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ITAM

Quick Overview: Certero PowerStudio [VIDEO]

March 9, 2010 Certero
vimeo
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GlaxoSmithKline Sheds 6 Tons of E-Waste

February 23, 2010 IAITAM

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.

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ITAM SaaS Trends

February 16, 2010 Featured
ITAM SaaS Cloud

There have been a few discussions on LinkedIn recently regarding ITAM SaaS.
That is, ITAM software and services delivered as a service via the internet.
Delivering an ITAM tool via the web is not a new concept but I believe it is definitely gaining traction.

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Interview: Jenny Schuchert “Building the Business Case for ITAM”

February 4, 2010 IAITAM
Board Room

Failing to win senior executive buy-in is cited as one of the most common reasons for failure of an ITAM program.
I recently asked Jenny Schuchert of IAITAM what advice she could share for organisations looking to sell or maintain the importance of their ITAM business case.

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ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 6/6) – “Back to the Apollo 13 Story”

December 21, 2009 Articles
John Swigert Jr - Returned Safely From the Apollo 13 Mission

This article series has been contributed by Peter Salfi at Provance.
In this series Peter explains why an Asset Registry, created within an IT Asset Management program, comprised of the appropriate mix of people, process and technology, is often an overlooked prerequisite to creating a CMDB.
It describes a less painful approach to creating a reliable and [...]

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ITAM Metrics

December 14, 2009 Articles
ITAM-Metrics

This article has been contributed by Sherry Irwin.
Sherry is president of Technology Asset Management Inc and Founder and Chair of the Canadian IT Asset Management Users’ Group (CITAMUG). More details regarding CITAMUG can be found in the ITAM Review forum.

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ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 5/6) – “Summary of Comparisons – ITSM vs. ITAM”

December 11, 2009 Articles
itam-vs-cmdb

This article series has been contributed by Peter Salfi at Provance.
In this series Peter explains why an Asset Registry, created within an IT Asset Management program, comprised of the appropriate mix of people, process and technology, is often an overlooked prerequisite to creating a CMDB.

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ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 4/6) – “Why Building a CMDB is Challenging”

December 4, 2009 Articles
Asset and Configuration Management Partnership

This article series has been contributed by Peter Salfi at Provance.
In this series Peter explains why an Asset Registry, created within an IT Asset Management program, comprised of the appropriate mix of people, process and technology, is often an overlooked prerequisite to creating a CMDB.

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ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 3/6) – “4 Reasons Why ITAM is a Prerequisite for a CMDB”

November 27, 2009 Articles
joining-the-dots

This article series has been contributed by Peter Salfi at Provance.
In this series Peter explains why an Asset Registry, created within an IT Asset Management program, comprised of the appropriate mix of people, process and technology, is often an overlooked prerequisite to creating a CMDB.

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ITAM: A Prerequisite for Building a CMDB (Part 2/6) – “The Link between ITAM and ITSM”

November 20, 2009 Articles
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IT-Commerce in an E-Commerce World

November 16, 2009 Articles
IT-Commerce

I bumped into Edward Chiles from Matrix42 whilst browsing the Exhibition Hall at IAITAM 09.
I was intrigued by their web-shop approach to ITAM and Service Management. In this article Edward explains how ITAM professionals can learn from tactics in the e-commerce world.

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