This independent review of AppClarity and Shopping from 1E is part of our 2012 SAM Tools Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch AppClarity – Plug-in for SCCM for automatic reclaim of unused software. Shopping – Enterprise App store using SCCM Strengths Most of the SAM market is focussed on reporting and accounting; 1E are focussed on taking... 

The results of the SCCM ITAM Plug-ins Group Test are now live. Microsoft System Center is a popular platform, the aim of the research is showcase the capabilities of tools that harness System Center data for IT Asset Management. The vendors featured in the review are 1E, AssetLabs, BDNA, License Dashboard, LicenseWatch, NEXThink, Provance and Snow Software. SCCM PLUG-INS GROUP TEST – THE RESULTS  Thank... 

[Thank you to regular reader 'Niall' who kindly contributed this article ] Last week Microsoft released details regarding licensing changes for System Center 2012. Companies that are considering any growth or expansion of their existing system management products should be seriously considering taking action prior to the release of System Center 2012, due to some potentially favorable conversions between... 

I am in the process of reviewing five seven eight market leading SCCM ITAM plug-ins. The tentative list of vendors participating in alphabetical order is as follows: 1E Assetlabs BDNA License Dashboard LicenseWatch Nexthink Provance Snow Microsoft System Center is a popular platform, the aim of the research is showcase the capabilities of tools that harness System Center data for IT Asset Management. There... 

You might know 1E for their NightWatchman brand, famous for switching off PCs at night when they are not in use and saving energy. 1E boasts some 16 million licenses across 1400 customers and the company claims that over 90% of their customers use the Microsoft SCCM platform for systems management. So it’s a logical step for a company focused on eliminating IT waste to take a look at software usage. AppClarity... 

Custom Tweaks To Enhance Performance This is the second expert panel following valued contributions from industry experts on the NHS exiting their Enterprise Agreement last month. If you would like to contribute to future expert panels please give me a shout. This month the expert panel discussion is focussed on using Microsoft SCCM for the purposes of SAM. There is a definitive trend towards using... 

Retrofit your SMS/SCCM installation to add Software Asset Management functionality with the following add-ons. If there are any other tools, tips or tricks you know of to enhance SMS/SCCM please let me know and I’ll add them to this listing. 1E AppClarity BDNA for SMS/SCCM Normalization LicenseWatch SCCM 2007 Option Managesoft ECM NEXThink Provance PS Soft Snow License Manager for Microsoft...