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Windows 8 Preview SWID Tag - CLICK TO ENLARGE Back in April we reported how Microsoft was about to embed ISO/IEC 19770-2 tags into their software (Microsoft to Embed ISO/IEC 19770-2 Software ID Tags). Now, a few months later, lo and behold Steve Klos over at Tagvault has spotted the...
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...
Best Use of Tags 2011 This is an advanced notice that TagVault.org and The ITAM Review will be running the ‘Best Use of Tags’ contest in early 2011. The contest, now in its second year, aims to identify and recommend those SAM vendors who have clearly demonstrated the use of...
Your Help Is Required The SAM standard ISO/IEC 19770 is pivotal to the ongoing development of the SAM industry. The standard enables the industry to benefit from a commercially neutral benchmark and frame of reference on which to build SAM training, services, skills and implementations. However,...
As part of my ongoing work with the IEC I was fortunate enough to participate on a call with an organization that is ahead of the curve in IT Asset Management. The principle behind the IEC is to find out what the best companies do, in order to share methodology with peers –...
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...
I am pleased to announce a new project with the Infrastructure Executive Council (IEC) to research ITAM best practices for their members.