysis
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with Chloe Mackay, a Level 6 Project Management Apprentice at Vodafone, along with her boss, Julia Veall, ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: May 30, 2023
ITAM News & AnalysisSoftware Publishers
“The collaboration between Crayon and Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps strengthen and accelerate cloud adoption and cloud migration for Crayon customers” Crayon has announced a ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: May 22, 2023
What are the most pertinent software vendor results from Q1 2023? Each quarter we are going to give you an overview of the financial results ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: May 4, 2023
Send us your nominations for the ITAM Review Excellence Awards 2023 The categories have been announced for the ITAM Review Excellence Awards 2023. It is ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: May 2, 2023
SaaS ManagementITAM News & Analysis
According to Torii‘s new “State of IT Mind Report,” 99% of IT professionals say they’re fulfilled in their jobs, and 94% feel appreciated by their ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: April 28, 2023
Today , 27th April 2023, marks International Girls in ICT Day, drawing attention to the critical need for more girls and women in the ICT ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: April 27, 2023