Software Asset Management (SAM) has evolved far beyond its traditional roots in license compliance and procurement oversight. In our complex digital environments, modern SAM is ... Read more
Written by: Kelly Yip
Published on: April 11, 2025
Hot on the heels of Broadcom’s announcement of the end of perpetual licences for VMware it has given customers barely a week to download any ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: April 23, 2024
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News of a new Broadcom deal rarely arrives with great fanfare. The November 2023 VMware acquisition provoked open worry online and in business circles, with ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: April 23, 2024
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What software vendor insights can be gained from the latest financial results from Amazon, Google, Broadcom, Salesforce, IBM and SAP? An important part of ITAM ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: April 16, 2024
What is Enterprise Technology Management? In this podcast we sit down with Arthur Lozinski, CEO and Co-Founder of Oomnitza, to talk about the changing face ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 2, 2024
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ITAM, AI, FinOps, Containers, ESG, security… Back in January I wrote about my picks from the agenda for Wisdom NA 2024. Building up to the ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 27, 2024
As hybrid environments become the norm within organisations, considering what you can run where is a key component of system architecture and IT Asset Management. ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 13, 2024
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According to a new survey published today by Oomnitza, roughly half of organizations have experienced a significant increase in their audit budget expenditures due to ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: March 8, 2024
The following article from Abhik Chowdhury, Content Writer at OpenLM explores the critical, but often overlooked, role of license dongle management. If we take into consideration ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: February 20, 2024
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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 ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: November 23, 2023
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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% ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 9, 2023
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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 ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: November 7, 2023
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ITAM Review is pleased to announce it has certified USU Oracle Optimization for management of Oracle Databases, Middleware, and Java licenses against our open community-sourced ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: October 25, 2023
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Our latest podcast covers Oracle Java licensing analysis from LicenseFortress and Beeman & Muchmore. We’re approaching 12 months since Oracle made major changes to their ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 19, 2023
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Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Catherine Zhang, Senior Manager of Cloud Optimisation at Commonwealth Bank in Australia. As a FinOps specialist, ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: October 17, 2023
The following is a guest article from Evan Boyd, VP of Global Operations at Software Licensing Consultants While the U.S. economic outlook has brightened a ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: October 9, 2023
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In the September edition of ITAMantics, Rich, AJ and George discuss Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk, ITAM’s role in corporate credit ratings, SAP buying LeanIX, Josys ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 26, 2023
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In our latest ITAM Review podcast, Rich speaks with Fabian Gutschera, Team Lead for SAM Solution Sales at USU about Software Portfolio Management (SPM). Fabian ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: September 12, 2023
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Are ITAM tools vendors suffering from Shiny Penny Syndrome? With all the hype around big trends like FinOps and sustainability, can you blame software vendors ... Read more
Written by: George Wright
Published on: August 24, 2023
The following article by James Bell, senior ITAM consultant at License Dashboard, explores the merits of taking a hybrid approach to your SAM programme by ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: August 8, 2023