SAM
Virima review
[wp-review] Virima Functionality Virima is primarily offered as a cloud-based SaaS platform for Discovery, ITAM, & ITSM. The product is also available for deployment on-premises ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: June 1, 2020
Setting realistic expectations is key to SAM tool success
Software Asset Management (SAM) tools require significant investment and resource to achieve results. Preliminary results from a survey conducted by The ITAM Review suggests setting ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 16, 2020
Brexit & Secondary Software: What’s the impact?
This article was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review, and Noel Unwin, Discount Licensing. Following the decision made by the United Kingdom (UK) to leave ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 9, 2020
LogMeIn – to increased audit risk?
LogMeIn may be familiar to you as a provider of remote support access software across the internet. What may be less well-known is that they ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: January 9, 2020
The business case for IT Asset Lifecycle Automation
This article is a collaboration between AJ Witt of The ITAM Review and Paul King, Senior Consultant at DeskCenter Solutions. In it, we discuss how ... Read more
Written by: Paul King
Published on: October 8, 2019
ITIL4 – how it influences Software Asset Management practices
Version 4 of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL4) was released in Q1 in 2019. This article, from guest contributor James Jones, looks at how ... Read more
Written by: James Jones
Published on: July 25, 2019
Building stakeholder relationships with Service Desk and End User Computing
This article is the second of a four part series by AJ Witt of ITAM Review written in collaboration with ServiceNow’s Ryan Wood-Taylor & Peter ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: June 25, 2019
Second-hand Software: Legalities & Business Models
This article was written by Rich Gibbons of ITAM Review and Noel Unwin of Discount Licensing. In July 2012, the second-hand software market received a ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 5, 2019
Pre-owned Software: Yes, it’s okay
This article has been written by Rich Gibbons of ITAM Review and Michael Vilain of Relicense. The pre-owned software market has been around for longer ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 3, 2019
Blockchain for Software License Management
This article has been contributed by Alex Cojocaru, Senior Advisor, at Ernst & Young. Since the emergence of mainstream computing, software copyright and licensing became the main ... Read more
Written by: Alex Cojocaru
Published on: May 27, 2019
How to co-create business value with Strategic ITAM
This article is the first of a four part series by AJ Witt of ITAM Review written in collaboration with ServiceNow’s Ryan Wood-Taylor & Peter ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: May 23, 2019
Snow’s Gartner halo slips, Flexera & ServiceNow ascendant in SAM Tools Magic Quadrant 2019
April saw the release of Gartner’s 2nd Magic Quadrant for SAM tools. Magic Quadrants aim to highlight solutions to a particular requirement by ranking them ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: May 2, 2019
Get to grips with unmanaged cloud spend
This article is the first of a four part series by AJ Witt of ITAM Review and Josh Brazee of Aspera. The series explores concepts & practical ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: April 18, 2019
BANES Council forced to pay their Microsoft tax – or are they?
A recent report from Bath & North East Somerset (BANES) council gives some great insight into the world of local authorities, infrastructure, technical debt, and ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 16, 2019
Building confidence in your License Entitlement
A recent thread on our Forum opened a discussion around what constitutes a proof of license entitlement. This article explores that discussion in more detail, ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: April 11, 2019
Market Guide – Free Inventory Tools
Interested in finding out what’s running on your network but don’t have budget? Or maybe you’d like to verify the inventory your primary paid-for tool ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: March 25, 2019
Frictionless SaaS – Trends for 2019
SaaS Subscription Management vendor Blissfully have published their SaaS Trends report for 2019. This report is based on aggregated and anonymised data from their customers ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: March 13, 2019
Salesforce License Optimisation – Market Guide
Our latest Market Guide looks at options for Salesforce License Optimisation. It seems like only yesterday, but Salesforce is 20 years old this year. 20 ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: February 28, 2019
Software Uninstall Forensics
This article has been contributed by Alex Cojocaru, Senior Advisor, at Ernst & Young. As Software Asset Management (SAM) professionals one of our main focus ... Read more
Written by: Alex Cojocaru
Published on: February 19, 2019