ITAM News & Analysis

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • ITAMantics podcast - January 2024

    ITAMantics podcast - January 2024

    Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the ITAMantics podcast. In this bumper 2-month edition of ITAMantics, George, Rich and AJ discuss the biggest ITAM stories to drop during the last two months. Stories discussed in ...
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  • As some VMware products come to an end some customers face 1200% price rises

    As some VMware products come to an end some customers face 1200% price rises

    As you may have seen, following the completion of the Broadcom acquisition, “VMware by Broadcom” are no longer offering perpetual licenses for their products as they move to a subscription model. They have also moved to ...
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  • Another Quest audit ends up in court

    Another Quest audit ends up in court

    A Quest Software audit is in court (again). Here I am, back with another story of a software vendor treating one of their customers in such a way that the whole thing ends up in a ...
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  • "Please Mr Benioff - can I have my data back?" Slack holds customer data to ransom

    Slack didn’t have the best bit of PR this week… Whoever said vendor lock in wasn’t a thing clearly has never tried to leave Slack. One CEO was left dumbfounded this week when Slack threatened to ...
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  • Unlocking the Hidden Potential of IT Asset Disposition: ITAD Maturity Assessment results

    Unlocking the Hidden Potential of IT Asset Disposition: ITAD Maturity Assessment results

    In this article we explore the results of our ITAD Maturity Assessment, conducted in partnership with Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations. Responsible disposal of IT assets is gaining increasing importance, driven by changes in working practices, regulatory requirements, ...
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