On Tuesday, 5th September 2023, Birmingham City Council (the largest local authority in Europe) effectively declared bankruptcy after being hit with a £760m bill to settle claims in a more than decade long equal pay … Read more
The following analysis was compiled by Piaras MacDonnell, IBM license expert at License Hawk in response to the recent announcement of a 15% HCL price rise. HCL price rise Yet another of the tier 1 … Read more
A new report by CISPE has sought to quantify the additional cost or “tax” of running enterprise software outside of the vendor’s own cloud infrastructure. Professor Frédéric Jenny, the author of the report, cites a … Read more
According to a new report from Crayon, 90% of businesses cite IT cost optimisation as a high priority right now, with 35% either actively assessing their IT spend or looking to cut it. The ITAM … Read more
This quarter we give you our software vendor financials analysis for Q2 2023. This time we look at the financial results from IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Google Cloud. Software vendor financials analysis Q2 2023 … Read more
Send us your nominations for the ITAM Review Excellence Awards 2023 The categories have been announced for the ITAM Review Excellence Awards 2023. It is time to nominate the stars of your ITAM world so … Read more
A conversation with Damian Harris, Global Talent Acquisition Manager at ITAM Review Careers The world is a very different place from where it was this time last year. Europe is at war, inflation is rampant, … Read more
IBM drops a licensing bombshell with major reporting changes coming to IBM Passport Advantage from May 1 2023 Hot on the heels of Oracle’s change to Java licensing IBM have published an update to the … Read more
We are delighted to announce that USU have attained certification status for two of their IT Asset Management products. USU Software Asset Management is certified for Enterprise SaaS Management. Furthermore, their solution for managing SAP … Read more
NASA has overspent on Oracle to the tune of $15m. This is among the many findings of NASA’s Office of Inspector General’s scathing report into the agency’s poor SAM practices. The Inspector General certainly didn’t hold … Read more
To everything, sang The Byrds, There is a season and with temperatures well below seasonal average here in the UK we’re undoubtedly entering a chilly period for the economy. As we found in the last … Read more
Over the next 12 days, the ITAM Review is going to treat you to some daily ITAM insights to carry you through the festive season. Our very own “12 days of ITAM” kicks off with … Read more
Big fine for Ford. Oracle and Microsoft launch new products, and Adobe sheds Pantone. Here’s your ITAM news roundup for September and October 2022. Ford hit with $105 million fine for software licensing breach – … Read more
We are very pleased to announce the ITAM Review team will be returning to North America next year. Having successfully switched to virtual events for the last three years, we are excited to be packing … Read more
They’ve been teased for almost 5 months and they’re finally here, Microsoft’s changes to cloud and virtualisation licensing for Windows Server, Windows 11, and desktop applications. These are the biggest Microsoft licensing changes in years… … Read more
One of our editorial focuses for September is building the business case for ITAM. How do ITAM teams extend their reach within their organizations, build trust, and win the support (and budget) of the board? … Read more
You’ll be pleased to know that a company known for their aggressive audit tactics have bought another company known for their aggressive audit tactics…OpenText will acquire Micro Focus for $6 billion USD. The acquisition is expected to … Read more
This article “SAM Managed Services in 2022” was written by Rich Gibbons, ITAM Review, and Kris Johnson, Chief Product Office at Anglepoint. Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay The release of the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SAM Managed Services is … Read more
Image by Sapto Cahyono from Pixabay Just as many aspects of the 90s, including music and fashion, are back in vogue (if only I’d kept hold of the contents of my wardrobe!) so too – it seems – … Read more
We are pleased to announce the 2022 ITAM Review Excellence Awards are back for their 7th year!. The annual Excellence Awards are an opportunity to look back and recognise all the hard work and achievements … Read more