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.

  • Setting Goals & Milestones in ITAM Projects

    As part of my ongoing work with the IEC I have been lucky enough to participate in some of member discussions around ITAM. We have discussed the pain points in their ITAM strategies, what organizations are ...
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  • End User Review: Symantec / Altiris Asset Management Solution V 6.5 [70%]

    Symantec Altiris Asset Management Solution V 6.5 Estate Size. ~ 4,000 (20% Desktops, 30% Laptops, 45% Servers, 5% Other) Reviewer. Asset Acquisition and Management, Healthcare
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  • ITAM Industry News Round-Up

    Express Metrix Release Express Software Manager Version 9.0 Including tracking software usage within virtual environments and other tweaks to their software management engine. FrontRange Beef Up Software Reconciliation in License Manager 9 new vendors added to ...
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  • End User Review: Symantec / Altiris Asset Management Solution V 6.0 [61%]

    Symantec Altiris Asset Management Solution V 6.0 Estate Size.  ~ 20,000 (52% Desktops, 33% Laptops, 15% Servers) Reviewer. ITAM Professional, Practical ITAM, Finance
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  • IDC Predicts Virtual Machines To Exceed Physical Systems in 2009

    A recent report by IDC predicts the number of virtual machines to exceed physical systems in 2009. The number of servers shipped in Europe with a virtualization platform increased by 26.5% in 2008 compared to 2007. ...
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  • New ITAM Research Project: Infrastructure Executive Council

    I am pleased to announce a new project with the Infrastructure Executive Council (IEC) to research ITAM best practices for their members.
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  • Event: Cost Management in a Recession

    Software Licence Management vendor Aspera held a “Cost Management” seminar in Frankfurt back in late March. Their main take-away points for managing software costs in a recession are summarised below.
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  • The ITAM Review - Your Opinion Counts

    Your opinion counts and is very valuable to the ongoing development of this site. I would be very grateful if you could help me by completing a very quick survey; It only has seven questions It ...
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  • IT Asset Lifecycle Management Market Grows to $1 Billion

    Forrester have published their ‘Wave’ for IT Asset Life-Cycle Management. The Q2 2009 update places BMC and CA as leaders of the pack; their key differentiators
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