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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.
CASB

Best PracticeSecurity

Market Guide – Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB)

This month’s Market Guide looks at Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB). These tools, usually maintained by network or security teams, are a key component in ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: October 1, 2019

Don't be fooled - VMware are still relevant

Best PracticeIaaS Management

Don’t let cloud adoption fool you – VMware are still relevant

It’s easy to think, in these days of ever greater cloud infrastructure adoption, that VMware doesn’t have the clout they once did in the IT ... Read more

Written by: Barry Pilling

Published on: September 5, 2019

Best PracticeSaaS Management

SaaS Subscription Optimisation – Market Trends

This month’s Market Guide is an update to the guide to the SaaS Optimisation market published in July 2018. That guide indicated that the market ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: August 29, 2019

Best PracticeSaaS Management

The CIO’s Guide to saving $4000 per employee annually

This article has been co-authored with Dusan Omercevic, CEO & Founder of Cleanshelf  Executive Summary New research4 indicates that SaaS spending is topping $13k per ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: August 27, 2019

New SAM Consultants James, Leah, and Huw

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Starting out as a SAM Consultant

ITAM is a growing industry. Salaries have risen 15% in two years, and more organisations are hiring for ITAM roles, but it’s taking longer than ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: August 20, 2019

Luke Whittaker, Tokio Marine Kiln, putting the ITAM Brain into managing public cloud

Best PracticeIaaS Management

Luke Whittaker, Tokio Marine Kiln – Inserting the ITAM brain into managing public cloud

Managing Public Cloud Thank you to Luke Whittaker, License and Configuration Analyst at Tokio Marine Kiln for sharing his views on managing public cloud. I ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: August 20, 2019

Business Analyst & Architecture

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Strategic stakeholder engagement – ITAM for Business Analysts & Architects

This article – ITAM for Business Analysts & Architects – is the fourth in a four part series by AJ Witt of ITAM Review written in ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: July 30, 2019

ITIL v4 Service Value System

Best PracticeSAM

ITIL4 – how it influences Software Asset Management practices

Version 4 of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL4) was released in Q1 in 2019. This article, from guest contributor James Jones, looks at how ... Read more

Written by: James Jones

Published on: July 25, 2019

Best PracticeSaaS Management

Practical Cloud Optimisation for AWS, Azure, & SaaS

This is the final article of a four part series by AJ Witt of ITAM Review and Josh Brazee of Aspera. The series explores concepts ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: July 23, 2019

Julia Veall Vodafone UK

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Julia Veall, Vodafone UK – What I like about my ITAM role

In order to encourage more people into ITAM roles, I think it’s important to share what people love about their ITAM careers. Thanks to Julia ... Read more

Written by: Martin Thompson

Published on: July 18, 2019

Best PracticeIaaS ManagementPodcasts

Podcast Episode 67: “Asset Managers can bring unique value to the cloud”, Patricia Adams – Flexera

  I sat down with Patricia Adams, Senior Director of Strategy for Flexera, to talk about the cloud (primarily IaaS like Microsoft Azure and Amazon ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: July 11, 2019

Best PracticeSecurity

Engaging IT Security Operations in your ITAM Programme

This article is the third of a four part series by AJ Witt of ITAM Review written in collaboration with ServiceNow’s Ryan Wood-Taylor & Peter ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: July 9, 2019

Best PracticeHAM

Market Guide – Mobile Device Management

June’s Market Guide looks at tools for Mobile Device Management. This is a market that has settled into maturity following a rapid growth phase as ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: June 28, 2019

Cloud Management Team structure for ITAM

Best PracticeSaaS Management

Get Cloud Ready – People, Processes, and Tools for Cloud Management

This article is the third of a four part series by AJ Witt of ITAM Review and Josh Brazee of Aspera. The series explores concepts ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: June 20, 2019

Best PracticeSaaS Management

Call for speakers: Wisdom Australia 2019 & USA 2020

Upcoming conferences With our conferences newly named “Wisdom”, November 2019 sees us head to Melbourne for our 3rd Australian conference, and then in March 2020 ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: June 18, 2019

Pre-owned software legalities

Best PracticeSAM

Second-hand Software: Legalities & Business Models

This article was written by Rich Gibbons of ITAM Review and Noel Unwin of Discount Licensing. In July 2012, the second-hand software market received a ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: June 5, 2019

Best PracticeSAM

Pre-owned Software: Yes, it’s okay

This article has been written by Rich Gibbons of ITAM Review and Michael Vilain of Relicense. The pre-owned software market has been around for longer ... Read more

Written by: Rich Gibbons

Published on: June 3, 2019

Best PracticeSustainability

Market Guide – Secure Hard Drive Erasure

This month’s Market Guide looks at options for managing assets at the end of the ITAM lifecycle. A vital part of Retire is ensuring that ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: May 30, 2019

Blockchain

Best PracticeSAM

Blockchain for Software License Management

This article has been contributed by Alex Cojocaru, Senior Advisor, at Ernst & Young.  Since the emergence of mainstream computing, software copyright and licensing became the main ... Read more

Written by: Alex Cojocaru

Published on: May 27, 2019

Best PracticeSAM

How to co-create business value with Strategic ITAM

This article is the first of a four part series by AJ Witt of ITAM Review written in collaboration with ServiceNow’s Ryan Wood-Taylor & Peter ... Read more

Written by: AJ Witt

Published on: May 23, 2019

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