We’ve explained shadow IT briefly in a previous blog post, but we now want to dig deeper into the issue and demonstrate how it can affect your organization. Many employees have the tendency to sign up for online cloud tools right when they need them, as it is seemingly a quick and painless solution for … Continue reading Shadow IT & Managing SaaS Spend
If your organization is using Adobe Creative Cloud, you are likely familiar with the vast number of apps, features and subscription plans that Adobe offers. Selecting the right Creative Cloud plan can be difficult, especially because different employees and departments within your organization likely need different software from the suite. Many organizations tend to subscribe … Continue reading Choosing the Right Adobe Creative Cloud Plan for your Business
Microsoft Configuration Manager (previously System Center Configuration Manager, SCCM or ConfigMgr to friends) is widely used by organizations to collect inventory data about their hardware and software assets. However, for organizations requiring complete IT asset lifecycle management, standard SCCM functionality is insufficient. SCCM is a goldmine of IT inventory and configuration data, but utilizing it … Continue reading 4 IT Asset Management “Best Practices” for Extending Microsoft SCCM
Shadow IT is getting more attention with the steady rise of cloud services within organizations. You might be wondering what exactly shadow IT is, and how to best prevent it. For this Back to Basics post, we will cover the general concept of shadow IT, but stay tuned for an upcoming post that goes deeper … Continue reading Back to Basics: What is Shadow IT?
As mentioned in this post, many IT managers use Microsoft SCCM to extract valuable data about their IT assets, but it’s not enough for use in IT & software asset management. In addition to freeing IT data, software normalization, complex licensing compliance, automated software delivery and an asset request portal, here are 5 more processes … Continue reading Part 2: 5 (more) Processes that Turbocharge your SCCM
On Wednesday October 26th, Vector will be hosting a free 30-minute webinar outlining how to enhance your Microsoft SCCM infrastructure for better IT Asset Management. The webinar will outline various ways in which IT managers can get more from SCCM by using it in conjunction with a “process first” IT Asset Management solution such as … Continue reading We’re hosting a free webinar: How to Turbocharge Your SCCM
Here are this week’s top stories in IT asset management news. Can software publishers and auditors have a positive relationship? ITAM Review dives into strategies for building bridges with auditors, by way of useful advice given by industry professionals: “Despite your best efforts at bridge building, sometimes the vendor might behave with short-term quarterly revenue … Continue reading This Week in ITAM
Are you currently using a spreadsheet to keep track of your organization’s software assets, licenses or entitlements? It may seem like it’s getting the job done, but in reality, relying only on Excel is an inaccurate and inefficient way to manage your software assets. As your software estate grows, it becomes more and more difficult … Continue reading Step Aside, Excel: Software Asset Management Beyond Spreadsheets
For large and growing firms, better management of software licenses is an important goal to work towards, as it will help to keep them legal and informed at all times. However, many do not know where to start with license management, or know which practices to follow when undergoing the task. Here, we have compiled … Continue reading Top 5 Best Practices for Software License Management
02:15 Minutes – Recorded 19 August 2015 This video demonstrates how the Chief Operating Officer of an organization can benefit from using Vizor’s IT & software asset management functionality.