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SAM as Cloud Enabler
Simon Leuty & Jason Allaway of SSS, 2012 Microsoft SAM Partner of the Year I’m attending the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in sunny Toronto this week. The Microsoft SAM partner...
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One Key Ingredient for Enterprise App Stores
Elegance in Execution There is lots of hoopla in the market at the moment regarding Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and perhaps rightly so. Increasingly IT savvy users with experiences of the instant...
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Joint Research Project with Forrester Research – SAM in 2012
Everyone's favourite ITSM Analyst I am very pleased to announce a joint research project with Stephen Mann, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research. Our research investigates the current maturity and...
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Why SAM Needs to Focus on Cloud
"Migrating expensive, server software to shared services and cloud based infrastructure without a proper understanding of the risks involved will cost enterprises millions of dollars." Microsoft WPC...
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The Retaliatory Tactics of Mega-Vendors
I was recently commissioned to write a whitepaper by Concorde Solutions. The executive summary is as follows: “The IT Industry is facing four major disruptive trends: The Migration to Cloud...
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An ITAM bull’s-eye: detection & removal of unused software
Arup is best know for its design work for the built environment such as 30 St. Mary Axe a.k.a 'The Gherkin' in London (for which Arup were structural engineers). Software efficiency vendor 1E has sold...
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Microsoft SAM Optimization Model vs. ISO/IEC 19770-1
David Bicket of M-Assure presented an update on ISO activity across the SAM Industry at the BCS SAM Networking event in London last week. One development David mentioned was a recent update to the...
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Which services do SAM partners offer?
Last month ITAM Review readers kindly spared a few minutes to complete a survey in conjunction with Stephen Mann from Forrester Research. Thank you to everyone who took the time to participate. Not...
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Who do you trust?
Editors Note: I’ve known Paul Sheehan for over a decade. He is a forthright, well-respected and experienced SAM practitioner and I’m pleased that I’ve finally convinced him to step out of the shadows...
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Business Drivers for SAM Adoption
This is the second article from my SAM research project with Stephen Mann from Forrester Research looking at the partner / supplier element of our research. See also ‘Which services do SAM partners...
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Australian SAM Partner SOS certified by KPMG
Australian IT software asset management accolades don’t come along every week by and large, so good news this week comes from Filipa Preston who is CEO and founder of Software Optimisation Services, a...
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13 Roadblocks to SAM Adoption [SAM Survey Results]
Click to Enlarge This is the third and final article digging into feedback from Partners and Suppliers for our research study with Stephen Mann from Forrester. See also: Which services do SAM Partners...
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Does your Outsourcer really know SAM?
"Software Asset Management (SAM) may be a small line item within a huge all-encompassing contract" Outsourcers are a major part of the IT landscape. Third party service providers and integrators are...
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SAM in the City: “You’re not corporate….”
Rory Canavan: SAM in the City You’re not Corporate… These words were used to describe me over 12 months ago, mid-way through a SAM engagement for a global client. I might have shrugged off such a...
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Software Asset Management – The First Ninety Days [Book Outline]
Software Asset Management - The First Ninety Days I am in the process of writing a book on SAM with Simone van Sambeek and Kai van Hoeckel. Our book in entitled ‘Software Asset Management – The First...
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What does 2013 have in store for Software Asset Management?
Andy Fisher examines the Software Asset Management (SAM) landscape on the road ahead and asks what 2013 is likely to bring. In November 2012, we hosted a seminar for senior management around the...
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Streamlining the software request process
An ITAM Review reader writes: Reader: In my organization, I face a problem that may take sometime to solve, but something that you may have come across earlier. We have users who speak in ambiguous...
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How SKU catalogues save time and money
What do people mean when they refer to a ‘SKU Catalogue’ for license management? In this article I hope to demonstrate why organizations utilise SKU catalogues, the difference between SKU catalogues...
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BSA’s “attack dog” tactics need a bone
Matt Fisher is business development director at software asset management and license management tools company License Dashboard. As an industry spokesperson Fisher has been critical in the past of the...
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How to set vendor scope
“It is important to prioritise your efforts, as the chances are that upwards of 80% of the annual software spend goes on software from just a handful of vendors.” Tina Fruhauf, Practice Leader at...
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