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This article has been contributed by Jelle Wijndelts, SAM consultant at Snow Software. Many vendors and consultants have actively supported the adoption of standards amongst the SAM community and been members of the WG21 working group responsible for the creation of ISO 19770-1 since...
This is one of those “fly-wheel” processes in SAM that doesn’t often exist, but can seriously punch above its own weight. Maintaining a Supported Software Catalogue takes SAM audit and reconciliation data beyond pure SAM boundaries, and can feed Business Intelligence back...
Do your software audits fill you with dread? As we are all aware, software audits are something that most organisations dread. Organisations can stay one step ahead of the BSA and FAST by conducting their own internal software audits. Why should we audit ourselves? There are a...
BSA/Anglepoint “Is SAM still necessary if a company moves to the cloud? The answer is an unequivocal yes” In 2011 we conducted some research into ‘ITAM in the Cloud’ with Victoria Barber from Gartner. At the time, ITAM Review readers were telling us: a) For the...
Generally, when we refer to SAM within an organisation, it tends to imply the singular and a function that’s the responsibility of a solitary SAM professional. This perception seems to exist regardless of the size of organisation. Whilst that may have been the case in the early...
A post started by Lori Levenson in the Software Asset Management group on LinkedIn, asked the question what are the top three processes needed for a successful SAM implementation? Answers were varied, (and some longer than others – Thanks Steve O’Halloran!) but an observation...
Introduction Peer Reviews – ITAM Review readers sharing their opinions on ITAM tools, technology and services. This review of ATEA Cloud SAM has been written by three ITAM Review readers. Our thanks to Stephen B, K Fowler and Rory Canavan for taking the time to share their views. Our...
Firstly, sincerest thanks to all of those who re-tweeted re-posted or even “liked” this feature on LinkedIn – the viewing stats were beyond anything I could have hoped for. As Piaras MacDonnell (Pronounced Pierce to those of a non-Celtic tongue) of SureDatum made an early...
“Heterogeneity on this scale creates both technical and licensing challenges for enterprises to overcome.” Analysts have predicted that in the next two years, over half of a company’s IT applications will be located in the ‘cloud’. This has significant implications...
Self-service application request systems, sometimes called AppStores or Software Catalogs, are becoming increasingly attractive thanks to their promise of simplifying the approval and deployment of software while meeting user demands for a more consumer-style experience in the workplace. “Why...