We recently wrote An Introduction to Mobile Device Management (MDM) outlining what it is and what are considered mobile devices. The next question is, does ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: January 27, 2015
A reader writes: “What is the industry standard way of calculating ITAM accuracy?” I’m not sure about the ‘industry standard’ way, but I’ll share techniques ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 24, 2014
Recap We previously looked at what exactly mobile device management (MDM) is and the types of solutions available to organisations. In part two we dive ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: October 10, 2014
Martin Thompson and I were recently commissioned to write an overview of options for Hardware Asset Tagging for a client. The client has kindly let ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: September 5, 2014
Mobile devices are increasing in popularity within organisations. With so many mobile device types and options currently on the market, organisations are spoilt for choice ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 25, 2014
This is part two of a two-part series on environment recognition. See part one here: ‘Modern SAM requires ‘Environment Recognition’ as much as ‘Software Recognition’. ... Read more
Written by: Hugh Skingley
Published on: July 17, 2014
The most common challenge we face when starting a new software / IT asset management project is obtaining reliable data on exactly how many assets ... Read more
Written by: Filipa Preston
Published on: July 30, 2013
ISACA has this month released news of more than 40 customisable IT audit/assurance programmes, which have been developed to help IT auditors who are facing increasing ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: February 3, 2013
This article has been contributed by Stephen Midgley, Vice President Global Marketing at Absolute Software. In this article Stephen explains how to securely navigate the ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: January 29, 2013
I have been investigating technology that might enable a company to develop a ‘Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)’ policy or more advanced management of company owned ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 24, 2012
I recently stumbled across this unique way of ensuring hard drives are destroyed. You might call it ‘labour intensive’, but at least you get to ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 8, 2012
The ITAM Review has learned of yet more disquiet in the public sector data arena recently with two London councils being severely rapped for breaches ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: April 4, 2012
If you want to develop a policy for the management of mobile devices in your organization – what should be included? What is in scope? ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 30, 2012
This best practice guide has been contributed by UK charity Computer Aid International. The research and recommendations in this guide are aimed at UK companies. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 21, 2011
This article has been contributed by Robert Whittle at Asset Control. One of the fundamental requirements for the IT Asset Manager is ensuring the security ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 17, 2011
This article has been contributed by Kylie Fowler. Kylie is an experienced IT Asset Manager and writes Practical ITAM. Here she shares her views on ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: June 30, 2009
Bringing consumer assets into an overall asset management strategy. This article has been contributed by Dan Power, managing director EMEA for KACE, a systems management ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 16, 2009
HP announced yesterday the release of RFID functionality into it’s hardware. Those customers using an HP RFID solution can take advantage of greater asset visibility ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: June 11, 2008