If slippery shadow SaaS is keeping you up at night these days, you’re not alone. The last two years have brought a tremendous increase in software as a service options. But when it comes to managing these subscription licenses, most organizations are left scrambling just to understand what they own. With SaaS providers pushing the responsibility of subscription management onto the buyer, this space offers both challenges and a unique opportunity for visibility for SAM teams.
In this episode, Anglepoint’s Chris Hayes, SAM Program Design Manager, is speaking with Jim Hussey, SaaS Optimization expert @NPI & author, about the rapidly developing landscape of SaaS today and the ways organizations are innovating to integrate it into their broader asset management strategies.
In this episode we discuss:
Common misconceptions about SaaS trends
Leveraging SaaS to get buy-in for a larger SAM strategy
Ideal roadmaps for effectively tackling SaaS
Common key stakeholders (and how to influence them)
Going beyond visibility in SaaS
The challenges of data governance
The future of managed service when it comes to SaaS


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The face of ITAM is changing and there are more women making their mark in this field than ever. But while we are beginning to reach parity in representation with men, women continue to face distinct challenges when it comes to climbing the career ladder.
“Don’t underestimate yourself, create strong relationships, and go for what you want. We, women, need to be more confident in blowing our own trumpets.”
In this episode, we hear from four incredible women as they share their personal stories, advice, and encouragement for women to embrace their unique perspectives in this field.
Podcast Panelists:
Selina Baranowski, VP @ Anglepoint
Linda Harrod, License Governance @ Walmart
Kylie Fowler, Principal Consultant @ ITAM Intelligence
Gemma Binnie, Software Asset Management Analyst @ abrdn 


Listen in to hear them discuss:
Panelists' personal backgrounds and career paths
The specific challenges and opportunities they’ve faced
Advice to other women on how to navigate pitfalls
The nuances of how women communicate and value themselves
Opportunities for women in the ITAM/tech fields
How women in ITAM can help and support one another 


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Cloud transformation is not a task to approach haphazardly.
It’s a journey, and it requires planning to succeed.
Michelle Cleland, Manager, Cloud Transformation, PMO at CLP, is a veteran of cloud transformation initiatives.
In this episode, she shares lessons learned and identifies pitfalls to avoid so that you can be successful in your cloud transformation journey.
We discuss:
The importance of setting a strategy for cloud transformation
Promoting the business benefits of cloud
FinOps strategies that work
Why processes, frameworks, and governance are just as important as the tool itself    


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On this podcast, we’ve spoken with many practitioners about SAM. However, we’ve never gotten the perspective of someone within an organization.
That’s why, in today’s episode, we’re speaking to Salomé Hugo, Head of Software Asset Management at FNB South Africa. Salomé shares what it’s like to build a SAM department within an organization, the hurdles she faced in the process, and the lessons she learned along the way.
We discuss:
Launching a SAM practice in a decentralized organization
The qualities of a successful department
Growing and retaining a team in a tight labor market
3 top tips for SAM 


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In today’s IT world, lots of elements are in flux. Every day it seems that a new piece of software is introduced and adopted by end users within organizations.
One of the hardest things for asset managers is to know which new software is here to stay, and therefore should be properly licensed and actively managed at an enterprise level, and which is just a flash in the pan.
Rich Gibbons, ITAM Services Director at The ITAM Review, joins the show to offer some guidance to IT asset managers on the future of licensing.
Join us as we discuss:
Microsoft’s new pay-as-you-go model
Evolving strategies for catalog management
How the role of the IT asset manager will shift
The need to get closer to technology usage and the business
The future of audits
Tips to navigate the future of licensing  


Mentioned during the podcast:
Cloudy with a Chance of Licensing  


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A lot of the talk in our industry focuses on the big picture at the expense of digging into the nuts and bolts of ITAM.
That’s why in this episode, we’re presenting a practical, hands-on approach. This is what you should be doing operationally to bridge the gap between your asset function and the business.
Our guide will be Kylie Fowler, Expert Consultant for ITAM & FinOps at ITAM Intelligence, and she will explain how to drive change from the inside.
Join us as we discuss:
Why clarity on the value the organization delivers is so important
How ITAM’s role is evolving
Why IT asset managers needs to switch from broadcast mode to receiving mode
3 questions you should start asking tomorrow   


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A lot of the talk in our industry focuses on the big picture at the expense of digging into the nuts and bolts of ITAM.
That’s why in this episode, we’re presenting a practical, hands-on approach. This is what you should be doing operationally to bridge the gap between your asset function and the business.
Our guide will be Kylie Fowler, Expert Consultant for ITAM & FinOps at ITAM Intelligence, and she will explain how to drive change from the inside.
Join us as we discuss:
Why clarity on the value the organization delivers is so important
How ITAM’s role is evolving
Why IT asset managers needs to switch from broadcast mode to receiving mode
3 questions you should start asking tomorrow


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IBM sent out a notification warning of a recently identified vulnerability allowing unauthenticated remote access via the Log4j Java library. This flaw affects the VM Manager Tool within BigFix Inventory and ILMT and is typically only installed on the main BigFix Server. Updating to Log4J 2.16.0 is required to patch the issue. 
Listen to Anglepoint's Sr. Director of SAM Tech & IT, Jeremy Pratt, to better understand how to remedy the issue. To learn more, visit Anglepoint.org/log4j

There are many organizations that are new to the SAM space. They don’t have the licensing logic or the time to conduct the work themselves, especially given the sheer amount of documentation and rules one needs to go through.
But these rules are fixed—and thus, they can be translated into code.
In this episode, Chris Allen, Co-Founder and Chief of Sales at Licenseware, shares how his company is creating an ecosystem of automation that can remove 60-70% of the workload of a SAM or ITAM professional.
We discuss:
The idea that launched Licenseware
How licensing automation works
The community they hope to build around SAM/ITAM automation 


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Cloud infrastructure can provide major benefits versus traditional on-prem environments — namely, scalability and flexibility. But to take full advantage of these benefits in the cloud and not expose your organization to additional risks, there needs to be a mindset shift in how you build and manage your environment.
Jesse Stockall, Chief Architect at Snow Software and a thought leader in cloud management and DevOps automation, joins the show to discuss what companies should be doing to fully leverage infrastructure-as-a-service.
We discuss:
The differences between cloud and on-prem infrastructure
Cloud resource management and workload optimization
The importance of executive level buy-in
What companies should start and stop doing with regard to cloud management


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