News, reviews and resources for worldwide ITAM, SAM and Licensing professionals.
I recently reviewed Ecosystem Manager from Virima Technologies for the ITAM vs. ITSM Integration group test. Below is a summary, read the full review on Tools Advisor here. Also Participating: InvGate ManageEngine Matrix42 Miradore SupaTOOLS To read the summary, strengths and weaknesses,...
We are pleased to publish our 2015 review of worldwide SAM Managed Service Providers. Download the full report below (no registration required): https://marketplace.itassetmanagement.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SAM-MSP-2015-Group-Test-15th-October-2015_FINAL.pdf Continued Interest...
SAM Tools are now a basic must-have for any organisation I remember when I first started in the SAM industry and was looking to implement a SAM tool that at the time a number of professionals and IT staff told me that they were ‘nice to have’ but not essential. At the time I could...
Anyone within the ITAM or software licensing space are aware that SAM Tools provide a system for the management of software licenses throughout their lifecycle. You can add your license details manually into the SAM Tool from documentation like invoices, license agreements, financial...
Software asset management constantly has to prove its worth to organisations. Due to the fact that it is a relatively immature and emerging business function, a number of organisations still have the attitude of ‘we’ve gone this long without SAM; we don’t need to invest in...
This article was contributed by Paul DeGroot, Principal Consultant at Pica Communications. The Microsoft Licensing Statement (MLS) is a critical document for managing Microsoft software assets, but it’s poorly understood and Microsoft account teams may sometimes withhold...
This is a guest article contributed by Probuddho Halder, a SAM and Software Licensing expert based in India. Probuddho is a young and enthusiastic SAM professional. He likes to read and write about SAM and software procurement. Designing SAM strategy and implementation...
Independent Review brainwaregroup is a provider of systems management and IT Lifecycle Management tools and services who have over 400 clients worldwide. With more than 1.5m managed clients, brainwaregroup’s software has been implemented in a number of organisations over the past...
I am pleased to publish an updated list of customer satisfaction scores. This follows our previous table back in January. Please Note: This is not a one-off exercise. We will continually collect satisfaction scores. So please help your ITAM industry peers make smarter tool buying...
This independent review is part of our SAP Tool Review. Also participating are: Flexera Software [BEST IN CLASS] Snow Software Executive Summary Elevator Pitch Spider Licence for SAP powered by SecurIntegration is a SAP license management solution from brainwaregroup. The solution...