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.

  • FrontRange adds Bulk Upload of Purchase Data to License Manager

    FrontRange have today announced version 3 of their License Management Product “License Manager”. FrontRange claim version 3 of License Manager (bought via the purchase of Centennial Software) has automatic upload of Microsoft License Statements and
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  • Software Pirate Caught Selling On Auction Site

    The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has named the latest software pirate to be caught for selling illegal software. John Rothwell from Liverpool in the UK fell afoul of the BSA investigators when he tried to sell ...
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  • ManageSoft Strengthens Offering with Oracle License Management

    ManageSoft continues to strengthen it’s portfolio of tools for license compliance with an optional Oracle compliance module within it’s flagship Enterprise Compliance Manager.
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  • BSA Announces Four New Piracy Cases

    The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has continued to keep the pressure on those failing to use legal software after announcing a handful of successful cases in its fight against unlicensed products.
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  • New UK Software Piracy Laws Enforced For The First Time

    CRN reports that UK Trading Standards have worked with the Metropolitan Police to exercise the new law on software piracy.
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  • Free Microsoft Licensing Training (UK) 2nd October

     No idea where to start about software licensing? Microsoft UK are providing a free training session on Microsoft Licensing. The course is designed at licensing novices and aims to give an overview of the licensing models ...
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  • Snow Software Launch License Manager for Microsoft SMS & SCCM

    Snow Software have launched a license management module specifically for Microsoft SMS and Microsoft SCCM customers. Snow License Manager uses SMS or SCCM for it’s inventory source to enable tracking installed software and measuring usage. “Snow ...
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  • SAManage Launches New Salesforce.com AppExchange Application for IT Contract Management

    Salesforce.com customers will be pleased to learn of a new AppExchange Application available free of charge from SAManage. The Application provides a one-stop solution for managing IT contracts and software licenses within Salesforce.com. The development joins ...
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  • The FAST Corporate Services Sales Pitch

    A great article by Jon Bains at Digital Arts on a typical sales pitch from FAST Corporate Services.
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