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If you’ve been assigned responsibility for sorting out that prickly mess called software, you might be asking yourself – Holy moley! Where do I start? If you are a newcomer to managing software, may I offer you two pieces of advice? You might be feeling slightly overwhelmed by...
The BSA - The Police of the Software Industry? The following article is based on a recent conversation with an ITAM Review reader. Reader – Q. Who are the BSA? The Business Software Alliance (BSA) are an international body that are financed by the biggest software companies...
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with a Virtual User Group member who is in the process of selecting a SAM tool. What advice would you offer this organization based on our conversation? Please add your feedback to the comments below. ~ Q. Could you explain your current situation?...
The UK based recruitment consultancy MerlinCorp have kindly shared the results of their 2011 Worldwide Salary Survey. Paul Davis at MerlinCorp is to be congratulated for taking the time to specialize and get to know the UK SAM and software licensing market. Unlike other IT recruitment...
The ITAM Review forum now has a new home within the Virtual User Group. Below are some edited highlights of some of the discussions from the old forum. Thank you to everyone that contributed and sorry for the upheaval in moving things around. Q. Looking for a SAM tool that will full...
This article has been contributed by Scott D. Rosenberg of Miro Consulting. As consultants who help companies during software negotiations and audits, we often get involved with their internal legal counsel, and occasionally their external counsel. Senior executives usually believe...
Takeshi Takeuchi, Aeru Planning K.K. I recently spoke with Takeshi Takeuchi, an IT consultant with Aeru Planning K.K. in Tokyo, Japan. Takeshi kindly provided me with a short overview of SAM in Japan: Q. The ITAM Review: How is SAM perceived in Japan? Takeshi: It’s been about...
Quacquarelli Symonds - BSA Breach in 3 out of 10 Results (CLICK TO ENLARGE) The group behind www.topuniversities.com and www.topmba.com landed itself in the UK IT press for all the wrong reasons last week. It was reported that Quacquarelli Symonds Consulting Limited had to pay the...
Chancellor George Osborne unveiled the biggest UK spending cuts for decades. This article has been contributed by Larry Stein at Dell Kace. Public sector organisations are facing up to real pressure around cuts in spending. In the UK, the Comprehensive Spending Review announced...
I have been travelling the length and breadth of the UK over the last couple of weeks meeting with clients and attending events. Idle time on trains during this period got me thinking about what the software licensing industry can learn from the railways, and in particular, what can...