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.
Vendor Lock-In, What Every ITAM Professional Needs to Know. Your renewal is in three months. The supplier knows you cannot leave. That is vendor lock-in, ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 23, 2026
Accurate ITAM data strengthens careers and helps expand teams. I’ve seen it with my own eyes, people drive up the accuracy of their ITAM data, ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 28, 2026
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 ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 3, 2025
Since the ITAM Forum has been working in strategic partnership with the FinOps Foundation, I’ve come to admire the Crawl, Walk, Run approach to best ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 4, 2025
New and interesting research from WanAware hits at the nub of the disconnect many IT Asset Managers might feel about the value they deliver. The ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 13, 2025
Effective data management is crucial for successful IT asset management. Leveraging a structured approach like the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle can help structure your efforts. This ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: January 21, 2025
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This article is by Elise Cocks; IT Asset and License Management – Director; Freddie Mac On the 17th October, the NIS 2 directive came into ... Read more
Written by: Jennifer Carr
Published on: November 7, 2024
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We’re now over a decade on from Adobe’s controversial switch to subscription (SaaS) licensing for its key products. Salesforce, the pioneers of SaaS, is in ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: October 11, 2024
In the following article, Rishi Simbudyal from Teqtivity explains why ITAM is so critical to cyber security, and why cybersecurity professionals need ITAM more than ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: May 2, 2024
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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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The Dutch Police recently became the 4th organisation (ever!) to achieve ISO 19770-1 certification for its ITAM management system. This is a massive achievement, and, ... Read more
Written by: Jennifer Carr
Published on: April 25, 2024
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What software vendor insights can be gained from the latest financial results from Amazon, Google, Broadcom, Salesforce, IBM and SAP? An important part of ITAM ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: April 16, 2024
The following article was written by Matt Verlaque, COO of SaaS Academy and co-founder of High-Speed Ventures. In this article Matt provides a blueprint for ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: April 11, 2024
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Welcome to the March 2024 edition of ITAMantics, where George, Rich and Ryan discuss the month’s ITAM news. Up for discussion this month are: Listen ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 31, 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
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The FinOps Foundation has added a new Licensing & SaaS capability to the FinOps Framework. Announced during a series of updates to the FinOps Framework ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 26, 2024
While FinOps might be getting all the attention right now, Hardware Asset Management (HAM) has remained a powerful force. And with two Greatest Hits albums ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 21, 2024
In another joint ITAM Review / ITAM Forum podcast, George Wright and Jennifer Carr join forces to interview Sarah Marriott, director at Anglepoint. Sarah won ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 19, 2024
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Ahead of his upcoming talk about how GCI leveraged generative AI, we spoke with Matt Graves, VP – Enterprise Data & Analytics to learn a ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 15, 2024
As hybrid environments become the norm within organisations, considering what you can run where is a key component of system architecture and IT Asset Management. ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 13, 2024