Shortcuts to SAM Immaturity
This article was prompted by a discussion with an ITAM Review reader, asking how they should maximise the value of an expensive tool deployment that wasn’t, as yet, delivering results.ITAM tools can be seen as a magic bullet for software asset management – buy the tool, install the agents, all good to go, right? This is far from the truth.
Having a tool can actually be counter-productive, because...
Nike hit back at Quest
Image by Thomas Breher from Pixabay
We saw a few weeks ago that Quest Software have taken Nike to court over their refusal to settle up for license non-compliance discovered during an audit (article here).
Nike have submitted a counter claim and it is full of very interesting details, many of which can apply to the wider ITAM community. In particular, it helps highlight the difference an audit defence...
Just Do It – not a good SAM strategy
Quest Software are suing Nike, according to court documents filed on April 24, 2018. This is another case of an audit shortfall dispute making its way to the courtroom.
Who are Quest Software?
Quest Software are perhaps best known for their Toad database management tools. Founded in 1987, the company became Dell Software in 2012 – but this entity was then sold in 2016, to Francisco Partners and...
Average software audit takes 7.13 months and consumes 194.15 hours
Research I’ve just published with The Campaign for Clear Licensing (CCL) reports that the average software audit (according to 170 worldwide ITAM, SAM and Licensing Pros) takes 7.13 months to complete and consumes 194.15 hours of IT department time.
See the full report here: http://www.clearlicensing.org/audit-report-nov-2016/
The CCL report shares who is the most and least aggressive software...
Live from SAMPARIS16 – French SAM market growing, beware HP software audit risk
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 conversation with a well-respected and experienced SAM professional and we were discussing the news of HPE’s ‘merger’...
ITAM Review Forum Progress Report: 62 Questions, 237 Answers
Most popular categories on the ITAM Review Forum
We launched a new forum at the start of the year, this is a quick update on progress so far.
As we stated in January, it can be anonymous if you want it to be, tagged and moderated. It also features rating so the good stuff rises to the top.
Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far.
ITAM Review Forum Performance
62 Questions
241 Answers
173...
Study shows Crystal Reports, Visual Studio, AutoCad, Project and Visio most likely to be unused
As SAM pros we all hear about the value of identifying unused software.
A recent study from 1E has examined the applications most likely to be unused in an organisation. The study is available here (no registration required).
If you are looking for cost savings: This article can help you identify your low-hanging fruit shortlist.
In conjunction with the ITAM Review, 1E are hosting an event in London...
Microsoft to Embed ISO/IEC 19770-2 Software ID Tags
Heather Young, Global Manager, SAM Services and Partners, Microsoft Corporation
Great news for the SAM Industry this week.
Software giant Microsoft has announced adoption of ISO/IEC 19770-2 software identification tags.
Heather Young, Global Manager, SAM Services and Partners, Microsoft Corporation states:
“We are pleased to announce our support for the ISO/IEC 19770-2 Standard on software identification...
Scalable Software Offer Free Cloud Based Inventory for Mid-Market
Scalable Software has announced the release of a free ‘community’ version of their cloud based inventory tool, Asset Vision.
You might know Scalable for their über-forensic on-premise inventory tool ‘Survey’ or their packaging and deployment tool WinINSTALL, bought from Attachmate in 2008.
AssetVision is an agentless discovery and software inventory delivered from the cloud. No agents to install...
Our Software Licensing Is a Mess – Where Do We Start?
If you’ve been assigned responsibility for sorting out that prickly mess called software, you might be asking yourself – Holy moley! Where do I start?
If you are a newcomer to managing software, may I offer you two pieces of advice? You might be feeling slightly overwhelmed by the enormity of the problem. If you want to sleep at night and not blow a fuse try to grasp two concepts:
1) You will never...