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 same time and level (intensity) differences.” In this situation, it is hard for the listener to pinpoint, or locate a…
There is no substitute for experience to becoming an expert in anything you do. Like most skills the road to Software Asset Management expertise can be paved with some solid fundamentals that will make the journey more productive. To quote a familiar metaphor, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!” SAM…
Integration of Scalable’s IT asset management capabilities into EasyVista’s ITSM Platform Empowers Service Desk Managers to Move with Greater Insight and Speed AUSTIN, TX – November 1, 2016 – Scalable Software, Inc., a leading provider of SaaS-based IT asset and software management solutions for enterprises, today announced technical integration with EasyVista, a leading provider of…
In a couple of days I will be taking a cruise to Cozumel. Already, I am dreaming about the warm sun, cool breeze and relaxing rhythm of a boat at sea. Before all of the fun begins however, there are processes that have to occur in order for the ship to push off from the…
Scalable and Asset Vision® will again be at the Gartner IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit in Dallas September 18th thru the 21st. If you have registered, be sure to come by and see how Asset Vision can address SAM in the Cloud era at booth 111. If not, take advantage of a $325…
One of the first steps to take when building a SAM program is establishing how to gather and manage your licensing contracts. This can be quite a confusing and daunting task, so here are five tips to get it you up and running. From there on you should be able to create a “care and…
Scalable Software today announced recognition by Info-Tech Research Group as a “Champion” in their IT Asset Management Vendor Landscape released on June 7, 2016.
In this 3rd and final installment we consider the most challenging and perhaps most significant of the requirements for these next generation IT asset management (ITAM) solutions. While the first set of processes in a unified ITAM solution is to present Discovery, Inventory and Normalization as a single platform, there are key elements of integration,…
Historically, many SAM projects have failed to deliver value, in large part because the tooling does not stand-alone. Also there are very few, if any, touch points into the stakeholders of solving, administering and extracting the value from a SAM program. But the tool story is only one part of achieving SAM success. Everyone in…
Part 1 of our series, The Changing Nature of ITAM Solutions,introduced the idea that there is a new generation of ITAM tools that are coming of age. While these tools are specialized enough to be of real value in discrete use cases such as Software Asset Management, they are also broad enough to provide actionable…
There is a significant resurgence of interest in IT asset management tools. Just talk to your Gartner analyst and you will learn the volume of inquiries is dramatically increasing. With the rise of Shadow IT, the continual need to transform IT platforms, and the heightened exposure to unpredictable software license expenses caused by cloud and…
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 want to go through that again” attitude develops. Or, notice of an audit has been received and vendor management is looking for data…
