Software Asset Management
Notes from IAITAM ACE Dublin: Reduce Costs and Risk for the Enterprise
I had the opportunity to speak at the IAITAM ACE Dublin conference earlier this month. My session was titled, “The Hidden Cost of Unused Software: What is unused software costing……
New 1E report reveals US software waste at $28 billion
Global enterprise software waste today stands at 38%, totaling $28 billion of waste in the US alone, or $247 per user, according to a free, new downloadable study published today……
Beating Attachmate Audits with Defendable Data
When it comes to software vendor audits, most people rattle off the likes of IBM, Microsoft, Oracle or SAP. Rarely do people mention Attachmate audits. However, when the Attachmate name……
ISO Standards and Software Asset Management
Why should ISO standards be of interest to any end user organization? Peter Beruk: Standards are created to solve a problem. In the software asset management space, the problems are one……
End of an Era! Adobe to Cease Customer Audits?
At a recent IAITAM conference, two SAM colleagues asked what I knew about the rumor of Adobe ending its audit program. Given the propensity for vendors to conduct audits given……
How 1E plans to shake up ITAM conference 2016
The global IT Asset Management community is set to descend upon Olympia London this week for ITAM Conference 2016, and we can expect lots of fascinating panels and presentations. However……
How can we stop reacting and make SAM a business-as-usual activity?
Thanks to everyone who joined our Strategic SAM webinar on Top 3 Threes of Software Asset Management. We discussed: the top 3 reasons to implement SAM, why SAM projects fail……
The number one question from the IAITAM ACE 2016 conference
Having returned from the IAITAM ACE conference in New Orleans, I was struck by the number of times I heard, “I am not sure what to focus on when starting……
Getting Started with Strategic Software Asset Management
A Software Asset Management strategy is not something that can be taken lightly. It must be considered a part of the vital path to achieving a critical business goal, like……