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As part of my ongoing work with the IEC I have been lucky enough to participate in some of member discussions around ITAM. We have discussed the pain points in their ITAM strategies, what organizations are doing to address their problems and finding out what the best companies do. One...
This article has been contributed by Kylie Fowler. Kylie is an experienced IT Asset Manager and writes Practical ITAM. Here she shares her views on the role of Hardware Asset Management within a Software Asset Management programme. How much HAM do you need in your SAMwich? ….quite...
This article series has been contributed by Colin Bartram of Vector Networks. In this series Colin looks at how organisations can drive down software costs with proactive software management.
One way to reduce software costs is to swap out certain applications for free, cheaper or viewer alternatives. I don’t mean big projects like moving from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice, or swapping out your CRM or ERP system for a cheaper alternative. But small tactical swap...
This article series has been contributed by Colin Bartram of Vector Networks. In this series Colin looks at how organisations can drive down software costs with proactive software management.
Back in December last year Steve Klos provided me with a helicopter view of the international standard for SAM (ISO/IEC 19770) – the full article is here. The second part of the standard, -2, is now nearing completion. I caught up with Steve recently and asked him how companies...
Peter King is Director at CRC, who are a specialist ITAM VAR. In a world of electronic audits and ubiquitous broadband you would have thought that a walk around audit of IT Assets was redundant.
This article series has been contributed by Colin Bartram of Vector Networks. In this series Colin looks at how organisations can drive down software costs with proactive software management.
This article series has been contributed by Colin Bartram of Vector Networks. In this series Colin looks at how organisations can drive down software costs with proactive software management.
Symantec have published a report into the attitudes of organisations towards “Green IT”. They surveyed over 1,000 companies worldwide. High Level Summary of Findings