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I am in the process of writing an updated version of the SAM Software Tools Review. Last year the report was a deep dive competitive comparison of Express Metrix vs FrontRange Solutions vs Snow Software. This year the scope of the review has expanded to include Enterprise SAM Tools...
How Do You Eat An Elephant? Piece by Piece The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has launched an industry training course and certification scheme based on the ISO/IEC 19770-1 SAM Standard. Breaking 19770-1 into Manageable Chunks I think this is the best thing to happen to ISO/IEC...
Custom Tweaks To Enhance Performance This is the second expert panel following valued contributions from industry experts on the NHS exiting their Enterprise Agreement last month. If you would like to contribute to future expert panels please give me a shout. This month the expert...
This article has been contributed by Sandi Conrad of Conrad & Associates. Sandi is the author of the “SAM Starter Kit” published by The ITAM Review. Formalizing an ITAM practice to include a repeatable, auditing process is on most CIO’s lists of things to do. Unfortunately...
The SAM Starter Kit The SAM Starter Kit by Sandi Conrad has been endorsed by Microsoft. Michael Beare, Worldwide Director for SAM, at Microsoft said: “Microsoft is fully supportive of the efforts of The ITAM Review to enhance customer SAM capabilities worldwide. The SAM Starter...
The new ITAM Review vendor directory has now been live for three months. It currently has 86 different asset management software vendors from around the globe allowing visitors to dice and splice the ITAM software industry by customer size and product type. Below are some of the early...
Belated congratulations to Concorde Solutions who picked up the Microsoft Software Asset Management Partner of the Year 2010 back in June. According to Microsoft: “The Software Asset Management Partner of the Year Award recognizes the partner that consistently seeks to innovate...
I recently conducted a quick straw poll regarding the concept of ‘Guaranteed Software Compliance’. Thank you to all those that responded (n=74). In a nutshell, the premise was: “Would a software compliance insurance policy, which paid out in the event of a shortfall...
2 Minutes Walk From Covent Garden A networking event is being held at the end of this month for UK SAM practitioners. This is a great opportunity to get up to speed on the latest developments in the world of SAM and network with your industry peers. PLEASE NOTE: This is not a commercial...
Majeski Stadium, Reading, UK The Software Industry Research Board (SIRB), part of FAST, brought together a good representation of the UK SAM Industry for their conference last week. Around 80* end users met at the Majeski Stadium in Reading to hear from SIRB speakers and sponsors...