ITAM News & Analysis

  • Software is more expensive in Australia, but let’s get some perspective

    Software is more expensive in Australia, but let’s get some perspective

    This is a contributed comment to the ITAM Review written by Filipa Preston, CEO of Software Optimisation Services. The ongoing parliamentary committee investigation into the alleged over-pricing of software in Australia has raised an interesting debate – ...
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  • Review: ServiceNow for SAM

    This independent review of the Berlin release from ServiceNow is part of our 2012 SAM Tools Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch ITAM & ITSM repositories on a common ...
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  • Snow Software vies to be number one SAM vendor by 2015

    Snow Software vies to be number one SAM vendor by 2015

    Gutsy talk from Snow Software this week who are aiming to be the number one SAM tool in the world by 2015 following 44% growth last year. The announcement came with the release of V6.2 of ...
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  • SureCloud delivers BI into governance & risk cloud

    SureCloud has brought a business analytics (BI) proposition into its IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution portfolio. The SureCloud platform will now be augmented with a BI tool designed to help organisations gain ...
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  • Should the BSA change their tune?

    Should the BSA change their tune?

    The BSA and other trade bodies such as FAST and SIIA have traditionally used a ‘Stick’ approach to raise license compliance up the corporate agenda. The CEO going to jail and fines are the usual battle ...
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  • Cutting desktop power usage in the post-Windows XP world

    Cutting desktop power usage in the post-Windows XP world

    This is a guest contributed piece to the ITAM Review by Seann Gardiner, EMEA sales director of Dell Software Group. A looming deadline awaits… In the IT world, there is a looming deadline that businesses of ...
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  • Five misconceptions of software licensing

    Five misconceptions of software licensing

    This contributed piece to the ITAM Review is actually entitled in full — “Five misconceptions of software licensing that prevent CIOs from achieving the cost savings they could” — it comes from Andrew Hillier, CTO and ...
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  • Inmeta Crayon acquires FAST Limited

    Inmeta Crayon acquires FAST Limited

    Norwegian licensing reseller and SAM specialist Inmeta Crayon has acquired FAST Limited. InMeta Crayon, with headquarters in Oslo, has presence in Northern Europe, Germany, France and the Middle East. The team has over 600 employees, over ...
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  • Who are the next generation of ITAM professionals?

    Who are the next generation of ITAM professionals?

    This article has been contributed by David Foxen, a Software Asset Manager in the UK Note. For the relevance of the article it is important to note that David is aged 23.  When a teacher asks ...
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