The ITAM Review returns with its fourth UK annual conference on 5th & 6th June 2019 at the iconic Twickenham Stadium, London with a focus on taking ITAM beyond IT. Taking ITAM beyond IT As our ...
This article was prompted by a discussion with an ITAM Review reader, asking how they should maximise the value of an expensive tool deployment that wasn’t, as yet, delivering results.ITAM tools can be seen as a ...
We saw a few weeks ago that Quest Software have taken Nike to court over their refusal to settle up for license non-compliance discovered during an audit (article here). Nike have submitted a counter claim and ...
Quest Software are suing Nike, according to court documents filed on April 24, 2018. This is another case of an audit shortfall dispute making its way to the courtroom. Who are Quest Software? Quest Software are ...
Research I’ve just published with The Campaign for Clear Licensing (CCL) reports that the average software audit (according to 170 worldwide ITAM, SAM and Licensing Pros) takes 7.13 months to complete and consumes 194.15 hours of ...
I’m at SAMPARIS2016 in Paris for the second annual SAM event hosted by Easytrust. I attended the event last year too and it’s great to see even more SAM professionals discussing all things SAM in the ...
We launched a new forum at the start of the year, this is a quick update on progress so far. As we stated in January, it can be anonymous if you want it to be, tagged ...
As SAM pros we all hear about the value of identifying unused software. A recent study from 1E has examined the applications most likely to be unused in an organisation. The study is available here (no registration ...
Great news for the SAM Industry this week. Software giant Microsoft has announced adoption of ISO/IEC 19770-2 software identification tags. Heather Young, Global Manager, SAM Services and Partners, Microsoft Corporation states. “We are pleased to announce ...
Scalable Software has announced the release of a free ‘community’ version of their cloud based inventory tool, Asset Vision. You might know Scalable for their über-forensic on-premise inventory tool ‘Survey’ or their packaging and deployment tool ...