Getting Ahead of the Curve – Unified SAM
Historically, many Software Asset Management projects have failed to deliver value, in large part because they are reactionary in nature. That is, an audit has just been completed and the “we never...
View ArticleTurning Your SAM Cone of Confusion to a Triangle of Triumph
In the study of sound, especially sound localization, there is a term called the cone of confusion. Loosely stated, what this refers to is “the region of positons in space where all sounds produce the...
View ArticleDeploying SAM Tools Part 1: Top 10 Activities to Getting Started
Implementing SAM tools is very different than end user productivity tools. SAM is a process that involves people, process and tools. It is enabling and automating roles and responsibilities from...
View ArticleThe Importance of Trustworthy Data! Validate and Verify
I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Author of...
View ArticleDeploying SAM Tools Part 2: Risks and Overlooked Issues
In case you missed it, Part 1 was about the Top 10 Activities to Getting Started in a SAM tool deployment. Several things can set back your Software Asset Management project. Hopefully, you’ve thought...
View ArticleA Step-by-Step Action Plan for Microsoft Audit Preparation
In an article published in CIO.com, 75% of enterprises are found to be out of compliance, with the biggest vendor normally being Microsoft. Every enterprise should be prepared if a software vendor...
View ArticleUsing Discovery Data for Change Management
Change Management has always been one of the hardest processes to successfully implement within an IT estate. Implement it badly, and staff can see it as an unnecessary burden or even a blocker to...
View ArticleDevice Vulnerability – It Is More Than Just Ransomware
IT security is a complex and very broad topic that requires multiple elements of an organization working well together. At the systems level you must consider business, information, data and solution...
View ArticleTurning Data into Decisions
Data is everywhere. Data is used to back up assumptions presented as facts. We look to data to create information that we base business, personal and community decisions on. Not only are the absolutes...
View ArticleWho You Gonna Call?
A clever co-operation: Asset Vision® (Scalable) meets samQ (VOQUZ) Even though companies use a lot of different software, only a few have the resources and expertise to really handle all their software...
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