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.
What’s going on? UK retailer Tesco says it bought VMware perpetual licences in 2021 with support and upgrade rights running to 2026, plus an option ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 15, 2025
The ITAM Forum’s 2025 global ITAM research report in partnership with Azul reveals some fascinating insights into the financial, operational, and compliance risks involved in ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 16, 2025
The FinOps Foundation’s recent release of the 2025 FinOps Framework expands its focus beyond public cloud services to encompass a broader spectrum of technology expenditures, ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: April 8, 2025
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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 ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: April 25, 2024
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ITAM, AI, FinOps, Containers, ESG, security… Back in January I wrote about my picks from the agenda for Wisdom NA 2024. Building up to the ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 27, 2024
A Quest Software audit is in court (again). Here I am, back with another story of a software vendor treating one of their customers in ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: January 31, 2024
As you may have seen, following the completion of the Broadcom acquisition, “VMware by Broadcom” are no longer offering perpetual licenses for their products as ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: January 30, 2024
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In the September edition of ITAMantics, Rich, AJ and George discuss Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk, ITAM’s role in corporate credit ratings, SAP buying LeanIX, Josys ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 26, 2023
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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
The following article by James Bell, senior ITAM consultant at License Dashboard, explores the merits of taking a hybrid approach to your SAM programme by ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: August 8, 2023
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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
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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
Now is your chance to ask the auditors all those questions you’ve been too afraid to ask Do you wake up in a cold sweat ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: May 24, 2023
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Did you know we now have two ITAM Review podcasts? The podcast and The articles and they’re both now available on spotify We launched the ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: February 21, 2023
In this podcast AJ Witt from ITAM Review discusses the results of a survey on Audit Trends with Michael Corey & Dean Bolton from LicenseFortress. ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: February 8, 2023
Evan Boyd, Vice President of Business Development at Software Licensing Consultants discusses the increased Oracle audit activity they saw last year. In the face of ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: January 12, 2023
Over the next 12 days, the ITAM Review is going to treat you to some daily ITAM insights to carry you through the festive season. ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: December 25, 2022
In this episode of the ITAM Review podcast AJ Witt & Silke Henderson-Stuenkel of Matrix42 discuss what’s new in Oracle Java licensing including: Introduction to ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: November 29, 2022
In this latest podcast focused on stealth software audits, I sit down once again with four great guests: We have another action-packed discussion covering Oracle, ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 6, 2022
An audit clause within a software agreement is the mechanism used by software publishers to instigate a software audit. Software is not “owned” but instead ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 12, 2021