As Doris Day famously sang “Que sera sera, the future’s not ours to see”, we can never be certain about what changes will affect our lives in the coming years. However, as business professionals one of our key duties is to anticipate and adapt to technology changes that will bring Read more…
There is a great deal of interest and enthusiasm for Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) at present. Pundits proclaim a new dawn of faster and more accurate learning and problem solving as we get machines to do the “thinking” for us. What will be the implications of A.I. for software asset management Read more…
IT and Software asset management can benefit greatly from the availability of data about the assets installed in an enterprise. However, few of any organizations are taking advantage of this resource. It is estimated that the amount of stored data is currently doubling every two years. The availability of cloud Read more…
Software spending is projected to grow 9.4 percent in 2018 to total $387 billion. Many organisations can cut spending on software significantly by implementing software usage metering. IDC predicted that close to 50% of organisations will have the processes and tools in place to meter usage of their major on- Read more…
Software spending is projected to grow 9.4 percent in 2018 to total $387 billion. Many organisations can cut spending on software by as much as 30 percent by implementing three software license optimisation best practices, according to research from Gartner, Inc. One of three best practises suggested by Gartner can Read more…
This white paper introduces to GDPR and the implications for ITAM Managers. It covers the importance of GDPR, how Brexit affects to the UK companies, the impacts of GDPR on ITAM/ SAM Managers and a checklist for ITAM/ SAM Mangers contributing to GDPR. To learn more, download the white paper.
The software licensing industry confuses customers with the term software usage. To a certain extent this confusion works in the favour of the software vendors and software asset management advisors don’t always help to clarify things. This overview gives some simple definitions and explains the four levels of software usage Read more…
With a Red Hat subscription, you get the latest technology with the assurance you need to keep your business running. You also benefit from the expertise of engineers making software the open source way. You can count on receiving the latest product versions with the stability and security you’ve come Read more…
Autumn is coming and that means it’s time for the annual IAITAM Fall ACE Building Your Business Empire with ITAM lands in Rome, Italy on 13-14th September and marks the 15th anniversary of the IAITAM. We are very excited to announce that our CEO Phil Hames will be speaking at the IAITAM Read more…
Research (*) in 737 European financial institutions indicates that those investing the most in hardware and software had the poorest profitability and efficiency. Additional research (**) in the UK shows certain public sector organisations spend 30 times more on software licenses than others who perform exactly the same functions. Quite Read more…