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Vendor audit cycle: audits have become so common in the enterprise IT landscape that they are beginning to be accepted as “business as usual.” This article has been contributed by Walker White of BDNA. Ending the vendor audit cycle Vendor software and hardware audits have become...
What is the brick wall stopping your progress with ITAM? If your organization is running an in-house Software Asset Management program, the chances are your SAM team can boil their activity down to one thing: Compliance. Ensuring your organization isn’t under-licensed (and...
This is a guest post from Robin Fry of Cerno. The European Court has restated the legality of the resale of software in Europe in its latest judgment but confirmed that the principle does not extend to software transferred on back-up discs. The October 2016 ruling is the first...
SAMPARIS2016, Le Duplex Paris Etoile 2 bis avenue Foch 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 French market. I had a...
SAM Tool Selection Kit I’m pleased to share a SAM Tool Selection Tool Kit for ITAM Review readers facing the challenge of the SAM tool selection process. The RFI Questionnaire in the kit is the same questionnaire we used for the SAM Tools Universe report, an independent review...
1E reports average $247 software waste per user 1E have published some interesting research into the volume of unused software in large organizations. Their analysis is based on reviewing the actual usage data of 149 companies and their 4.6 millions machines. The report is available...
I am pleased to announce the publication of our ‘2016 SAM Tools Universe‘ report, an independent assessment of leading SAM tools for large enterprises. It has taken us the best part of eight months to compile the research, sorry for the delay. Starting in February and...
In this video Filipa Preston, CEO of Software Optimization Services (SOS), shares why she believes user management is a growing priority for Software Asset Managers. SOS are based out of Perth in Australia and won the Microsoft SAM Partner of the Year 2016. Key talking points: Cost...
ITAM Standards Summit from WG21 UPDATE: Event cancelled due to insufficient interest. A public event to discuss ISO/IEC ITAM Standards Working Group 21 (WG21), the group that develops ITAM standards, is hosting an industry summit to share the latest developments in standards and...
In this video Vincent Smyth, SVP EMEA of Flexera Software shares his opinion on the increased level security risks relating to applications over the past two years, and shares his advice on CyberSecurity for security professionals. Flexera Software are Gold Sponsors and...