IT Priorities and how ITAM can help

April 24, 2023

We recently spoke with Alastair Pooley, Snow Software’s CIO, about key findings from Snow’s 2023 IT Priority Report and the associated opportunities for ITAM.

This report highlights a range of findings from an October 2022 poll of 800 CIOs based in Australia, Germany, the UK, and the USA. The aim was to unearth the challenges, opportunities and priorities facing CIOs and IT leaders in 2023 and beyond.
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What do your stakeholders want?

January 23, 2023

This guest blog is from Shadi Khoshab – Global Director, ITAM and Software Sourcing Services – SoftwareOne

Who are my stakeholders?

As the ITAM professional within your organization, your success and impact depends on your relationship with different stakeholders. The most important groups you should be working with span from C-level functions (CIO, CFO, CPO, CSO) to procurement/sourcing teams, legal (internal or external), business owners, and technical staff (database administrators, infrastructure/virtualization managers, public cloud managers, application owners).
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How are you reimagining ITAM?

November 22, 2022

The ITAM Review and Snow Software (two ITAM Forum Patrons) just launched an ‘ITAM Reimagined’ podcast series, featuring four ITAM industry leaders:

  • Beth Kaminski – IT Asset Program Manager; Dart Container
  • David Mackenzie – Head of Service, Asset & Configuration Management; Giganet
  • Rick Sheffer – Global Head of Enterprise Asset Management; Wolters Kluwer
  • Brandon Smeets – Team Lead ICS User Services; Canon Production Printing

Not only are success strategies shared, but also discussed is how ITAM can be ‘reimagined’ into a strategic business partner position.
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“I love ITAM and working with asset managers.”

November 16, 2022

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Eric Schuman who leads the ITAM practice at Cask. To say that Eric is an ITAM enthusiastic, is an understatement. He has a built-in, personal library of ITAM knowledge and skills gained through the past 30 years of working both in-house and as a consultant, and knowledge he’s absolutely willing to share. He loves speaking with asset managers so don’t be shy to reach out to Eric on LinkedIn or through the ITAM Forum.
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Is ITAM starting to move the needle? Findings from the 2022 Flexera ‘State of ITAM’ Report

November 8, 2022

Flexera (an ITAM Forum Patron) recently released the findings of its second annual Flexera State of ITAM Report. More than 500 IT executives from around the world – who manage and participate in ITAM, SAM and HAM processes in organizations of 1,000+ employees – participated in this survey. 59% came from the U.S.A. and 17% (the highest figure) from the Financial Services industry.
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How ITAM can contribute towards sustainability

October 28, 2022

In our latest members-only webinar, we looked at ITAM’s role in sustainability. How can ITAM contribute to an organisation’s ESG goals and reduce e-waste? With AJ Witt from the ITAM Review serving as host, we brought together a panel of ITAM and ITAD (IT Asset Disposition) experts to discuss this pressing topic.
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ISO/IEC 27002:2022 – Helping to elevate ITAM

August 22, 2022

By Ron Brill, President and Chairman of the Board, Anglepoint; ITAM Forum Board of Trustees Vice Chair; ISO ITAM Standards Committee Chair

 

The 3rd edition of ISO/IEC 27002:2022 (Information Security Controls) was published earlier this year. This standard provides a reference set of generic information security controls, including implementation guidance.

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