ITAM news & analysis

Our aim is to keep you informed and updated. Our analysts cover IT Asset Management, Software Asset Management, Hardware Asset Management, AI, FinOps, GreenOps, Sustainability, Software Licensing, and more. 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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    ITAM at FinOps' Core

    This article is by Kelly Yip; ITAM Thought Leader and Advisor; ITAM Forum Managing and optimising cloud has become a strategic priority as organisations increasingly embrace cloud technologies. As a result of this rapidly changing landscape, ...
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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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  • Tideway and Concorde Join Forces to Provide Software Asset Management in the Data

    The Data Center discovery, dependency mapping and automation specialists Tideway have announced a strategic partnership with UK based software asset management specialists Concorde Solutions. The two companies have joined forces to provide an “automated audit of the software” by ...
  • ManageSoft Adds SKU Library For License Management

    Following the release of Centennial Software’s SKU-centric license management solution “License Manager” last year ManageSoft have announced a ‘long-term pact’ with CCP Software GmbH which will integrate a 100,000 SKU library of software titles into their ...
  • Trading Standards Lends Weight to FAST Campaign

    The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) is to team up with Trading Standards in a pilot campaign based in Cardiff this summer. One thousand companies in the Welsh capital are due to be sent advice on ...
  • Yet Another New Strategy From Rudderless FAST?

    It seems The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has still not solved it’s life long identity crisis. John Lovelock, chief executive of FAST, now claims that FAST will now serve to “bridge the gap between software ...
  • New Software Compliance Manager From Computer Associates

    CA are planning 8 new and updated Compliance and Risk modules to their Enterprise IT Management portfolio. Of particular interest is their new ‘Software Compliance Manager’ which will allow organisations to manage the risks associated with ...
  • Express Metrix Picks up 2008 CODiE "Best Asset Management Solution"

    Express Metrix have picked up the 2008 CODiE award for “Best Asset Management Solution”.  The award was based on “the solution that best audits and managed software audits”. Express Metrix beat off Centennial Software‘s SAM Suite, ...
  • For Every 10 Software Installs Worldwide, 6 are Paid For

    According to the BSA the UK Piracy rate dropped 1% to 26% in 2007. The BSA claims “The reduction follows significant investment by the BSA in both education and enforcement programmes over the last year in ...
  • Forrester Webcast: Managing IT Operations During the Economic Downturn

    For the ‘the cup is half empty’ folks, Centennial Software are offering a webcast with Forrester Research outlining how to manage IT during leaner times. The ondemand webcast is available via the Centennial Software website. 
  • Have software licences and anti-piracy gone too far?

    An interesting article by Martin Brampton; The Brampton Factor. Licensed to bill  Software piracy may well be a very bad thing. But does it justify inflicting misery on legitimate software buyers, asks Martin Brampton. There is ...
  • Vector Offers Managed Service Providers Web-enabled IT Asset Management Solution

    Vector Networks today announced an initiative to develop new partnerships with Managed Service Providers, focused on a Web-based implementation of its proven IT Asset Management solution set. Having trialled the Web implementation extensively in its customer ...

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