CMDB and ITAM Data Model: Keep Contracts Beside CIs With One Shared Join
A vendor email can double a core-count minimum overnight, and a CMDB and ITAM data model that keeps hardware, contract, …
Software Normalization Fails Quietly, and Your License Position Pays for It
An Oracle Java audit can expose software records your team thought it understood. A device may show “Java” in inventory, …
ITAM for Data Centers: Managing Coverage Across the Hardware Fleet
In September 2025, a fire broke out at South Korea’s National Information Resources Service during preparations to relocate batteries, destroying …
ITAM for Utilities: Extending Life of Grid and Plant Assets
When a protective relay’s control-center server falls out of vendor support, IT asset managers and plant engineers have no reliable …
ITAM for Logistics: Managing Scanners, Telematics, and Licenses
A scanner that moves from one warehouse to another can vanish from the original site’s equipment list. A telematics unit …
AI-Ready ITAM: Six Tests for Asset Data You Can Trust
An IT asset manager may have several answers to a single question: who owns this asset? Procurement records, cloud accounts, …
Which Asset Management System Does IT Need: EAM, CMMS, or ITAM?
A software vendor sends an audit notice and asks for installs matched to purchased entitlements. The system holding your asset …
How Do You Choose an Asset Management Tool by Company Size?
ITAM Managers feel the mismatch first during true-up season, when installs exceed entitlements, and no joined record shows the gap. …
