Software licensing for academic environments is different to corporate organisations as vendors want young people to use their software from an early age. They believe ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 21, 2015
Microsoft licenses are massively complex, and there are a number of different Microsoft license metrics that an organisation needs to manage and keep on top ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 16, 2015
Making savings on software licenses are one of the key selling points for any organisations implementing SAM. Savings on software licenses can, in essence, ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 26, 2015
At the ITAM Review, we are often giving our readers and fellow ITAM professionals advice on what to look out for when picking a SAM ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 23, 2015
Here at the ITAM Review we are always being asked about how organisations can make their ITAM function more proactive and efficient. One of the ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 18, 2015
SAM Skills Workshop Synopsis: The SAM Skills workshop is a free to attend, joint event brought to you by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: June 9, 2015
This article has been contributed by Peter Beruk of 1E. Back in late 2013, David Bicket, former convener of Working Group 21 (WG21) for the ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: June 8, 2015
Introduction All organisations face risks with their software licenses. Some enterprise organisations will have hundreds of thousands of different applications and thousands of different software ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 4, 2015
Introduction Over the past ten years or so, software asset management (SAM) has seen a large increase in demand and interest in its services. SAM ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 29, 2015
We’ve completed a number of SAM maturity assessments for end user organisations over the last few years. Companies typically want an external and independent perspective ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: May 26, 2015
Welcome to the first in our series for our new feature – The End User Review. We have had a number of entries for this ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 22, 2015
Software license ownership is a common talking point within organisations. Who owns the license, or who has taken responsibility for ‘ownership’? It may be the ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 20, 2015
Subscription licensing is a hot topic within the SAM (software asset management) world at the moment, with a number of organisations dipping their toes into ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 18, 2015
Ao longo de quase duas décadas de vida profissional, não é raro encontrar momentos em que me questiono se o que ouvimos de nossos clientes ... Read more
Written by: André Rangel
Published on: May 14, 2015
It’s a fact. Tools are useless without people, just like a hammer is a pointless instrument without someone actually using it, and a chainsaw is extremely ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 7, 2015
On April 28th, 2015, we hosted an IBM and SAP seminar in London, with the aim of providing ITAM professionals a day full of IBM ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: May 5, 2015
Introduction This is part 1 of 2 on managing applications on mobile assets. Part 2 is coming soon! Mobile assets are becoming more important due to ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: April 27, 2015
As SAM pros we all hear about the value of identifying unused software. A recent study from 1E has examined the applications most likely to ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 7, 2015
Given the massive shift the IT world is currently experiencing towards more service-focused delivery of all compute resources, it should come as no surprise to ... Read more
Written by: Adrian Bridgwater
Published on: April 5, 2015
One of the most asked questions that we, at The ITAM Review, get asked is “How can I prevent being audited?”. The answer is always ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: March 27, 2015