Application Usage Management company Flexera Software has been added to the US Department of Defense (DOD) list of approved providers for IT Asset Management. US federal defense agencies can now use FlexNet Manager Suite to help implement new Software License Optimization provision in the National Defense Authorization Act. As a specialist provider to enterprises and governments, the firm is no doubt... 

Arup is best know for its design work for the built environment such as 30 St. Mary Axe a.k.a 'The Gherkin' in London (for which Arup were structural engineers). Software efficiency vendor 1E has sold its license optimisation tool to structural engineering firm Arup. The tool itself is designed to connect with Microsoft’s System Centre Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) and run analytics from... 

Jeff Ferguson I plan to publish an interview with an ITAM Review Virtual User Group member once a month (assuming we have enough volunteers!). In this first interview I ask Jeff Ferguson, an ITAM and Technical Procurement Professional in the USA about his experiences with a project to integrate ITAM and ERP. Jeff shares his lessons learnt and offers advice to ITAM’s taking on similar projects. “As... 

Mutual of Omaha - Controlling M&E Spend Thanks to the Infrastructure Executive Board for sharing this great case study. It details how Nebraska based Mutual of Omaha took a proactive approach to their ongoing maintenance and enhancement spend using usage monitoring. SAM specialists David Mansfield and Paul ‘Doc’ Burnham describe the three pillars of their project: Usage based license... 

Many statements are bandied about the industry on how much you can save with Software Asset Management, for example: “Organizations can realize cost savings between 5% and 35% by implementing focussed software asset management practices” Gartner Less common, are examples of organisations explaining how they actually went about it. It is a strange phenomenon in the ITAM industry, organizations are... 

As a result of the work I did with the Infrastructure Executive Board last year I am able to share  a great SAM case study. It details how Bristol-Myers Squibb, a global BioPharmaceutical company with over 30,000 employees implemented their software asset management process. It is a vendor neutral study which details their approach to software requisition, metafields used in their software management... 

If there is one common trend over the last couple of years it’s automation. For example “Give me intelligence from my asset data without hundreds of hours of crunching” and “Give me more out of the box functionality” are common requests in the 2010 tools census. The ability to build pretty drag and drop pivots on data streams on their own do not cut it. Users want automation, rapid time... 

I had the pleasure to meet with Paul Baum and Ed Stukane from PlanITROI at IAITAM last year. Here they share their GSK case study. Martin Thompson Martin is an independent software industry analyst, SAM consultant and founder of The ITAM Review and The ITSM Review. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter or LinkedIn. More Posts – Website Follow Me:  Read More →

Certero are a relative newcomer to the ITAM industry but seem to be gaining traction with their AssetStudio product. Swinton Insurance are a UK based high street retailer of Insurance products and have chosen Certero to provide a solution that gives complete visibility of its IT assets. Commenting, Steve Baxter, head of service delivery at Swinton Insurance, explains, Martin Thompson Martin is an... 

An Overview of a recent Software Asset Management (SAM) and Compliance Consultancy from Australia. Smartpath SAM Services is an Australian based specialist Asset Management consultancy. Smartpath recently completed a SAM and License Software Compliance consultancy for a major Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed company, the results of which has transformed the way in which the company now views...