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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 bodies due to the growing importance of IT in operational resilience, service delivery, and risk management. ... -
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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 ... -
AI and ITAM: State of Play 2024 Research Report
In 2024, the ITAM Forum and General Interfaces conducted a global survey (On behalf of the ITAM Forum’s AI+ITAM Working ... -
We're FinOps. We're Coming for You.
The FinOps Foundation’s recent release of the 2025 FinOps Framework expands its focus beyond public cloud services to encompass a ...
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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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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 bodies due to the growing importance of IT in operational resilience, service delivery, and risk management. ... -
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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 ... -
AI and ITAM: State of Play 2024 Research Report
In 2024, the ITAM Forum and General Interfaces conducted a global survey (On behalf of the ITAM Forum’s AI+ITAM Working ... -
Will 'Sustainable IT' be Caught in the Crossfire?
In the days immediately following his inauguration, President Trump and his team declared war on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ...
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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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IAITAM Conference 2009
My flight is booked and I’m on my way to Vegas! I am pleased to be attending the IAITAM Annual Conference in September. It will be great to put some faces to all the names I ... -
ITAM Industry News Round-Up
IBM have released a new version of IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT. Version 7.2 includes software license management and asset discovery. View TAMIT Product Page. KACE integrate their systems management appliance with Dell OpenManage systems ... -
Snow Software Review: Snow License Manager 2009
Following Express Metrix and FrontRange Solutions over the last few weeks, our review of Snow License Manager 2009 from Snow Software has begun. It is the third mid-market SAM solution to be reviewed as part of ... -
Prize Draw For An IPod - ITAM Industry Survey
The guys over at ComplyMan are holding a prize draw for participating in their ITAM Industry survey. Based on the questions being posed I will be very interested to see the outcome. In particular how ITAM ... -
FrontRange Solutions Review: FrontRange SAM.Suite
Following Express Metrix last week, our review of FrontRange SAM.Suite (formerly Centennial SAM.Suite) from FrontRange Solutions has begun. It is the second mid-market SAM solution to be reviewed as part of our Mid-Market SAM Tools Group ... -
ITAM Industry News Round-Up
SAM ASSESSMENT TOOL. FrontRange Solutions launch an Online SAM Self-Assessment Tool WEBINAR. BDNA & Forrester July 28th 08.30 PDT Ways To Reduce IT Costs In Tough Economic Times ARTICLE. Practical ITAM – Recommended ITAM Exception Reports ... -
Express Metrix Review: Express Software Manager Professional V9
Our review of Express Software Manager Professional V9 from Express Metrix has begun. It is the first mid-market SAM solution to be reviewed as part of our Mid-Market SAM Tools Group Test. Our reviews are truly ... -
Licensing & Compliance
One of the core subjects for the ITAM Review is Software Licensing and Software Compliance. Below is a summary of articles covering Licensing and Compliance from the archives. -
ITAM Professionals From 100 Countries
I am pleased to say the ITAM Review now has regular visitors from 102 countries around the globe. Our most frequest visitors, in descending order, are from the US, UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, India, Germany, ... -
Setting Goals & Milestones in ITAM Projects
As part of my ongoing work with the IEC I have been lucky enough to participate in some of member discussions around ITAM. We have discussed the pain points in their ITAM strategies, what organizations are ...
This section combines news with our analysis of issues affecting the ITAM industry.
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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 bodies due to the growing importance of IT in operational resilience, service delivery, and risk management. ... -
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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 ... -
ITAM & FinOps: Collision or Collaboration in the Cloud?
FinOps has long focused on managing cloud spend—but that’s beginning to change. In this episode, AJ Witt speaks with Jennifer ... -
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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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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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 bodies due to the growing importance of IT in operational resilience, service delivery, and risk management. ... -
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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 ... -
AI and ITAM: State of Play 2024 Research Report
In 2024, the ITAM Forum and General Interfaces conducted a global survey (On behalf of the ITAM Forum’s AI+ITAM Working ... -
We're FinOps. We're Coming for You.
The FinOps Foundation’s recent release of the 2025 FinOps Framework expands its focus beyond public cloud services to encompass a ...
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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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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 bodies due to the growing importance of IT in operational resilience, service delivery, and risk management. ... -
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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 ... -
AI and ITAM: State of Play 2024 Research Report
In 2024, the ITAM Forum and General Interfaces conducted a global survey (On behalf of the ITAM Forum’s AI+ITAM Working ... -
Will 'Sustainable IT' be Caught in the Crossfire?
In the days immediately following his inauguration, President Trump and his team declared war on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ...
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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 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 keeping a watchful eye on Azure’s Cloud performance after Microsoft’s Q2 Cloud results fell short of ... -
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The High Cost of Oracle Java: Managing Expenses and Operational Efficiency
For businesses reliant on Java, Oracle’s licensing model presents a formidable challenge. Once a freely available technology, Java has evolved ... -
Microsoft: June 2024 Q4 and FY24 Results
Microsoft Corp recently announced its June 2024 Q4 and FY24 end-of-year results. Looking at the overall results across all sectors, ... -
Adobe Sued by FTC for Unfair Selling Practices
The Federal Trade Commission has announced legal proceedings against Adobe and two of its senior executives for what it claims ...
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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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