A quick guide to Open Source licensing
What is Open Source? Open Source just means free, yes? No. Simply being free does not mean a piece of software is Open Source. The ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 23, 2018
SAM
Why do organizations use SAM Managed Service Providers?
This article is the second of a four part series by Martin Thompson of ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building the Business Case for SAM Managed Services. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 19, 2018
How to establish accountability for cloud spend
This article has been contributed by Bali Kuchipudi of SoftwareONE. How to establish accountability for cloud spend We all know that the cloud has vastly ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: February 14, 2018
15 hidden costs in SAM tool implementation
This article is the first of a four part series by Martin Thompson of ITAM Review and Hugh Skingley of Livingstone. The series explores Building ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 19, 2018
Quick guide to managing Amazon AWS costs
In a recent straw poll of ITAM Review readers it was found that only 27% of organisations have some form of portal or automated provisioning ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 15, 2018
Jochen Hagenlocher: SAM’s impact in 2018
This article has been contributed by Jochen Hagenlocher, Head of SAM at a Fortune 100 Company, ITAM Review Professional of the year 2016, ISO/IEC 19770 ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: January 9, 2018
SAP License Management Certification: Snow Optimizer for SAP Software v2.0
Executive Summary The ITAM Review, an independent community for worldwide ITAM, SAM and Software Licensing professionals, has certified Snow Optimizer for SAP Software v2.0 as ... Read more
Written by: Karen McAllen
Published on: October 24, 2017
Invested in SAM but still failing? – How to forecast and manage future asset demand
License Demand Management Have you invested in SAM infrastructure, spent time persuading processes to stick and hired an awesome team; only for compliance issues to ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 24, 2017
Quick guide to Network Licensing and Software Defined Networking
Networking has seen a dramatic shift from hardware to software defined networking. I asked Tom Nallen, President of Network Licensing Strategies, to give us the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 12, 2017
Competition heats up in SAM Managed Services market; SoftwareONE makes aggressive play for mid-market
Competition in the SAM Managed Services market went up a few degrees this week when the software and services provider SoftwareONE made an aggressive play ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 22, 2017
Compliance and cost savings are table stakes; modern SAM partners should help customers drive innovation
“Compliance and cost savings are table stakes; modern SAM partners should help customers drive innovation.” This was the claim made by Stewart McLuskey, Director of ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 8, 2017
Review: Raynet RayVentory (Inventory and Discovery)
This review provides an overview of the Raynet RayVentory Tool, its competitive strengths and weaknesses and a short analysis. At a Glance RayVentory is a versatile ... Read more
Written by: Victoria Kealy
Published on: July 25, 2017
SAM Managed Services Provider Standard V1.0
In 2013 and 2015 we’ve conducted group tests based on competitive comparisons of SAM Managed Services providers. You can see the previous research here: 2013: ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 18, 2017
SAP user and indirect access reconciliation process
This article suggests a four-step process for managing SAP users and indirect access. It is a mixture of feedback from our SIG calls on SAP ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 13, 2017
Office 365 cost optimisation – is it worth it?
Squeezing best value from Office365 requires a change of thinking from the old world of perpetual device based office: Old School Perpetual device based office: ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 10, 2017
WannaCry? Time to dry your tears and act!
This article has been contributed by Gilles Auchere, Business Development at Econocom and Board Director at Free ICT Europe. The unprecedented ransomware attack that started on ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: May 19, 2017
License compliance a headache? Cloud could make it worse.
As IT and procurement communities are being surrounded by an army of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS sales teams, a potentially dangerous sentiment has grown that ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: May 11, 2017
Everything you need to save money on your next maintenance renewal
This resource provides some pointers on how to save money on your next maintenance renewal, support contract or subscription. It is a guide to the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: April 6, 2017
Software Licensing Training Survey
Here at The ITAM Review, we’ve heard your requests for software licensing training – and we’re working hard to bring you what you need to ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: March 30, 2017
Gamification of Software Asset Management
This may come as a surprise to you, but there are some people that find Software Asset Management and Software Licensing a tedious, dull subject. ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: March 15, 2017