Gartner analyst Patricia Adams published a new ‘MarketScope’ for IT Asset Management Repositories last month. View a reprint here. In case my link sets off the Gartner intellectual property fire alarm (as it appears to have done in previous years) you can also view a reprint via this blog post from Jon Hall at BMC). The analysis is split into two parts: an industry synopsis followed by a broad-brush... 

Gartner have released a new Market Scope for ITAM repositories. As with the Gartner 2010 MarketScope, I found the industry snapshot more useful than the vendor analysis. Patricia Adams states the market has shrunk ‘to less than $400m’. This may be true for the big four conglomerates (BMC, CA, HP, IBM) but doesn’t seem to reflect the rest of the market (I have no specific evidence to substantiate... 

BSA Tweet The tweet above came the BSA reporting from the Gartner IT Financial, Procurement and Asset Management Summit in San Diego last week. Let’s hope this growth is matched by increased focus in this area by Gartner. 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...