Identifying The Skills Needed To Effectively Manage All Technology

We often talk about the ITAM skills gap, but as an industry, we rarely define the core skills needed to succeed. This session will focus on the critical technical and soft skills all technology managers need, regardless of the type of technology they manage. By under-emphasising the importance of these skills, we’ve made it harder to close the gap. This webinar will break down the skills required to manage any asset lifecycle and discuss how technology managers can build a foundation that applies across all asset types.As the landscape of technology and business continues to evolve, the role of the IT Asset Manager is undergoing significant transformation. This panel discussion will delve into what the modern IT Asset Manager’s role entails and the essential skills needed to thrive in 2025 and beyond.

Panelists will share insights on emerging trends, including the integration of FinOps, cloud management, and AI, and how these developments influence the skill sets required for success. Attendees will learn about the importance of adaptability, soft skills, and continuous learning in navigating future challenges.

Join us for an engaging conversation that will equip you with the knowledge to enhance your capabilities and prepare for the future of IT asset management.

Sponsors:

Cascade Asset Management   NOVENTIQSHI

 

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Online Tools & Services Day

Are you actively looking for a new ITAM tool? Are you curious to know what your team could achieve with a different tool? Are you fed up with some of the challenges you have with your current tool or service provider? If you answer “Yes!” to any of these questions, join us on the 8 May for our next Online Tools & Services Day.

This event is designed specifically for ITAM professionals – we want to help you learn about the latest tools and solutions in a comfortable, non-salesy environment, and without leaving your desk. We can’t remove the need for an RFP or RFI, but we can (hopefully) take away some of the pain that comes with searching for a new tool or service.

So, register now, bring your questions, and get ready for some insightful and interactive demonstrations.

Why attend:
  • Learn from the experts: Hear from the ITAM Forum and leading ITAM tools and services providers about the latest trends, challenges, and best practices for ITAM in 2025.
  • Discover new solutions: See demos of ITAM solutions that can help you manage your IT assets, optimise your cloud costs, and leverage data for better decision making.
  • Get your questions answered: Participate in a live Q&A session with the speakers to get even more information.
  • Stay ahead of the curve: Gain insights on what’s important, what’s new, and what’s next for ITAM in 2025 and beyond.
Sponsors:

Anglepointlansweeper_logoUSU, ITAM Forum Patron

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ITAM’s Defining Moment: Owning the Cloud, Not Chasing It

AI, MSP & Multi-Cloud Complexity — lead the change 

Join us to explore how ITAM can help organisations take control of rising cloud costs in an increasingly complex digital landscape. With 84% of organisations struggling to manage cloud spend, the growing influence of AI workloads, managed service providers (MSPs), and evolving compliance requirements only adds to the challenge.

Our experts will unpack the key findings from the State of the Cloud 2025 report and examine what they mean for ITAM professionals.

Why attend?
  • ITAM’s Role in Cloud Governance – Why ITAM is needed now more than ever to untangle cloud licensing, entitlements & costs.
  • AI, MSP & Multi-Cloud Complexity – How ITAM provides unified visibility for compliance, cost optimization, and governance across diverse cloud environments.
  • Real-World ITAM Insights & FinOps Collaboration – Practical lessons from ITAM professionals on reducing cloud costs, managing entitlements, and working with FinOps.
  • Actionable Strategies – Quick wins and long-term steps to reduce spend, prevent SaaS sprawl, and future-proof ITAM in the cloud era.

This isn’t just about managing assets anymore—it’s about shaping IT strategy in a cloud-first world. Don’t let cloud complexity sideline ITAM.

What we’ll cover:
  • Key Cloud Cost Trends – Exclusive insights from the latest State of the Cloud report.
  • ITAM & FinOps in Action – A panel of experts sharing real-world challenges & strategies.
  • Live Q&A – Get answers to your biggest cloud cost & governance questions.
Related resources:

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Cloud, Cost, and Control: The Strategic Synergy of ITAM and FinOps

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Sponsors:

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Online Summit: Future Ready ITAM: The 2025 Skills Revolution

Join us to hear about the crucial skills needed for IT Asset Management (ITAM) to succeed in today’s rapidly-evolving technological landscape. As the role of IT Asset Managers expands to encompass new responsibilities and challenges, this summit will focus on the essential skills required to thrive in 2025 and beyond.

