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
The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring: David “SAM Beast” Foxen Danny “Soft and Cuddly” Begg Barry “The Mercenary” Pilling Rory “Process God” Canavan Geoff ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: February 16, 2019
Equifax, one of the largest credit agencies in the US, was the subject of a hack in 2017 that left over 148 million consumers affected. ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 15, 2019
January’s Market Guide looks at tools for ITAM Process Automation. As our roles as IT Asset Managers mature there is a need to deal efficiently ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: January 31, 2019
An ITAM Review reader writes: “I would like to set up a list of success criteria for a SAM project. Do you have any documentation ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: January 31, 2019
In this podcast I’m joined by Hugh Skingley of Livingstone Tech and Patrick Phillips of Red Rock, a DXC Technology Company. We discuss setting realistic ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: December 7, 2018
Thank you to everyone that took the time to complete our “State of ITAM” community survey last month. This article shares some of the preliminary ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: November 7, 2018
The Secondary Software Market, created by an EU-ruling in 2012, is not just about sourcing second-hand copies of old licenses, or getting some money back ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: October 26, 2018
Open Source software vendors are starting to fight back at what they perceive to be the misuse of their products by global cloud providers. Sick ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: October 24, 2018
This article was prompted by a discussion with an ITAM Review reader, asking how they should maximise the value of an expensive tool deployment that ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: October 18, 2018
The latest figures from SaaS Management tool vendor Zylo show that companies are getting worse at SaaS spend management. Typically, tool vendors in this market ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: September 28, 2018
ServiceNow held a launch event on Tuesday 12th September for their London release, skilfully avoiding a scheduling conflict with a slightly bigger event just down ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: September 19, 2018
In this podcast I’m joined by Adrian Mulligan from ELS in Australia. Podcast Topics Overspend tactics: Maintenance payments will secure upgrade rights Support calls with ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 17, 2018
At our UK Conference I called for SAM teams to forge strong ties with their colleagues in IT Security and Compliance. My session highlighted how ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: August 31, 2018
As Software Asset Managers we are used to managing both risk and cost. Whilst the two go hand in hand when managing perpetually licensed software ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: August 23, 2018
Emotion. It’s a strong word with even stronger consequences. It’s something that organisations do not focus enough time and efforts on managing or listening to, ... Read more
Written by: David Foxen
Published on: August 14, 2018
Microsoft have released the first public previews of their next generation of on-premises Office server products – that is: Exchange Server 2019 SharePoint Server 2019 ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 26, 2018
As software vendors seek to migrate customers to subscription-based offerings one tactic they use is to enable currently-owned perpetual licenses to be used in cloud ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: July 19, 2018
SQL Server 2008/R2 and Windows Server 2008/R2 will go out of support in July 2019 and January 2020 respectively. Many organisations across the globe are ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: July 19, 2018
The recent Ticketmaster breach is perhaps the first large-scale breach in our brave new GDPR-regulated world, and it warrants further analysis. As the dust has ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: July 10, 2018