Outsource ITAM or keep in-house?
When should you outsource ITAM to a third party? When does it make more sense to keep resources in house? This article is in response ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 16, 2017
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Podcast Episode 28: Quick Guide to ISO/IEC 19770-1
In this podcast, I am joined by Rory Canavan of SAM Charter to share his views and experiences on ISO/IEC 19770-1 Standard. Throughout the podcast, Rory ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 9, 2017
Excellence Awards Profile: SAM at Roche; Think big, start small
The SAM team at Roche won the ITAM Review Project of the Year 2016 in our Excellence Awards in November. In this article George Arezina shares ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 31, 2017
Discovery, software recognition and optimisation in a SaaS world
Many ITAM Review readers are yet to get their arms around the issue of managing the risk and cost of cloud based software. Whilst it ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 23, 2017
Making 2017 “The Software Asset Management Year” for your Organization
Many organizations are overspending on Software and at the same time are at risk of non-compliance by not keeping their Software Assets & Usage under ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: January 4, 2017
How the ITAM Review 12 Box Model maps to ISO/IEC 19770
The table below shows how the 12 Box model from The ITAM Review compares to the International Standard for SAM, ISO/IEC 19770-1 (2012). The major ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 14, 2016
Ending the vendor audit cycle
This article has been contributed by Walker White of BDNA. Ending the vendor audit cycle Vendor software and hardware audits have become so common in ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: November 15, 2016
What stops organizations from executing effective Software Asset Management?
If your organization is running an in-house Software Asset Management program, the chances are your SAM team can boil their activity down to one ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: November 2, 2016
Can you resell software licenses? The latest legal position in 2016
This is a guest post from Robin Fry of Cerno. The European Court has restated the legality of the resale of software in Europe in ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: October 31, 2016
Live from SAMPARIS16 – French SAM market growing, beware HP software audit risk
I’m at SAMPARIS2016 in Paris for the second annual SAM event hosted by Easytrust. I attended the event last year too and it’s great to ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 14, 2016
SAM Tool Selection Kit (Free Download)
I’m pleased to share a SAM Tool Selection Tool Kit for ITAM Review readers facing the challenge of the SAM tool selection process. The RFI ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 13, 2016
$247 Average software waste per user
1E have published some interesting research into the volume of unused software in large organizations. Their analysis is based on reviewing the actual usage data ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: October 3, 2016
2016 SAM Tools Universe
I am pleased to announce the publication of our ‘2016 SAM Tools Universe‘ report, an independent assessment of leading SAM tools for large enterprises. It ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 27, 2016
The rising importance of user management
In this video Filipa Preston, CEO of Software Optimization Services (SOS), shares why she believes user management is a growing priority for Software Asset Managers. ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 8, 2016
ServiceNow enters SAM market by the back door, upsets partners
I’ve heard from ITAM Review readers that ServiceNow is approaching them with a full SAM offering in partnership with another software company. This is in ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 1, 2016
Increasing your chances of a favourable audit settlement
In this video, Brian Ross Global Audit Director of Veritas Technologies, talks to us about increasing your chances of a favourable audit settlement by maintaining a positive and productive relationship ... Read more
Written by: Victoria Kealy
Published on: August 11, 2016
How to conquer complex licensing
Our 12-box training module back in June covered ‘How to sweat software assets’ and manage entitlement, this month we extend the topic by looking at the ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: August 9, 2016
How SAM empowers CyberSecurity
In this video Vincent Smyth, SVP EMEA of Flexera Software shares his opinion on the increased level security risks relating to applications over the past two ... Read more
Written by: Victoria Kealy
Published on: August 4, 2016
Quick guide to Microsoft BYOL (Bring your own licensing)
This quick guide to Microsoft BYOL (Bring Your Own Licensing) has been contributed by Deepika Shrivastava. Cloud computing has been attributed with increasing competitiveness through cost ... Read more
Written by: Guest Contributor
Published on: August 2, 2016
Microsoft: “Shelfware should be conceded”
Mark Bradford, UK head of Software Asset Management (SAM) and Compliance at Microsoft, suggests that Shelfware should be conceded and customers should not be punished for honest ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 19, 2016