News, reviews and resources for worldwide ITAM, SAM and Licensing professionals.
Iterative Steps Chris Borkert from Linium will be presenting a session entitled ‘Managing a SAM Tool Implementation – Organizing for Maximum Effectiveness’ at the IAITAM Conference and Exhibition (ACE) next month. I recently corresponded with Chris regarding his upcoming session...
Click to Enlarge Back in June one of our Virtual User Group (VUG) members has kindly shared their process for authorization and procurement of software. This is the second part of their software management process – ‘License Control and Efficiency’. If you are starting...
2 minutes walk from Covent Garden, London, UK WHAT Independent UK SAM Networking Event Following continued requests we are organizing another meet-up for anyone in the UK SAM industry following our meet up in March 2011. This is a great opportunity to get up to speed on the latest...
Kris Barker, Express Metrix This article has been contributed by Kris Barker, CEO of Express Metrix. In the business world, we generally think of workers as an asset to the organization—and for good reason. However, in the IT world, workers are, in many ways, regarded as a liability....
In preparation for the Gartner IT Financial, Procurement and Asset Management Summit in London at the end of September The ITAM Review and Gartner are collaborating on a research project into ITAM Service Providers and ITAM and the Cloud. Victoria Barber, Research Director at Gartner Victoria...
“With a little persuasion and some technical expertise” This article has been contributed by Amelia Collins, Product Manager at 1E. Introduction Many systems management tools such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 have the ability to monitor application...
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?...
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...
Software Usage Monitoring - Measure to Improve Efficiency This article aims to provide an introduction to software usage, clarify terminology and perhaps help you build a business case for implementing software usage monitoring. Introduction I have spoken to a number of organizations...