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Clive Longbottom, Quocirca Quocirca analyst and technology commentator extraordinaire Clive Longbottom has seen a few IT asset management scenarios come and go in his time. Appropriately then, the ITAM Review now gets to quiz Longbottom on his recent white paper entitled Don’t sweat...
The ITAM Review has learned of yet more disquiet in the public sector data arena recently with two London councils being severely rapped for breaches of the Data Protection Act, after the loss of two unencrypted laptops containing sensitive personal information. While information...
By Adrian Bridgwater, Editor. Can a LinkedIn discussion transmogrify into a technical analysis editorial piece? That is what I wanted to find out by starting some level of discussion on the ITAM Review’s LinkedIn conversation board when I suggested that it might be prudent to...
Cracks In The Paywall? It appears Gartner are banging the new business drum and are a offering 90 day trial access to their online research. Visit this page to claim your 90 day subscription (NOT an affiliate link) View this video to learn more about the offer. I’m not a Gartner...
The results of the SCCM ITAM Plug-ins Group Test are now live. Microsoft System Center is a popular platform, the aim of the research is showcase the capabilities of tools that harness System Center data for IT Asset Management. The vendors featured in the review are 1E, AssetLabs,...
This article has been contributed by Kylie Fowler. Regular columnist and Analyst at The ITAM Review. It is well recognised that networking is an important skill for professionals, however most of the information about networking available on the internet and in books is aimed squarely...
The following nuggets of IT Management wisdom were delivered via twitter. Free Gartner Tutorial – How to Set Up Software Asset Management Directions On Microsoft Newsletter Volume Licensing from Microsoft Windows XP Market Share Increases in January 7 Excellent Virtualization Infographics BMC...
Back in August I conducted a survey into how ITAM is integrated into ITSM. Thank you to all those who took the time to participate. I believe there is a great opportunity to bring ITAM and ITSM closer together for mutual benefit. This survey asked how ITAM was positioned within the...
Gartner have released a new Market Scope for ITAM repositories. As with the Gartner 2010 MarketScope, I found the industry snapshot more useful than the vendor analysis. Patricia Adams states the market has shrunk ‘to less than $400m’. This may be true for the big four conglomerates...
I am in the process of reviewing five seven eight market leading SCCM ITAM plug-ins. The tentative list of vendors participating in alphabetical order is as follows: 1E Assetlabs BDNA License Dashboard LicenseWatch Nexthink Provance Snow Microsoft System Center is a popular platform,...