Gartner ITAM Event – London (11th-12th Sept 2013): I have just spent two days at the Gartner ITAM event at the Westminster Plaza, London. The sensory highlight had to be the evening hospitality laid on by Snow Software and www.iceangels.co.uk with their servings of alcoholic sorbets and ice creams – I could have happily spent… Continue reading Gartner ITAM Event – London (11th-12th Sept 2013)
Year: 2013
Process of the Month
Process of the Month: Dear All, Another short blog this week as the “conspiracy of life” keeps me well away from my blogging responsibilities. I just wanted to write a few words to promote a new initiative in association with The ITAM Review. Martin Thompson has kindly given me the space to write a new… Continue reading Process of the Month
Creating SAM Objects
Creating SAM Objects: We know that Software Asset Management is, by definition, the right blend of systems, people and processes to effectively manage software and software-related assets through every aspect of their IT lifecycle. Much has been made of what technologies we apply to this cocktail of controls; licensing knowledge is essential to understand the… Continue reading Creating SAM Objects
Culture is King
Culture is King: I was fortunate enough to catch up with Martin Chalkley the other evening, (www.consultandomi.com) and he was commenting on the differences in the way in which people from Ghana, the Middle East and Afghanistan interacted when taking his five-day course on contractual management. And so, this got me thinking about my own… Continue reading Culture is King
SAM Process Maturity Assessment
SAM Process Maturity Assessment; “People, Systems and Processes”, and this is the mantra that is the foundation for Software Asset Management (and, indeed many other IT projects and programmes). The world of Software Asset Management abounds with many products/systems offering increasing levels of discovery, analytics and reporting. However, fundamental to the capability of any one… Continue reading SAM Process Maturity Assessment
IBSMA – SAMSUMMIT 2013 – Chicago
IBSMA – SAMSUMMIT 2013 – Chicago: A healthy cross-section of main-stream American and international organisations took part in the IBSMA Software Asset ManagementSUMMIT this year. Presentations ranged on tackling Oracle audits (Craig Guarante of Palisade Compliance), Cloud Computing and Risk Mitigation through Vendor Management and Contract Negotiation (Thomas Trappler of UCLA) and Achieving Greater Returns… Continue reading IBSMA – SAMSUMMIT 2013 – Chicago
Prism
Prism: Will this see the spiraling of shadow IT and Flag of Convenience Data-centers? It’s enough to make George Orwell feel very smug from the great beyond, yet Prism has ably demonstrated that fear and loathing underpin the thinking and strategy behind US Government tactics, and that the ability “to do right thing” is a… Continue reading Prism
Security & Software Asset Management
Security & Software Asset Management: As business drivers go, we almost take for granted that the notion of IT security is “someone else’s bag” or that username and password validation is sufficient straight out of the box. But in a recent IT exercise, a review of interfaces expected of Software Asset Management highlighted something of… Continue reading Security & Software Asset Management
The changing face of SAM
The changing face of SAM: With Adobe’s recent announcement that future provision of its Creative Suite will solely be cloud-based; and Dell also recently posting quarterly downturns in the region of 79%, are we in danger of relegating IT back to a utility status? And equally, where does this leave the world of Software Asset… Continue reading The changing face of SAM
The Problem with SAM
The Problem with SAM: In a former article I wrote about push-button responses to the potential IT woes in life, and how anything that didn’t occur at the drop of a hat could induce sighs and moans. So what are some of the simpler steps we can adopt that may not necessarily take us to… Continue reading The Problem with SAM
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