David Foxen, Software Asset Manager This article has been contributed by David Foxen, a Software Asset Manager in the UK Note: For the relevance of the article it is important to note that David is aged 23.  When a teacher asks their students what they want to be when they grow up, students will usually say footballer, movie star, race car driver. These expectations of what the future holds become... 

Editor’s Note: News that an ITAM Review reader was fired due to a license shortfall attracted considerable interest and debate on the LinkedIn group. In this article the IT Asset Manager shares her story in her own words. If this situation arose in Europe my uneducated guess is very good grounds for unfair dismissal (Having seen the e-mail history and performance review documentation). Unfortunately... 

Following the recent announcement by U.S. Micro that it is to become the exclusive provider of ITAD services to Macquarie Equipment Finance’s (MEF) North American customers, I spoke with Herb Biggers, Chairman of the Board, and Jim Kegley, Founder, President and CEO of U.S. Micro Corporation to understand a little more detail about the relationship between the two organisations. So what new and exciting... 

This article has been contributed by Kevin McGrew of AssetGurus. IT Asset Management consulting is an exercise in showing domain expertise to IT managers with no time, no budget and no tolerance for sales speak. Key to winning business is a familiarity with existing asset management tools and technologies. Consulting is simply a process of showing an understanding of industry best practices and developing... 

Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the recent Adobe Licensing and Audit Behaviour Survey (now closed). I asked ITAM Review readers to rate the nature of their relationship with Adobe. Q. How would you describe the nature of your vendor relationship with Adobe? Legacy – left over from historical purchases or technology commitments (38.2%) Tactical – Commodity items, easy to switch... 

Motivated Evangelist, Practical Fixer or Control Freak? What have you got in your ITAM toolkit? I receive quite a few ITAM related CVs across my desk in the average week, so I thought I would share what I consider to be the most redeeming qualities for ITAM professionals and how those qualities have changed as the market has evolved. We see Licence Management as a specialist subset of ITAM, but the... 

RFID chip next to a grain of rice (via Wikipedia) This article has been contributed by Jackie Luo, CEO of E-ISG Asset Intelligence. RFID’s application in data centres is on the way to becoming a $1 billion business. A new survey released by Frost & Sullivan says that the RFID data centre market was worth $96.3 million last year, and will grow to $953 million in 2017. The declining cost and increasing... 

ISACA has this month released news of more than 40 customisable IT audit/assurance programmes, which have been developed to help IT auditors who are facing increasing challenges brought about by “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) trends that occur as part of the so-called consumerisation of technology. NOTE: Previously known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, ISACA now goes... 

Does your MDM software include support for the Apple ASVPP Program? This article has been contributed by Stephen Midgley, Vice President Global Marketing at Absolute Software. In this article Stephen explains how to securely navigate the BYOD landscape.   Recent research into mobile device deployment in the workforce showed that 7% of UK companies rely on ‘bring your own device’ to deploy devices... 

Absolute Software Corporation has announced what it labels as “independent research” suggesting that as much as a third of UK businesses have no formal or enforceable policy or process in place to manage the use of mobile devices in the work place. Independent, but on contract Independent specialist technology market research company Vanson Bourne conducted the survey, on what appears to be a paid...