If you are a partner offering any form of remote managed service to your customers it will be a a struggle to avoid the allure of cloud based platforms. I have spoken before about the trend towards SaaS based services in the ITAM market and this trend is even more compelling amongst managed service providers. Cost Competitiveness Driving Cloud Adoption Any partner offering desktop outsourcing or remote... 

Mixed Views on ITAM Market Conditions I conducted an informal straw poll amongst partners and vendors at the SIRB event last week to gauge feelings about the current state of the ITAM market. The feedback was very mixed. It is clearly a tough market out there and many people are finding it hard. Some partners and vendors were struggling to find enough business and the threat of redundancy still hangs... 

EVENTS SWID Technologies – ‘Best Practices – The Process of Identifying Your Software Assets’ SWID Technologies – ‘How to get significant value from Microsoft’s SMS discovery data’ TagVault – ‘Lower Costs with Certified Software Identification Tags’ IET Solutions – ‘Decrease Your Software Costs with Entitlement-based Software... 

Bigfix are known for security, patching and systems management. Yesterday they formally announced their entry into the ITAM Market with their product tongue-twister SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "BigFix Enters ITAM Market", url: "http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2009/01/15/bigfix-enters-itam-market/" }); Read More →