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Stop. Go. 7 things to consider before signing your next Oracle contract If you are in the process of renewing contracts with Oracle, or have a renewal event on the horizon. Here are seven things to consider before signing on the dotted line. In a nutshell: Oracle is difficult to deal...
September News Round Up It’s been a reasonably busy month in the world of ITAM for September, with the biggest news coming from Oracle. The ITAM Review have also had a busy month with a number of new articles and events news! September news: Microsoft to stop Office365 On demand...
This is an independent review of technology for managing Microsoft licensing and agreements. Also participating in this review: IE Brainware / Spider Snow Software A full comparison and Group Test results can be found here: https://marketplace.itassetmanagement.net/2014/10/02/microsoft-license-management/ Executive...
The ITAM Review team attended the European version of Gartner’s ITAM Summit in London last week for great networking and ITAM and IT procurement led presentations. Gartner Analyst Stewart Buchanan led an interesting session on the future of SAM tools where he argued that the future...
Will any software vendor be able to deliver best of breed ITAM and ITSM in one solution? [Meeting of North and Baltic Sea]Cloud based ITSM vendor Cherwell Software has acquired ITAM vendor Express Metrix. We’ve seen continued convergence between ITAM and ITSM over the last few years...
The ITAM Review Podcast Episode 2 Hosted by Martin Thompson and David Foxen of The ITAM Review. Guests: Piaras MacDonnell of SureDatum Paul DeGroot of Pica Communications In this podcast we explore Microsoft licensing, audit behaviour and SAM reviews. Discussion Areas: Redmond...
This is an independent review and comparison of specialist tools for managing Oracle licensing. Solutions reviewed: Easytrust Flexera Software HP Lime Software Snow Software How are Oracle databases configured? Whilst Oracle has hundreds of product lines, ITAM Review readers...
This review of AppClarity from 1E is part of our Adobe License Management feature. 1E Commercial Summary Product Name AppClarity Product Version Reviewed 4.0 Version Release Date February 2013 Year Company Founded & Turnover 1997, £30M Customers ~ 50 Pricing Not...
This review of License Manager from License Dashboard is part of our Adobe License Management feature. License Dashboard Commercial Summary Product Name License Dashboard License Manager Product Version Reviewed 5.8 Version Release Date July 2013 Year Company Founded &...
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...