This article has been put together to help shape AJ Witt’s session at the 2018 UK Conference – I never learned anything from a win. ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: May 1, 2018
This article has been contributed by Mark van Wolferen of b.lay. The SAM tool market is growing, but not as much as expected, according to ... Read more
Written by: Mark van Wolferen
Published on: April 23, 2018
Gartner this week published their first ever research into the SAM Tools marketplace and the results are a mix of surprises and expectations. It is ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: April 20, 2018
This article is the fourth and final part of a four part series by Martin Thompson of The ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building the Business Case ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 18, 2018
A lifecycle that is too often ignored is that of the end user. Within ITAM, we will react to software and hardware installations, patches and ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 5, 2018
I recently polled some of the leading SAM tool vendors for their customer numbers. I was keen to understand how much the market had grown ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 27, 2018
This Podcast is sponsored by SAM Charter. Click here for your free SAM Eco System In this Podcast, I am joined by Darryl Sackett of ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 23, 2018
Microsoft, SAP, SUSE, Cisco, CA, and HPE have joined an initiative to help combat open source licensing difficulties; reducing the penalties forinadvertent non-compliance with open ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 21, 2018
GitHub, the online home of over 20 million developers, have open-sourced “Licensed” – their own, internal tool for managing Open Source licenses. What does it ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 21, 2018
This article is the third of a four part series by Martin Thompson of The ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building the Business ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: March 13, 2018
This article has been contributed by David Chamberlain of License Dashboard Software Compliance plays a leading role in both ITAM and SAM, with business decisions ... Read more
Written by: David Chamberlain
Published on: March 13, 2018
Many companies use VMware as their virtualization technology. Many companies use Oracle as their database technology. It’s great that the two co-exist so well, making ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 9, 2018
Licensing Oracle in a VMware environment can be full of risks and requires deep understanding and careful planning to ensure compliance. Join Rich Gibbons, Microsoft ... Read more
Written by: Karen McAllen
Published on: March 6, 2018
What is Open Source? Open Source just means free, yes? No. Simply being free does not mean a piece of software is Open Source. The ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 23, 2018
This article is the second of a four part series by Martin Thompson of ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building the Business Case for SAM Managed Services. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 19, 2018
This article has been contributed by Bali Kuchipudi of SoftwareONE. How to establish accountability for cloud spend We all know that the cloud has vastly ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: February 14, 2018
What are Containers? Containers can be viewed as the next step in virtualisation. They’re smaller, faster and easier to work with than traditional Virtual Machines ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 5, 2018
Spectre and Meltdown, two major CPU based vulnerabilities recently discovered by Google’s “Project Zero” team, have caused quite the stir over the first couple of ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: January 30, 2018
This update on ISO has been provided by David Bicket. David writes: “Edition 3 of ISO/IEC 19770-1 for Software and IT Asset Management has recently ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 19, 2018
This article is the first of a four part series by Martin Thompson of ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 19, 2018