ITAM News & Analysis

This page combines news with our analysis of issues affecting the ITAM industry, including software publisher stories, ITAM/SAM tools developments and launches, mergers & acquisitions and any other IT news which is pertinent for the ITAM professional to know about.
  • What will be the big ITAM trends of 2024? The view from our analysts

    What will be the big ITAM trends of 2024? The view from our analysts

    With Blue Monday behind us, it is safe to say that 2024 is now in full swing. So, we thought now would be a good time to take stock of the current state of ITAM and ...
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  • An Introduction to FinOps FOCUS, a new toolkit from the FinOps Foundation 

    An Introduction to FinOps FOCUS, a new toolkit from the FinOps Foundation 

    This article provides a brief introduction to FinOps FOCUS, a new toolkit from the FinOps Foundation and Linux Foundation. Managing cloud costs in a modern organisation brings with it many challenges – one of which is ...
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  • What to look forward to at Wisdom NA 2024: My picks from the agenda

    What to look forward to at Wisdom NA 2024: My picks from the agenda

    Wisdom NA 2024 is taking place in Florida on March 19 – 20 2024. As the agenda begins to take shape I wanted to highlight some of the topics that caught my eye. Summarised in this ...
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  • USU gains ITAM Review Certification for Inventory & Discovery

    USU gains ITAM Review Certification for Inventory & Discovery

    The ITAM Review has certified USU as having met the requirements for Inventory & Discovery certification in accordance with our community-sourced open standard. Read the Inventory & Discovery Certification Report for USU here This analysis is ...
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  • ITAM Review interviews S&P Global Ratings about that link between ITAM and corporate credit ratings

    ITAM Review interviews S&P Global Ratings about that link between ITAM and corporate credit ratings

    There are perhaps two pieces of news that have impacted the world of ITAM most this year – early in the year we had Oracle’s announcement that it was switching Java licensing to an employee metric. ...
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  • Could you be a speaker at Wisdom North America 2024?

    Could you be a speaker at Wisdom North America 2024?

    Do you want to raise your profile in 2024? Do you have experience in ITAM that you feel would be of benefit to others? Has a particular software publisher made your life a living hell? Would ...
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  • VMware stops selling perpetual licenses

    VMware stops selling perpetual licenses

    Mere weeks after completing its acquisition of VMware, Broadcom has announced some very significant changes to VMware licensing. Effective immediately, “VMware by Broadcom,” (as it is now affectionately known) will no longer be available on a ...
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  • Excellence Awards 2023: The winners are announced! [updated with Gala Dinner photos]

    Excellence Awards 2023: The winners are announced! [updated with Gala Dinner photos]

    During a glitzy, fun-filled evening in Reading, the winners of the 2023 Excellence Awards received their awards. The awards were announced during last night’s ITAM Review Gala Dinner, the annual highlight in the ITAM calendar, and ...
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  • Rocket Software is buying OpenText’s Application Modernization and Connectivity Business (formerly part of Micro Focus)

    Rocket Software is buying OpenText’s Application Modernization and Connectivity Business (formerly part of Micro Focus)

    Goodbye COBOL. OpenText to focus on cloud and AI opportunity  Rocket Software. “Combined Entity Will Offer the Most Compelling Portfolio of Solutions to Support the World’s Largest Companies in their Modernization and Hybrid Cloud Journeys”  Rocket ...
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