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Why did we write the ITAM Accelerate Cloud Process Kit? Some time ago, we felt a major sense of achievement having mapped 44 HAM & SAM processes to an ISO19770-1 level. Fast-forward to today, though, and on-prem-only management just doesn’t cut it. ITAM Accelerate Cloud Process Kit: Introduction Cloud spending is now one of the… Continue reading ITAM Accelerate Cloud Process Kit

Ask most IT teams how well-governed their technology estate is, and you’ll get a confident answer. Ask them to prove it and the confidence tends to evaporate. Not because the people are doing a poor job, but because the tools they rely on surface aggregates, not evidence. They tell you percentages. They don’t tell you… Continue reading Remora

ITAM Process Maturity Assessment The more things change, the more they stay the same….. About two years ago, I got numerous notifications of updates that were required to the technology behind the SAM Charter maturity assessment. (This is the light/ free version). Essentially, the man who coded it for me (Aaron Russell) informed me that… Continue reading ITAM Process Maturity Assessment

SAM Charter – What’s Next….. After a 15 month SAM engagement through Brillio (thank you guys for considering me – it’s been an absolute blast – please get your people to contact my person: I’d love to go again). It’s now time to put my SAM Charter suit on once more and get proactive with… Continue reading SAM Charter – What’s Next…

Lego, ITAM & Entrepreneurship – quite a heady mix! I recently wrote a post for our sister website (ITAM Accelerate) about my experience of putting together a Lego Mercedes Formula 1 model. The blog can be found here, and it provided me with an opportunity to thank a selection of companies that have helped Kylie… Continue reading Lego, ITAM & Entrepreneurship

ISO 19770-1: 2017 – SoA:  In an exercise for a recent review of content of https://www.iso.org/standard/68531.html, I came across the need to have a Statement of Applicability (SoA) called out as a deliverable of the Standard. I wanted to put a few points together as to why an SoA is deemed necessary what value it… Continue reading ISO 19770-1: 2017 SoA

Hey all, further to my previous dalliance with the egg-chasing fraternity at Twickenham last month, normal service has been resumed with the start of the new football season in the UK. Times are good, and this is reflected in my mood – so I am re-launching the SAM Charter Invitational Fantasy Football League for the… Continue reading Fantasy Football League 2023/24

ITAM Review – Wisdom 2023. It seems like forever since I gave you a glimpse behind the curtain to the world of SAM Charter! The crew at ITAM Review were kind enough to provide me with a speaking slot at this year’s Wisdom Conference. As Kylie and I invested a considerable chunk of our lives… Continue reading ITAM Review Wisdom 2023

Death to SAM Suites! I was giving thought to this nerdy discipline within IT (i.e. SAM!) and I got to thinking about SAM Suites.  Why do we call them SAM Suites?  I guess it’s due to a time gone by when compliance was the be-all and end-all for SAM.  That the production of a compliance… Continue reading Death to SAM Suites!

So I just had a late Christmas present arrive – swanky and expensive Asics trainers to mentally blackmail myself to get back into the gym – so I thought I would write another blog!  In fairness though, I am wearing the trainers as I type so that will help, surely?! ITAM KPIs: Before we begin… Continue reading What do your ITAM KPIs look like?