Gartner have released a new Market Scope for ITAM repositories. It is available to read here courtesy of CA. Alongside the usual rating of vendors is a very good snapshot of the ITAM marketplace. They provide an insightful summary of the current trends and market drivers and a useful clarification on ITAM’s relationship with Service Management, CMDB and Business Service Management. More details about... 

2010 SIIA CODiE Awards K2 – KeyAuditor & KeyServer, from Sassafras Software, has been named the Best Asset Management Solution in the 2010 CODiE Awards competition. The award was presented to Sassafras Software by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). Sassafras beat BDNA Insight & Express Software Manager to the 2010 title. Previous Winners include: 2009: Novell... 

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... 

Why ISO19770-2 Is So Important – From HP Blogger Daniel Galecki BDNA Insight, Express Software Manager and K2 KeyAuditor & KeyServer go head to head in the 2010 SIIA Codie Awards for Best Asset Management Solution 3 Compliance Validation Best Practices from the Scott D. Rosenberg at Miro SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "ITAM Industry News Round-Up", url: "http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2010/03/18/itam-industry-news-round-up-11/"... 

BDNA / Forrester Webinar: Managing Software Compliance Risks, September 22nd ComputerWorld Software Piracy: The Whistle-Blowers’ Motives thanks to Matt Fisher. FrontRange Solutions – announce License Manager 3.1 Numara Software – Unified ITAM Solution, 8 products, one agent, one console. Sassafras Software ships K2 v6.2 – Includes new tools for software cost reduction. SIWEL... 

I recently spoke with BDNA about the upcoming release of BDNA Insight. BDNA offer some interesting technology around their core IT discovery. Their ‘BDNA Catalog’ offers SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "ARTICLE: Agent Vs. Agentless?", url: "http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2009/05/05/article-agent-vs-agentless/" }); Read More →

This looks like a good fit. BDNA -US Based, Inventory meets PS Soft – European, Asset Management. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "BDNA Merges with PS Soft", url: "http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2009/01/22/bdna-merges-with-ps-soft/" }); Read More →