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The ITAM Review will be 3 in November. As a father to young children I can see certain similarities in development. The end of my terrible twos are in sight (Saying no a lot, whining and throwing temper tantrums). Bring on the tiresome threes! (Speaks in sentences, undresses with...
The BSA - The Police of the Software Industry? The following article is based on a recent conversation with an ITAM Review reader. Reader – Q. Who are the BSA? The Business Software Alliance (BSA) are an international body that are financed by the biggest software companies...
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with a Virtual User Group member who is in the process of selecting a SAM tool. What advice would you offer this organization based on our conversation? Please add your feedback to the comments below. ~ Q. Could you explain your current situation?...
I am in the process of reviewing nine market leading inventory and discovery tools. The tentative list of vendors participating in alphabetical order is as follows: BDNA Brainware/Spider (Withdrawn) iQuate FrontRange Solutions HP Nexthink Numara Software Scalable Software ServiceNow The...
Twickenham Stadium - Home of English Rugby FAST Ltd Conference 2011 – “Lessons From The Touchline” FAST Ltd have secured the Olympic Gold Medalist, Ben Hunt-Davis, to keynote their Annual Conference in November. Hunt-Davis won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 2000...
The UK based recruitment consultancy MerlinCorp have kindly shared the results of their 2011 Worldwide Salary Survey. Paul Davis at MerlinCorp is to be congratulated for taking the time to specialize and get to know the UK SAM and software licensing market. Unlike other IT recruitment...
Rory Canavan This article has been contributed by Rory Canavan, Consultant at Flexera Software and all-round good egg. See previous contributions from Rory here. ‘SAM Intelligence’; should these two words even be used in the same sentence? It is surprising just how many...
Kylie Fowler This article has been contributed by Kylie Fowler. Regular columnist and Analyst at The ITAM Review. My last article ‘Calculating Return on Investment’ discussed how to calculate the ROI of an ITAM Programme. This follow-on article looks at some of the Dos and Don’ts...
Nisha Pillai, Gartner Keynote, Presenter BBC World News Gartner are launching a European version of their IT Financial, Procurement and Asset Management Summit. See details of the US version here. EMEA Summit details as follows: WHAT The ITAM Review is very pleased to be an official...
Orlando Night Skyline WHAT The ITAM Review is very pleased to be an official media partner for the Gartner IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit 2011 (USA). See details of the EMEA version here. WHO Gartner “This summit pulls together and creates a setting...