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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.
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    The M&S Cyberattack: How IT Asset Management Can Make or Break Your Recovery

    Marks & Spencer (M&S), the iconic UK retailer, recently became the latest high-profile victim of a devastating cyberattack. Fellow retailers The Co-Op and Harrods were also attacked. Recent reports suggest the rapid action at the Co-Op ...
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  • 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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  • Buyers guide to App stores and request fulfillment

    Buyers guide to App stores and request fulfillment

    Enterprise application stores or online asset request systems are a win-win. They present a great opportunity to automate ITAM, alleviate the ITAM team of customer facing admin whilst providing a better experience to customers. Best of ...
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  • Infographic: ITAM Process Steps, from inventory to SAM

    Infographic: ITAM Process Steps, from inventory to SAM

    This article has been contributed by Dmitry Krupenin of ITAM2.ru.  In this infographic, ‘ITAM Process Steps‘ we show examples of stages for IT Asset Management practices. We visualize such stages as. inventory check, IMAC, cost control, ...
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  • Quick guide to building a three-year roadmap

    Quick guide to building a three-year roadmap

    This quick guide is to accompany module 4 of The ITAM Review 12 Box Training program “How to build a three year ITAM roadmap”. Further details regarding the module can be found here. https.//itassetmanagement.net/training Where are ...
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  • Enterprise SAM tool customer satisfaction scores

    Enterprise SAM tool customer satisfaction scores

    I’m midway through a competitive comparison of the top ten SAM tools for large enterprises. See the original call for participants here and recent market share analysis here. As part of the analysis we’ve collected customer satisfaction ...
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  • Enterprise SAM tool market share analysis

    Enterprise SAM tool market share analysis

    I’m midway through a competitive comparison of the top ten SAM tools for large enterprises. See the original call for participants here. As part of the analysis we’ve collected customer numbers and it is interesting to ...
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  • Managing Amazon Web Services (AWS) costs

    Managing Amazon Web Services (AWS) costs

    Our friends at the big G state that spending on public cloud is growing five times faster than other IT categories (Gartner, Public Cloud Services 2012-2018). Our own research from December last year (How to beat ...
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  • Podcast Episode 19: New licensing body tackles issues directly with software publishers

    Podcast Episode 19: New licensing body tackles issues directly with software publishers

    In this podcast Martin Thompson of The ITAM Review speaks with Peter Van Uden of Global Software Licensing Specialist Expert Circle. Podcast Topics What is GSLSEC and why was it set up? What is the outcome of this ...
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  • Infographic: Building the business case for ITAM

    Infographic: Building the business case for ITAM

    As a result of our recent research into the business case for ITAM sponsored by Cireson, it is clear that software audits continue to dominate the industry as organizations admit to vendor audits being one of ...
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  • Video: Good IT inventory begins with entitlement

    Video: Good IT inventory begins with entitlement

    In preparation for the third module of our 12 Box Training Program next week (How to maintain trustworthy inventory data) I spoke with Danny Begg, SAM Technical Specialist at Home Retail Group. In this video Danny ...
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