This event will also explore the intersection of ITAM with disciplines like FinOps and SaaS Management, emphasising how the right skill sets can drive successful collaboration with service providers.

This event is brought to you by The ITAM Forum and its sponsors. When you register for this event, your data will be supplied to all parties for the purposes of delivering the event and post- event follow up. More details about how we use your data can be found in our privacy policy.

Why attend?
  • Gain insight into the critical competencies—both technical and soft skills—necessary for navigating the complexities of modern technology management
  • Hear about the skills needed to align ITAM practices with business-led technology buying and evolving operational models
  • Examine the skills needed to adapt new technologies such as AI and IoT within ITAM practices
  • Explore the importance of relationship management, change management, and communication skills in fostering collaboration and driving organisational success
Sponsors:

Azul logoUSU, ITAM Forum Patron

 

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6 Collaborative Use Cases for FinOps and ITAM Teams

November 20, 2023

Author: Hayley Salyar from Snow Software (an ITAM Forum Patron)

This blog first appeared here on the Snow Software website.

Managing costs and resources efficiently has become paramount for organisations seeking to maintain competitiveness. Financial Operations (FinOps) and IT Asset Management are two distinct but interconnected fields that play a vital role in optimising costs and resources. This blog discusses crucial use cases, demonstrating how FinOps and ITAM collaboration can lead to streamlined processes and enhanced cost management.

These use cases are from the framework the FinOps Foundation established on how ITAM intersects with FinOps capabilities.

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How FinOps Empowers Organizations to Tame Costs and Drive Efficiency

November 9, 2023

Author: Sergio Molina is Head of Cloud – FinOps at Santander UK and an ITAM Forum Ambassador (FinOps)

FinOps is a recent function and the natural response to addressing the challenge of understanding the true costs associated with Cloud Technology. Cloud FinOps really stands for Financial Management and DevOps. We define Cloud FinOps as a set of practices that combine financial management and technical expertise to optimize cloud spending and align investments with business goals.

Speed is the key distinction between operating and building products in cloud technology, as opposed to the server-based and on-premises computing paradigm. Speed encompasses availability, deployment, acceleration and product growth, which inherently results in rapid cost fluctuations. And the main reason why the speed is different, is that you are not buying infrastructure or ‘objects’ to place within your organization’s Data Centre. You are buying the time of the technology element, the capacity.
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Bridging ITAM and FinOps for Success Today and in the Future

November 9, 2023

Author: Apurva Mahendra from Snow Software (an ITAM Forum Patron)

This blog first appeared here on the Snow Software website.

In today’s business landscape, companies are adopting a hybrid infrastructure model with the public cloud experiencing rapid growth. Spending on the public cloud is projected to increase by 21.7% to $597.3 billion in 2023, up from $491 billion in 2022.

In this hybrid reality, FinOps professionals are tasked to derive the business value of cloud and work with other parts of the business (engineering, finance, business teams, etc.) to collaborate on data-driven spending decisions.

The north star principle1 from the FinOps Foundation is, “Teams must collaborate.” Among those teams and personas are the ITAM leader and ITAM practitioner, and they lay the groundwork for a successful cloud cost program.
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ITAM & FinOps. How it works in real life

September 18, 2023

You may not have noticed, but everyone’s talking about FinOps. The so-called “ITAM of the cloud” is on every ITAM practitioner’s mind right now. The question isn’t, “does ITAM need to get involved with FinOps?”, but, most importantly (away from the books, pundits, and webinars), “what does this look like in real life?”.

We recently hosted a webinar, FinOps + ITAM: How it works in ‘real life’, to find the answer this question. The event, hosted by the ITAM Review’s Rich Gibbons, tapped the knowledge of a global panel of ITAM & FinOps Certified Practitioners:

  • George Arezina, ITAM & FinOps Consultant, and SAM & SaaS Trusted Advisor
  • Ron Brill, Chairman; Anglepoint
  • Salome Hugo, Head of Enterprise ITAM; FNB South Africa
  • Sergio Molina, Cloud FinOps and Digital Transformation Lead; financial services company
  • Wuming Zhang, Lead Cloud Architect; Helvetia Versicherungen Schweiz

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