In this article I will share the results of our most recent reader survey, a round-up of the most popular content on the ITAM Review in 2019 and some predictions for hot topics and trends … Read more
The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show for December 2019 starring: Martin Thompson AJ Witt Barry Pilling Danny Begg David Foxen Geoff Worsley Kylie Fowler Rory Canavan Stuart Pomfrett Recorded live at SCC London, thanks to … Read more
The ITAM Review are undertaking the first in-depth research project into the emerging SaaS Management category. SaaS Management tools and services help companies get to grips with their SaaS spending by discovering spend and reducing … Read more
This article “Ten Questions to ask your SaaS vendor” has been co-authored by AJ Witt, The ITAM Review and Dusan Omercevic, CEO & Founder of Cleanshelf Executive Summary SaaS spending is growing rapidly. By 2020, … Read more
The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring: Martin Thompson AJ Witt Barry Pilling Rory Canavan Kylie Fowler October 2019 topics include: How much HAM do you need in your SAMwich? SAMbox.io CEO shuffle – SAP/ServiceNow/Nike … Read more
“As-A-Service” is everywhere in technology. Looking through my own subscriptions I have service contracts for ink (HP Instant Ink), entertainment (Apple Music & Netflix) and even fitness apps (Strava and Zwift). Even the mighty Apple is … Read more
IBM have announced a new, nicer, approach to license compliance – via the IBM Authorized SAM Provider Offering (IASP). What is IASP? Well, if you search online, the internet will tell you it is an … Read more
On September 19th we host our second “Solution Spotlight Online” (SSO) event. The focus for this free to attend event is the critically important topic of Oracle License Management. Over three hours, this free-to-attend event will explore the following topics. The Business … Read more
ITAM is a growing industry. Salaries have risen 15% in two years, and more organisations are hiring for ITAM roles, but it’s taking longer than before to fill these roles1. This is due to the … Read more
A quick round-up of ITAM industry news: UK SAM Services company Livingstone Technologies acquires USA SAM Services company Siwel. A great move – I’ve spoken to a number of Fortune 500 companies seeking the services … Read more
ITAM Professionals contribute a vast amount of value to their organisations. They cut costs, often in the millions, they reduce risk, and they see off time-consuming audit requests. Modern ITAM teams also improve employee experience … Read more
The ITAM Review Monthly Radio Show starring: David “SAM Beast” Foxen Danny “Soft and Cuddly” Begg Barry “The Mercenary” Pilling Rory “Process God” Canavan Geoff “Welcome to the Velodrome” Worsley Martin “ITAM Review” Thompson and … Read more
Microsoft have announced changes to how organisations purchase Azure cloud services. Starting March 2019, Microsoft will introduce the Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA), a new offering for Azure services which will make the “licensing transaction process … Read more
This article has been contributed by David Foxen Founder & Principal Consultant at SAM Beast Consulting DISCLAIMER, this focuses primarily on the cost savings element of ITAM rather than service or integration with other teams. I’d … Read more
We published 128 new articles in 2018, which were the most popular? Our most read article of 2018, with over 100K views, was the news that Oracle are to start charging for Java The gorilla … Read more
The Financial Times reports that big four audit firms license audit work into their own audit client’s environments maybe a potential breach of UK industry best practice . The article is based on research by … Read more
2018 is shaping up to be the Year of Open Source as industry giants scramble to invest in the software and infrastructure powering modern applications. This year has already seen Microsoft acquire Github and donate … Read more
This article was prompted by a discussion with an ITAM Review reader, asking how they should maximise the value of an expensive tool deployment that wasn’t, as yet, delivering results.ITAM tools can be seen as … Read more
I’m pleased to announce that our first Audit Defence training course is now live and available to LISA subscribers. This course has been created in partnership with Kylie Fowler of ITAM Intelligence, a long term … Read more
Here is the second of the ITAM Review Market Guides – this time looking at tools and services to help manage IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) in the public cloud. IaaS environments, such as Microsoft … Read more