In today's dynamic and technology-driven business landscape, the effective management of IT assets is paramount. As organizations strive to leverage technology for competitive advantage, the role of IT Asset Management (ITAM) has evolved from a purely operational function to a strategic imperative. This book, ITAM Playbook: Concepts, Strategy & Practical Implementation, aims to provide a holistic approach to ITAM, integrating theoretical insights with practical applications to help organizations achieve strategic alignment and operational excellence. The primary objective of this book is to equip IT professionals, managers, and business leaders with a comprehensive understanding of ITAM from both a strategic and operational perspective. We recognize that successful ITAM requires a blend of sound theoretical principles and effective practical implementation. By combining these elements, we aspire to offer a guide that not only explains the "what" and "why" of ITAM but also delves into the "how."

This book is intended for business leaders and IT executives who are tired of missed budget forecasts, unexpected software audit penalties, untrustworthy CMDB or Asset MDR reports, and idea that this is “just the way it is.” Information technology asset management (ITAM) and software asset management (SAM) is hard. Annual IT budget forecasts rarely hold up for the entire year. There are plenty of excuses given: Untrustworthy reporting from the CMDB or MDR Unplanned version upgrades or platform refreshes Unapproved software, license, or cloud computing subscriptions coming due Unanticipated software license audit penalties And on, and on, and on Rethinking Information Technology Asset Management presents a new answer to the problem. Most business leaders and IT managers assume nothing can be done. That these problems are part-and-parcel of modern IT. This book presents a new method – Pragmatic ITAM – that offers permanent solutions to the ignored, underpinning issues driving hardware and software cost overruns. This book is intended for business leaders and IT executives who are tired of missed budget forecasts, unexpected software audit penalties, untrustworthy CMDB or Asset MDR reports, and idea that this is “just the way it is.”

The Data and Analytics Playbook: Proven Methods for Governed Data and Analytic Quality explores the way in which data continues to dominate budgets, along with the varying efforts made across a variety of business enablement projects, including applications, web and mobile computing, big data analytics, and traditional data integration. The book teaches readers how to use proven methods and accelerators to break through data obstacles to provide faster, higher quality delivery of mission critical programs. Drawing upon years of practical experience, and using numerous examples and an easy to understand playbook, Lowell Fryman, Gregory Lampshire, and Dan Meers discuss a simple, proven approach to the execution of multiple data oriented activities. In addition, they present a clear set of methods to provide reliable governance, controls, risk, and exposure management for enterprise data and the programs that rely upon it. In addition, they discuss a cost-effective approach to providing sustainable governance and quality outcomes that enhance project delivery, while also ensuring ongoing controls. Example activities, templates, outputs, resources, and roles are explored, along with different organizational models in common use today and the ways they can be mapped to leverage playbook data governance throughout the organization. Provides a mature and proven playbook approach (methodology) to enabling data governance that supports agile implementation Features specific examples of current industry challenges in enterprise risk management, including anti-money laundering and fraud prevention Describes business benefit measures and funding approaches using exposure based cost models that augment risk models for cost avoidance analysis and accelerated delivery approaches using data integration sprints for application, integration, and information delivery success

In today's competitive business landscape, software audits have become a critical aspect of maintaining compliance and mitigating legal risks. This eBook aims to provide you with an understanding of the most important steps necessary to prepare for a successful software audit. By exploring industry strategies and best practices, this guide equips you with the knowledge to streamline your audit process, ensure accurate inventory assessment, optimize software license management, and ultimately drive operational efficiency and cost savings. When facing a software license compliance audit, it is crucial to follow certain steps to ensure you can demonstrate compliance. Here are the top 10 most important steps you can take.

Guidance for ITAM provides a direction in a concise, clear, user friendly and understandable way for all the ITAM audiences (newbie's, intermediates, experts). This book is not just for ITAM process consultants or management folks talking just about process definition and implementation. It will be of great help for Solution Architects and Technology Consultants, for designing ITSM tools with respect to ITAM processes. What so unique about this book? . It's going to tell you pre-requisites, objectives, and business needs of ITAM processes . It's going tell you a step by step approach for implementing ITAM processes . It's going to tell you an approach for designing ITAM tools (through workflows, mandatory fields, and business logics) . It's going to tell you the effective metrics for ITAM processes and operations . It's going to tell you the best practices . It's going to tell you the checklists for ITAM process with respect to management and operations teams

In this second edition, I dive more deeply into how-to advice, real-world stories to emphasize points I make, and include more examples. I cover how to perform a Value Analysis and create a business case, how to drive organizational behavior and change, bar code scanners and what to look for, RFID and what to look for, specific rules to follow when designing data capture process and tools, and how to implement an internal software market (and more). This book also covers Software Asset Management (SAM). It's a leading value opportunity for ITAM. This is in addition to the original content, that covers the history of ITAM, the moment I discovered an approach that works, and a step-by-step guide on how to bring up a successful ITAM solution. If you're in charge of ITAM for your organization - read this book. If you're a tools vendor developing and offering tools for the ITAM community, PLEASE read this book - the community needs tools designed for ITAM and I detail what features those tools should have - features that still are absent in even the leading ITAM tools of today.

FinOps brings financial accountability to the variable spend model of cloud. Used by the majority of global enterprises, this management practice has grown from a fringe activity to the de facto discipline managing cloud spend. In this book, authors J.R. Storment and Mike Fuller outline the process of building a culture of cloud FinOps by drawing on real-world successes and failures of large-scale cloud spenders. Engineering and finance teams, executives, and FinOps practitioners alike will learn how to build an efficient and effective FinOps machine for data-driven cloud value decision-making. Complete with a road map to get you started, this revised second edition includes new chapters that cover forecasting, sustainability, and connectivity to other frameworks. You'll learn: The DNA of a highly functional cloud FinOps culture A road map to build executive support for FinOps adoption How to understand and forecast your cloud spending How to empower engineering and finance to work together Cost allocation strategies to create accountability for cloud and container spend Strategies for rate discounts from cloud commitments When and how to implement automation of repetitive cost tasks How to empower engineering team action on cost efficiency