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
Editors Note: A warm welcome to André Rangel, contributing our first article in Portuguese. Um caminho para redução dos custos de TI, riscos associados e ... Read more
Written by: André Rangel
Published on: October 5, 2014
September News Round Up It’s been a reasonably busy month in the world of ITAM for September, with the biggest news coming from Oracle. The ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: October 2, 2014
The ITAM Review team attended the European version of Gartner’s ITAM Summit in London last week for great networking and ITAM and IT procurement led ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 26, 2014
This article has been contributed by Daniel Power at OneLogin The official end-of-life for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is fast approaching, and with 11 million estimated ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: September 16, 2014
The views of the writer in no way reflect those of the organisations he’s working or worked in. Pick any definition you like of Software ... Read more
Written by: Brent Jarnell
Published on: September 16, 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
I suspect the reason many folks get in such a bind with designing a process to handle software requests is that they try and bundle ... Read more
Written by: Rory Canavan
Published on: September 1, 2014
Back in March of last year I wrote of the Skills and Experience required for the ITAM profession. I talked about the key qualities of ... Read more
Written by: Paul Sheehan
Published on: August 12, 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 article has been contributed by Richard Thompson, founder member of Central Technology, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner who frequently manage SAM reviews for customers. We ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: July 22, 2014
The ITAM Review Podcast Episode 3 Hosted by Martin Thompson Guests: Mark Sales, Software Asset Manager at Vinci Construction Rory Canavan, Independent Consultant, SAM Charter ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 18, 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
In the long (or not so long, if you look at it historically) transition of IT from an inscrutable, arcane new force in corporate America ... Read more
Written by: Dennis Drogseth
Published on: July 9, 2014
I started my previous article trying to paint a rough picture of what our ITAM estate was like without giving too much away and blowing ... Read more
Written by: The Secret IT Manager
Published on: July 2, 2014
Over the last few years software licensing has shifted from predominately perpetual device-based licensing to user-based subscription licensing. Subscription licensing has also introduced us to ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: July 1, 2014
We are not yet at that stage with inventory systems where they can tell us what classification or type of server a particular machine is. ... Read more
Written by: Rory Canavan
Published on: June 27, 2014
What does the future hold for software? How will it be delivered, how will it be priced, and will we ever be able to move ... Read more
Written by: Filipa Preston
Published on: June 19, 2014
EULA stands for “End User License Agreement”. The EULA can also be known as a software license agreement. What does this mean? The EULA is ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: June 4, 2014
This is another area of Software Asset Management that often gets over-looked; namely the updating and maintaining of data concerning named user licenses. This could ... Read more
Written by: Rory Canavan
Published on: May 28, 2014