Software Asset Management (SAM) is a topic that is seldom discussed in conversations about the importance of IT Asset Management. And yet it's a crucial part of every company's organizational efforts. This is because software is more than just installations.

Two of the most important ITSM practices in today’s IT managerial landscape are asset management and configuration management. Since software and hardware components are at the heart of the service a company provides, understanding how these components work is vital in IT service management. It might sound tricky since management has so many branches that extend anywhere from a company’s resources to its partners, its data, processes, and suppliers.

Cybersecurity is on the mind of every business leader, and for good reason: The number of data breaches rose 24% between 2020 and 2021, according to global ThoughtLab research co-sponsored by ServiceNow. Organizations everywhere need advanced security programs to navigate today’s fluid threat landscape. Here are three ways to help do that: 1. Create a framework Customers are increasingly concerned about data security.

From the point of view of your business, resources and tools that are underutilized are a liability. They can severely affect the bottom line of your enterprise. These tools can cost more than their value, present security risks, and hamper productivity within your enterprise. Even if a particular tool was helpful during the growth of your enterprise, it could soon become obsolete.

We’re delighted to share that Ivanti has been named a leader in the Omdia Universe Enterprise Service Management (ESM) Report for 2022-2023 . Omdia’s annual report aims to evaluate high-quality ESM solutions available in the market to support both IT and business leaders in selecting the right ESM platform that best meets their needs and long-term goals.

Way back in the early days of the Internet, having an antivirus was the end-all-be-all of cybersecurity. These were admittedly wilder times but in a way, only a few bad actors had the tools and knowledge to threaten and breach corporate IT infrastructures. Times have changed and thanks to the dissemination of information and widespread accessibility to more hacking technology, cyber-attacks have become a very real and tangible menace with potentially devastating consequences.

For a long time, businesses have been using enterprise OEM software licensing to sell their products faster as well as to enhance the features and functionalities of their solutions. These solutions empower companies to provide more value to their customers without bringing in significant investments. And they present a huge portion of the global software market. In the age of the digital workplace, it's advantageous to have a full understanding of how these software agreements work.

Fintech companies around the world are transforming how financial services are delivered. Nowhere is that more apparent than in customer service, especially around complaints, disputes, and fraud operations, with new entrants redefining what good looks like. Australian firms such as Afterpay, the buy-now, pay-later giant acquired by Square, have succeeded by offering new products and experiences in line with consumer preferences for simple, intuitive, streamlined services.

Still, there are lots of organizations that struggle in their daily operation. The reason is assets are not performing as per the expectation, or sudden asset failure occurs frequently. When assets are maintained, asset performance is optimized, and asset life is increased as well. Furthermore, it decreases sudden asset failure, so productivity increases. In the market, there are lots of options available which can help in asset maintenance. One of the options is CMMS software.

SD-WAN is software to help manage the WAN. It makes the management and operation of a WAN by decoupling the networking hardware from its control mechanism and making it more straightforward. SD-WAN is a transformative technology used to simplify IT infrastructure management through a virtual WAN architecture that securely connects users to their applications. To understand SD-WAN, we should start with the traditional WAN.