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.
This article has been contributed by George Arezina, Head of Global Software Asset Management at F. Hoffman La Roche AG – 2018 ITAM Professional of the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 4, 2019
Cloud computing continues to grow among businesses the world over, and Amazon have recently taken a big step to keep their offering front of mind ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 19, 2018
F5 Networks, the long-standing networking and application services vendor, recently released the latest in a series of reports tracking the Internet of Things (IoT) security ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 17, 2018
In this podcast I’m joined by Hugh Skingley of Livingstone Tech and Patrick Phillips of Red Rock, a DXC Technology Company. We discuss setting realistic ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 7, 2018
Management and governance of cloud assets is a big, and growing, area for ITAM professionals to tackle. As more assets sit in the cloud, they ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: December 5, 2018
How Artificial Intelligence is being applied to ITAM. In this podcast I’m joined by Nick Youell of Scalable Software. Topics covered include: Intro to Nick and ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 16, 2018
The USA’s National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) have published a Cyber Security Guide for ITAM. The publication was co-written with the National Cyber ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: November 15, 2018
Our 2018 User Survey results are in & our readers see an ITAM future of new reporting lines and new responsibilities. In order to get ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: November 12, 2018
Thank you to everyone that took the time to complete our “State of ITAM” community survey last month. This article shares some of the preliminary ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 7, 2018
The Secondary Software Market, created by an EU-ruling in 2012, is not just about sourcing second-hand copies of old licenses, or getting some money back ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: October 26, 2018
Open Source software vendors are starting to fight back at what they perceive to be the misuse of their products by global cloud providers. Sick ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 24, 2018
This article was prompted by a discussion with an ITAM Review reader, asking how they should maximise the value of an expensive tool deployment that ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: October 18, 2018
SaaS usage continues to grow, seemingly outstripping every industry benchmark or estimate. For Software Asset Managers it is undoubtedly here to stay. Whilst perpetual ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: October 3, 2018
The latest figures from SaaS Management tool vendor Zylo show that companies are getting worse at SaaS spend management. Typically, tool vendors in this market ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: September 28, 2018
If you could choose only one area to focus your SAM efforts on, what should it be? If you’re a large organisation with process-based approaches ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: September 20, 2018
ServiceNow held a launch event on Tuesday 12th September for their London release, skilfully avoiding a scheduling conflict with a slightly bigger event just down ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: September 19, 2018
In this podcast I’m joined by Adrian Mulligan from ELS in Australia. Podcast Topics Overspend tactics: Maintenance payments will secure upgrade rights Support calls with ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 17, 2018
Here is the second of the ITAM Review Market Guides – this time looking at tools and services to help manage IaaS (Infrastructure as a ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 31, 2018
At our UK Conference I called for SAM teams to forge strong ties with their colleagues in IT Security and Compliance. My session highlighted how ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: August 31, 2018
As Software Asset Managers we are used to managing both risk and cost. Whilst the two go hand in hand when managing perpetually licensed software ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: August 23, 2018