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2 minutes walk from Covent Garden, London, UK I’m organizing another meet-up for anyone in the UK SAM industry following our meet up in June last year. This is a great opportunity to get up to speed on the latest developments in the world of SAM and network with your industry...
This article has been contributed by Chris Borkert, Principal Consultant at Linium. SAM projects can be difficult. They may be prompted by a recent audit, realization that there is a lot of money being left on the table with vendors, or someone suddenly thinks: having unauthorized...
This article was originally posted in 2011. We’d love your feedback on what’s changed, is this article even relevant any more? Let us know in the comments section below. If you would like to hear more about SAM Tools The ITAM Review are holding a free Tools Day in New...
This article has been contributed by Robert Whittle at Asset Control. One of the fundamental requirements for the IT Asset Manager is ensuring the security and traceability of the assets within the enterprise. The most common, almost ubiquitous, way of achieving this is through...
The chart below represents a high level summary of how vendors are currently scored within the ‘TOOLS INTELLIGENCE’ service from The ITAM Review. Vendors have been assessed against our ‘Enterprise SAM’ criteria. The summary for ‘Mid-Market SAM’ can be found here. IMPORTANT:...
The 2011 Best Use of Tags Contest, sponsored by TagVault and The ITAM Review, is now open for entries. The contest, now in its second year, aims to identify and recommend those SAM vendors who have clearly demonstrated the use of ISO/IEC 19770-2 tags in their technology. View...
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. WHAT TagVault Software Identification Summit – Agenda The summit is designed to bring the various software ecosystems members together to develop solutions to the persistent and expensive problem of software identification. Fundamental changes...
This article has been contributed by Alasdair Robertson of CTMS. Integrating multiple data streams is critical to achieving success with automated IT Asset Management. The saying “garbage in, garbage out” still rings true, and your data makes the difference between getting the...
This article has been contributed by Phara E. McLachlan, CEO of Animus Solutions Inc. IT Asset Management, (ITAM) should never be viewed as a “nice to have.” For every organization, it is truly “need to have” for various reasons, including compliance and cost containment....