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Do you have a SAM System? In a recent series of emails, I was presented with the notion that the SAM Process Maturity Assessment Platform we have at SAM Charter was very difficult to align to the features of a particular SAM suite (humph!). And this got me to thinking about SAM and the state… Continue reading Do you have a SAM System?

Hello all, it appears that the marketing types have demanded their time at the corporate-creative keyboard once more, and come up with the phrase “Digital Transformation”.  As yet, Webster’s or the OED haven’t yet got hold of this phrase to offer it a precise definition (and why would they bother?!).  Let’s face it, digital transformation… Continue reading SAM & Digital Transformation

and Before I start, I’d like to point out that the benefits of the Joiners, Movers and Leavers process are huge with the subscription and Cloud environments. For the purpose of this blog I’m going to focus on the few vendors that we have made real wins with through the JML process recently. If you… Continue reading Why is the JML Process your best friend?

SAM and your Technology Weave: The expertise and level of attention to detail required in producing an Effective Licence Position (ELP) for a software vendor is not to be under-estimated, and requires a flexibility of thinking and tenacity that would see you through a Master’s degree. But just who are we serving when we look… Continue reading SAM and your Technology Weave

Ignorance is no defence in the eyes of the law, But you try telling the Dutch Police this.  The land of easy-going attitudes and impossibly-good footballers, saw its police force requesting a rebate from Microsoft.  They had bought nearly €3Million of Microsoft Home User Edition Licences in 2008, and the courts have finally ruled. Precedence… Continue reading Ignorance is no defence in the eyes of the law

Is it time to rewrite the ELP? The recent court case concerning Diageo and their errant use of SAP software brings into sharp focus the matter of perspective that is needed when taking intangible purchases and turning them into electronic services. A £54M penalty is going to offer an eye-watering jab in the pockets of… Continue reading Is it time to rewrite the ELP?

While at a get-together of speakers at an IT Conference in Florida, I turned to the organizer (Martin Thompson) and said “I have your next article for you – What is the next Uber event for SAM?” he then asked “What is it?” to which I replied “I don’t know – you need to write… Continue reading The Next “Uber” Event for SAM?

Could you run SAM from your mobile phone? Picture the scene:  In the not too distant future, a CIO is “networking” (i.e. out playing golf!) – when walking between shots with his phone set to silent (club rules) he receives a notification from his SAM app that a favoured vendor on the company hit-list has… Continue reading Could you run SAM from your mobile phone?

Process of the Month – Software Change Management Process: Hi all, and my apologies for not keeping you updated with notifications of what’s going on in the world of SAM Charter; it’s been quite a Q1/Q2. I’ll fire up another blog on the exciting goings-on here shortly, but for now I wanted to share with you… Continue reading Process of the Month – Software Change Management Process

Process of the Month – Software Rationalisation: Welcome to the vlog of Process of the Month in support of the relaunch of the ITAM Accelerate Process Kit. We have launched a ten minute presentation that will offer a run-through of various processes documented in the Process Kit. Over the next 11 months I and assorted… Continue reading Process of the Month – Software Rationalisation