Volkswagen and the over-riding of SAM: For those that might have been living under a rock for the last fortnight, Volkswagen have been found guilty (and have admitted their guilt) in regards to installing software in their engines that could alter the performance of the engine in the event that it detected an emissions test… Continue reading Volkswagen and the over-riding of SAM
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SAM Charter – a ringing endorsement!
SAM Charter – a ringing endorsement! As part of end-user acceptance trials of the SAM Process Maturity Assessment, I reached out to a few trusted colleagues to run through the assessment to make sure everything was in order. The feedback was invaluable and helped hone the direction and purpose of the questions and the platform,… Continue reading SAM Charter – a ringing endorsement!
Call for Partners – SAM Process Maturity Assessment
Call for Partners – SAM Process Maturity Assessment: SAM Charter is pleased to announce the completion of a world-class partner-friendly Software Asset Management Process Maturity Assessment. Best-practice Software Asset Management has been inter-woven with core elements of https://www.iso.org/standard/68531.html to give you the chance to offer your end users surgical analysis of their Software Asset Management… Continue reading Call for Partners – SAM Process Maturity Assessment
Darwinism comes to the Channel
Darwinism comes to the Channel: Evolution, and survival of the fittest have long been documented as the manner by which species prosper, and this is no truer than in the IT channel. If we consider where Microsoft were in the early 80’s – a mere fly-swat to the likes of IBM, their reliance on resellers… Continue reading Darwinism comes to the Channel
Process of the Month – ITAM Review
Process of the Month – ITAM Review: Happy New Year one and all! I hope you have made your New Year’s resolutions and are sticking to them with gusto! For my part I am walking 10,000 steps a day and not adding sugar to my tea or coffee. I’m not even a week into this,… Continue reading Process of the Month – ITAM Review
Happy New Year
Happy New Year: Greetings one and all – I hope your Christmas Day and Hogmanay was everything you hoped it would be. As we enter 2014 with recharged batteries and new ambitions to conquer, I was wondering what IT New Year’s resolutions you might have either set for yourself, or for your company? If memory… Continue reading Happy New Year
Release Management & SAM – Slickey
Release Management & SAM – Slickey: Rather than bang my own drum this week, I would like to draw your attention to one of the newer (and possibly less heard of) products on the marketplace called “Slickey”. The company, co-founded by Tony Dewhurst offers a technical solution to something I don’t see too often in… Continue reading Release Management & SAM – Slickey
Process of the Month: Maintain a Supported Software Catalogue
Process of the Month: Maintain a Supported Software Catalogue: This is another one of those lightning blogs to promote an article I have recently penned for ITAM Review. ITAM Review – Process of the Month “Software sprawl” is a phrase I have heard recently in respect of taking charge of your software estate; and that… Continue reading Process of the Month: Maintain a Supported Software Catalogue
SLO is dead – Long live ITAO
SLO is dead – Long live ITAO: In last week’s article we examined the question of the difference between Software Asset Management and SLO; a quick re-cap: Software Asset Management is typically embodied by the generation of an Effective License Position (ELP) which is a report that could (to the software vendor’s advantage) count “one… Continue reading SLO is dead – Long live ITAO
Savings as a Service
Savings as a Service: I was recently at a BCS Software Asset Management Networking event, and the time-honoured spectre of cost-savings raised its head. Paul Davis of Merlin Corp Ltd raised the question during a presentation given by Greg Holmes of Flexera: Why don’t Software Asset Management Consultancies/Vendors lead with a “Savings as a Service”… Continue reading Savings as a Service
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