President’s Letter

By Dr. Barbara Rembiesa, President & CEO of IAITAM In organizational IT, implementing change is part of a normal workday.  As IT Asset Managers, we participate in a continuous stream of projects where new assets types or licensing models test the processes and controls we have built to manage the asset portfolio.  We apply assessment techniques to determine how to ...

Over the last twenty years or so, organizations have been adopting ITAM practices and benefiting from savings and reduced risks.  Quite a few of the organizations which were slow to value ITAM adopted ITAM practices after the economic downturn of the late 2000s; searching for “that employee who said we could save a lot of money on our software if ...

Open Source code is most likely used within your organization, covered by the legal language in special licenses designed for open source software (OSS).  Black Duck Software, specialists in OSS logistics, state that there are 16 billion lines of code licensed under one of the most popular licenses, GPLv2 (General Public License, version 2) alone.  I have to ask:  as ...

By Barbara Rembiesa, President & CEO of IAITAM ITAK V10 I1 Final disposition of IT assets and the security of data during disposal are included in two of the major issues for 2015 and beyond:  world-wide dumping of electronics containing dangerous materials and data/privacy breaches.  Laws are changing rapidly as is the governance associated with these problems, leading to an ...

As I read over predictions for IT technology and business trends for 2015, I see a continuation of the trends from 2014:  new advancements in mobile tech, cloud (and big data) projects and an increased investment in IT security.  For 2015, some of the jargon and prioritization is changing, but the trends we are currently incorporating will continue to mature. ...

By Barbara Rembiesa, President & CEO of IAITAM ITAK V9 I11 The IT Asset Management professional has to be a multitasker because of the number of projects that are often going on at the same time, a consequence of providing services with lots of “moving parts” to the entire organization.  Some of the projects will be improvements and extensions inspired ...

By Barbara Rembiesa, President & CEO of IAITAM ITAK V9 I10 Several times a year, IAITAM gathers information via survey about the profession and IT Asset Management status in general.  Finding out how your professional career and your organization’s ITAM program compares to others is a valuable tool for planning both of those aspects.  The path for ITAM development has ...

By Barbara Rembiesa, President & CEO of IAITAM ITAK V9I9 George from the inventory team is now responsible for the organization’s disposal program for IT equipment and with an organization with thousands (tens of thousands?) of devices, he is a busy person.  He has been working with the same ITAD vendor for some time.  They offer a good price and ...

By Barbara Rembiesa, President & CEO of IAITAM ITAK V9 I8 I am pleased to say that the lineup for the Fall ACE November 4-6, 2014 is as topical and varied as our other conferences have been, giving attendees one-stop shopping for the latest updates.  One area that is continually undergoing change (and receiving a great deal of international attention) ...

By Barbara Rembiesa, President & CEO of IAITAM ITAK V9 I7 If you aren’t involved in budget planning, then you probably underestimate how long it actually takes.  Despite everyone’s best efforts to create dashboards, status updates and monthly reports, there is more to do before budgets can be finalized.  While organizations have their own budget cycles, quite a few organizations ...