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It was great to attend the Gartner ITAM conference in London last week (thanks to our friends at the big G for inviting us). Sentiment from the show floor and delegates was positive. I heard the odd grumble about content but overall I think Gartner, as always, did a great job of capturing...
Creative Destruction: “Capitalist economic development arises out of the destruction of some prior economic order” I am looking forward to attending the EMEA version of the Gartner ITAM summit next month. “Great value for money, great networking, recommended event.”...
BCS London offices are two minutes walk from Covent Garden WHAT IT Cost Optimization in an era of Virtualization: “Learn about new technologies and practices that will enable you to achieve IT cost optimization and lower the total cost of ownership of your server estate. If...
Rory Canavan: SAM in the City You’re not Corporate… These words were used to describe me over 12 months ago, mid-way through a SAM engagement for a global client. I might have shrugged off such a comment; however this statement came from my boss at the time. So whilst...
Microsoft Licensing Bootcamp, Munich, June 3-4, 2013 What? Directions on Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp. “Two days of graduate-level training to develop your own Microsoft licensing expertise and equip you with the critical knowledge you need to drive maximum value from your company’s...
The Emperor's New Clothes is a short tale by Hans Christian Anderson about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, a child...
The relationship between IT asset management, finance and procurement is the subject of the upcoming Gartner summit (10-11 October in London) and builds on recent research into the growing importance and inter-relation of these three topics. So with this in mind here are some thoughts...
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...
Alexa Bona, Research VP, IT Asset Management, Gartner After nearly two decades of Gartner IT Financial, Procurement and Asset Management Summits in the US, Gartner have brought the format to EMEA. The first EMEA Gartner IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit will...
WHAT Gartner Local SAM Briefings in London, Oslo and Stockholm; “Don’t Leave the Job Half Done – Support Strategic IT Procurement with Vendor Management and Software Asset Management” Summary: Software Asset Management is critical to maximizing the value you...