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Stop Shadow IT Before It Hurts Your Business
Shadow IT often spreads quietly and quickly becomes a serious risk. Just look at the UK-based supermarket chain Co-op. A little-known remote maintenance tool used by an external IT provider was compromised. The result? Nearly 800 ... -
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Why ITAM Forum Should Join the Linux Foundation: My Rationale and Your Questions Answered
TLDR. ITAM Forum has the opportunity to join the Linux Foundation as a stand-alone, self-funded project. This article covers a) ... -
Microsoft Pricing Changes: EA Customers Face Price Increases
From 1st November 2025, Microsoft will remove all tiered pricing for Online Services under the Enterprise Agreement. This means all ... -
Shaping the Future of ITAM – We Want Your Input
The ITAM Forum is currently running a survey to capture hot topics and pressing challenges facing the ITAM profession. The ...
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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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Eight steps towards AI governance
I delivered our “Managing AI as an Asset” training course the day before the Wisdom conference last week. Thank you to those who attended and provided feedback. It will be available on the LISA platform before ... -
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Crawl, Walk, Run applied to ITAM Best Practice (Practical ITAM)
Since the ITAM Forum has been working in strategic partnership with the FinOps Foundation, I’ve come to admire the Crawl, ... -
Stop Shadow IT Before It Hurts Your Business
Shadow IT often spreads quietly and quickly becomes a serious risk. Just look at the UK-based supermarket chain Co-op. A ... -
AI Governance Through an ITAM Lens: Treat AI as a Status Change, Not a New Asset
Managing AI in the enterprise is a team sport. In this article, I want to explore specifically what ITAM brings ...
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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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ITAM Industry in the Ascendancy
Today is the second day of the IAITAM 2009 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. It has been great to finally put names to faces in the ITAM Industry and network with peers. It’s a ... -
Who's at IAITAM 09?
Who will be at IAITAM this year? A list of speakers for the IAITAM 09 Conference and Exhibition. -
Get Exclusive Access to Ideal Asset Data Model Guidelines
Do you think you might be tracking too many fields in your ITAM process? or the wrong fields? you are certainly not alone. A poll conducted by the IEC in August found that a staggering 82% ... -
ITAM Industry News Round-Up
BDNA / Forrester Webinar. Managing Software Compliance Risks, September 22nd ComputerWorld Software Piracy. The Whistle-Blowers’ Motives thanks to Matt Fisher. FrontRange Solutions – announce License Manager 3.1 Numara Software – Unified ITAM Solution, 8 products, one ... -
INTERVIEW: Barbara Rembiesa, IAITAM "Be The Superhero"
It’s a busy time for the team at IAITAM as they put together the final preparations for their annual conference at the end of September. I recently corresponded with Barbara Rembiesa, President and Founder of IAITAM, ... -
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 ...
This section combines news with our analysis of issues affecting the ITAM industry.
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Workshop Results: Hybrid IT - Why ITAM Needs a New Operating Model
Hybrid IT, a mix of on-prem, public cloud, SaaS and now AI workloads, has become the default for large enterprises, not a temporary phase on the way to “all cloud”. Live polling at the ITAM Review ... -
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Bridging Gaps: Enhancing ITAM Through Stronger Relationships
In this episode, SHI and SoftwareOne delve into the critical role of relationship management in ITAM, emphasising its significance in ... -
Building ITAM Foundations: A Quick Guide to Inventory and Discovery
This article provides a quick introduction to the concepts of inventory and discovery, two fundamentals that sit at the heart ... -
Eight steps towards AI governance
I delivered our “Managing AI as an Asset” training course the day before the Wisdom conference last week. Thank you ...
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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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Stop Shadow IT Before It Hurts Your Business
Shadow IT often spreads quietly and quickly becomes a serious risk. Just look at the UK-based supermarket chain Co-op. A little-known remote maintenance tool used by an external IT provider was compromised. The result? Nearly 800 ... -
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Why ITAM Forum Should Join the Linux Foundation: My Rationale and Your Questions Answered
TLDR. ITAM Forum has the opportunity to join the Linux Foundation as a stand-alone, self-funded project. This article covers a) ... -
Microsoft Pricing Changes: EA Customers Face Price Increases
From 1st November 2025, Microsoft will remove all tiered pricing for Online Services under the Enterprise Agreement. This means all ... -
Shaping the Future of ITAM – We Want Your Input
The ITAM Forum is currently running a survey to capture hot topics and pressing challenges facing the ITAM profession. The ...
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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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Eight steps towards AI governance
I delivered our “Managing AI as an Asset” training course the day before the Wisdom conference last week. Thank you to those who attended and provided feedback. It will be available on the LISA platform before ... -
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Crawl, Walk, Run applied to ITAM Best Practice (Practical ITAM)
Since the ITAM Forum has been working in strategic partnership with the FinOps Foundation, I’ve come to admire the Crawl, ... -
Stop Shadow IT Before It Hurts Your Business
Shadow IT often spreads quietly and quickly becomes a serious risk. Just look at the UK-based supermarket chain Co-op. A ... -
AI Governance Through an ITAM Lens: Treat AI as a Status Change, Not a New Asset
Managing AI in the enterprise is a team sport. In this article, I want to explore specifically what ITAM brings ...
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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 Pricing Changes: EA Customers Face Price Increases
From 1st November 2025, Microsoft will remove all tiered pricing for Online Services under the Enterprise Agreement. This means all customers renewing or purchasing new Online Services after this date, will receive standard level A pricing ... -
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Tesco Sues Broadcom and Computacenter for £100M
What’s going on? UK retailer Tesco says it bought VMware perpetual licences in 2021 with support and upgrade rights running ... -
Microsoft Q4: Cloud and AI Results Drive Record Revenue
On 30th July 2025, Microsoft released its much-anticipated FY25 Q4 earnings report. The results follow a surprisingly strong Q3, which ... -
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 ...
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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.