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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.

Gartner Magic Quadrant SAM Managed Services - Our Analysis

Executive Summary Gartner has released the 4th edition of its SAM Managed Services Magic Quadrant. This edition highlights nine key capabilities delivered consistently across major markets by dedicated resources, spanning a wide range of publishers. Notably, ...

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- Digital document solutions - why every ITAM professional should be managing one
  
  In the face of growing environmental concerns and the urgent need for sustainable practices, the role of ITAM is expanding. ...
- ITAM is an investment in cybersecurity, not a cost
  
  In the following article, Rishi Simbudyal from Teqtivity explains why ITAM is so critical to cyber security, and why cybersecurity ...
- The Dutch Police Achieves ISO 19770-1 Certification
  
  The Dutch Police recently became the 4th organisation (ever!) to achieve ISO 19770-1 certification for its ITAM management system. This ...
How to win at job interviews

We sit down with Damian Harris, Global Talent Acquisition Manager at ITAM Review Careers, to get some tips for smashing it in your next interview.

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Gartner Magic Quadrant SAM Managed Services - Our Analysis

Executive Summary Gartner has released the 4th edition of its SAM Managed Services Magic Quadrant. This edition highlights nine key capabilities delivered consistently across major markets by dedicated resources, spanning a wide range of publishers. Notably, ...

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- Digital document solutions - why every ITAM professional should be managing one
  
  In the face of growing environmental concerns and the urgent need for sustainable practices, the role of ITAM is expanding. ...
- ITAM is an investment in cybersecurity, not a cost
  
  In the following article, Rishi Simbudyal from Teqtivity explains why ITAM is so critical to cyber security, and why cybersecurity ...
- The Dutch Police Achieves ISO 19770-1 Certification
  
  The Dutch Police recently became the 4th organisation (ever!) to achieve ISO 19770-1 certification for its ITAM management system. This ...
The Software Licensing of Robots

Robots are increasingly present in our day-to-day lives. If you thought licensing servers was difficult, imagine licensing devices of higher complexity that walk around and interact with the virtual and the physical world.

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Forewarned is forearmed. Get the latest news and advice on the ever-present challenge of software publisher audits here. Who is auditing right now? How and when should you respond to an audit? Stick here to stay informed on the latest audit trends, patterns and behaviours.

ITAMantics - April 2024

Welcome to the April 2024 edition of ITAMantics, our monthly news podcast where we discuss the biggest ITAM stories from the last month. George is joined this month by AJ Witt and Ryan Stefani. Stories tackled ...

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- ITAM & AI, FinOps, Containers, ESG, security: The many ways in which ITAM has matured beyond its roots
  
  ITAM, AI, FinOps, Containers, ESG, security… Back in January I wrote about my picks from the agenda for Wisdom NA ...
- Another Quest audit ends up in court
  
  A Quest Software audit is in court (again). Here I am, back with another story of a software vendor treating ...
- As some VMware products come to an end some customers face 1200% price rises
  
  As you may have seen, following the completion of the Broadcom acquisition, “VMware by Broadcom” are no longer offering perpetual ...
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Gartner Magic Quadrant SAM Managed Services - Our Analysis

Executive Summary Gartner has released the 4th edition of its SAM Managed Services Magic Quadrant. This edition highlights nine key capabilities delivered consistently across major markets by dedicated resources, spanning a wide range of publishers. Notably, ...

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- Does increased regulation benefit software buyers?
  
  One of the less prominent battlegrounds in the upcoming US presidential election will be regulatory oversight of so-called “Big Tech” ...
- Licenseware Earns 'Microsoft License Management' Certification
  
  We’re thrilled to announce Licenseware as the first recipient of our certification for Microsoft License Management! Licenseware was evaluated for ...
- Microsoft: June 2024 Q4 and FY24 Results
  
  Microsoft Corp recently announced its June 2024 Q4 and FY24 end-of-year results. Looking at the overall results across all sectors, ...
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Rethinking sustainability: Is it time for a return to the desktop PC?

Earlier this year I replaced an aging MacBook Air with a Mac Mini desktop as my primary working device. This was cost effective – at around 2/3rds of the price of the cheapest MacBook – and ...

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ITAMantics - November 2023

This month Rich, George and AJ tackle the biggest stories to rock the ITAM World in November. Note that the BIGGEST story of the month happened the day after we recorded this, so there is no ...

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Harnessing the power of Microsoft Copilot: A guide for business decision makers

Download this new Microsoft Copilot guide from the ITAM Review and SoftwareOne to help business decision makers navigate Microsoft’s new AI assistant Introducing Microsoft Copilot Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered productivity tool that coordinates large language ...

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Digital Platform Conductors for ITAM and FinOps (podcast)

In this podcast Rich speaks to Paul Deur from ReadyWorks about how Digital Platform Conductors tools can help organisations manage infrastructure and costs across a modern hybrid organisation. Assets are both on-premises and in the cloud ...

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What ITAM can learn from contract management: Lessons from Schiphol Airport

What can ITAM learn from contract management? ITAM Arjen Hamerling is IT Contract Manager at Schiphol Group, the owner and operator of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Arjen is responsible for both Software Asset Management and Contract Management ...

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The importance of data to successful ITAM (podcast)

In this podcast, Rich talks to ITAM professional and USU customer Jillian McCue, and Robbie Plourde of USU about the importance of data across an organisation. They discuss strategies to best engage stakeholders across the business, ...

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Request for Comments – ITAM Review Microsoft Certification

We want your help in finalising the ITAM Review Microsoft Certification. ITAM Review Certifications are designed to enable tool and service buyers to assess potential purchases against common community-sourced standards. Currently we have standards for Oracle, ...

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AI Driving 2024 IT Agenda: Snow Software report

The Snow Software IT Priorities Report has found that artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating the mindshare of IT leaders this year and next, with 72% of IT leaders believing their organization will be using more AI ...

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USU Software Asset Management certified for Enterprise SAM

USU Software Asset Management has been certified for Enterprise SAM against the ITAM Review’s community-sourced Enterprise SAM Tool Certification Standard. ITAM Industry Analyst AJ Witt said. ”Since we first certified this solution USU have carried out ...

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