Martin Thompson and the fine crew at ITAM Review have kindly granted me a space to talk at the UK Conference to be held at Mercedes Benz World, Weybridge on 5th & 6th June. I appreciate that anyone who has to listen to me talk for more than 45 minutes in one sitting is worthy… Continue reading ITAM Review UK Conference
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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
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
User-Centric SAM Design
User-Centric SAM Design: If you have the luxury(!) of being asked to design your Software Asset Management/ITAM Management System, then you might perceive to set about designing a framework that is focused around the results/reports it is required to produce. This would be no bad thing, not least as at a stroke you are looking… Continue reading User-Centric SAM Design
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
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 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
Where have all the silver bullets gone?
Where have all the silver bullets gone? “One install equals one licence”, “OEM software lives and dies with the machine”, “You don’t own the software, merely the rights to use the software” etc. etc. Fast forward to today: “Your Oracle ordering document takes precedence over any pre-existing contract you might have signed”, “Improving your processor… Continue reading Where have all the silver bullets gone?
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