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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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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, ... -
The Future of ITAM
As an ITAM Industry Analyst, I’m often asked what ITAM’s future looks like. This can be a tough question to ...
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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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iQuate and Aspera Announce Partnership
This is an interesting alliance between iQuate and Aspera. Irish tool vendor iQuate are making good inroads with their agentless discovery technology. German tool vendor Aspera have über-sophisticated license management technology but no dedicated inventory solution. ... -
Preventing Vendor Audits: One Key Feature Missing From Most SAM Tools
If organizations are to escape the painful cycle of firefighting against software audits and progress towards fully-fledged software asset management the focus needs to be on managing and acting on exceptions. That is, identifying where leakages ... -
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Inventory on Steroids
I have written recently about inventory becoming a commoditized item. One of the limitations of inventory is that there is only so much detail you can collect about hardware and executables. The market appears to be ... -
BDNA Splits with PS'Soft
BDNA has sold PS’Soft to the Allen Systems Group (ASG) for an undisclosed sum. The PR blurb says. “The PS’Soft ITSM suite includes a Service Desk with incident, problem, change, configuration, release, service level and availability ... -
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The Best SAM Tools - What To Look For
This article was originally posted in 2011. We’d love your feedback on what’s changed, is this article even relevant any more? Let us know in the comments section below. If you would like to hear more ... -
Market Synopsis: Enterprise SAM Tools
The chart below represents a high level summary of how vendors are currently scored within the ‘TOOLS INTELLIGENCE’ service from The ITAM Review. Vendors have been assessed against our ‘Enterprise SAM’ criteria. The summary for ‘Mid-Market ... -
Software Identification Summit
WHAT TagVault Software Identification Summit – Agenda The summit is designed to bring the various software ecosystems members together to develop solutions to the persistent and expensive problem of software identification. Fundamental changes to existing processes ... -
Fake LicenceDashboard Testimonial
I recently received the following spammy comment on The ITAM Review. “…We are a graphic design company and use software like Photoshop. We’ve found that Licence Dashboard means we never forget to renew our licences! We ...
This section combines news with our analysis of issues affecting the ITAM industry.
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
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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, 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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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, ... -
The Future of ITAM
As an ITAM Industry Analyst, I’m often asked what ITAM’s future looks like. This can be a tough question to ...
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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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