Licence management is the mainstay of many ITAM roles, so it is important to stay informed on the latest software publisher news. We aim to keep our readers informed on the latest developments at tier 1, 2 and 3 software publishers, combined with analysis of how it will affect ITAM professionals.
The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring (in order of appearance): Martin Thompson Geoff Worsley Stuart Pomfrett AJ Witt Barry Pilling David Foxen August 2019 ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: September 10, 2019
On September 19th we host our second “Solution Spotlight Online” (SSO) event. The focus for this free to attend event is the critically important topic of Oracle License Management. Over three hours, ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: September 5, 2019
Microsoft have long offered a “Home Use Program” (HUP) for Software Assurance customers, enabling employees to purchase reduced price copies of certain software for non-commercial ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 15, 2019
Microsoft have recently announced a new service in public preview – Azure Dedicated Hosts. This new service allows you to run dedicated servers within the ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 13, 2019
Microsoft have made a new move in the Battle of the Clouds, with licensing changes that restrict competing clouds – whilst simultaneously making things more ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 13, 2019
Earlier in 2019, we saw the introduction of the “Microsoft Customer Agreement” (MCA) – a new agreement aimed at customers buying Azure directly from Microsoft, ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: August 1, 2019
I met with Patama Chantaruck back in 2017, former global Microsoft SAM lead, who was honest enough to admit that Microsoft had confused their customers ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 26, 2019
SAP’s Digital Access Adoption Programme (DAAP) is an attempt to kickstart conversations about indirect access licensing, according to SAP expert Sebastian Schoofs at Voquz. In ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: July 16, 2019
Microsoft and Oracle make friends? Splinter and Shredder. Odysseus and Poseidon. Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira. There are some people you just wouldn’t expect to ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 27, 2019
By Sean Robinson of License Dashboard Last month, Matt Barlow, Corporate Vice President at Windows confirmed it will begin prompting users still running Windows 7 ... Read more
Written by: Sean Robinson
Published on: June 11, 2019
Some of you may be surprised to learn that IBM mainframes are still a thing, while others will still have them as a key part ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: June 6, 2019
ServiceNow Knowledge 2019 20,000 attendees and 200 partners met in Las Vegas to gorge on all things ServiceNow for their annual “Knowledge 19” conference at ... Read more
Written by: Martin Thompson
Published on: May 21, 2019
Running VMware workloads on Microsoft Azure was first discussed towards the end of 2017, around the same time “VMware Cloud on AWS” was launched. There ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: May 16, 2019
April’s Market Guide looks at options for Office 365 optimisation. With Microsoft becoming the single largest SaaS provider it is likely that they will be ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: April 30, 2019
Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop service is now in public preview. When it was first announced in October, I covered what we knew about the service ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: April 2, 2019
Our latest Market Guide for SAP License Optimisation looks at tools and services available to manage licenses for SAP systems including ERP & eCommerce platforms. ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: March 29, 2019
Oracle announced in 2018 that updates for Java 8 would become chargeable from January 2019, meaning organisations wishing to continue receiving updates for Java SE ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: February 21, 2019
Microsoft have announced changes to how organisations purchase Azure cloud services. Starting March 2019, Microsoft will introduce the Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA), a new offering ... Read more
Written by: Rich Gibbons
Published on: January 16, 2019
IBM announced the sale of a number of software products including BigFix & Lotus Notes to HCL in December. HCL are a large, global digital ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: December 13, 2018
Just published is our guide to the small market for Oracle-verified inventory tools. Oracle-verified tools inventory Oracle Database deployments to a level that will satisfy ... Read more
Written by: AJ Witt
Published on: December 7, 2018