TY - BOOK AU - Boerger,Jeremy L. TI - Rethinking information technology asset management T2 - Information systems collection, SN - 9781637420157 AV - HD30.2 PY - 2021///.] CY - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) PB - Business Expert Press KW - Information technology KW - Management KW - Asset management accounts KW - Information technology asset management KW - ITAM KW - Software asset management KW - SAM KW - Volume license agreement KW - VLA KW - Software audit KW - Software license position report KW - Configuration management database KW - CMDB KW - Managed data repository KW - MDR KW - Pragmatic ITAM KW - Budget KW - True up KW - Renewal KW - [genre] KW - Electronic books N1 - 2; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. The philosophy of ITAM --; Chapter 3. Starting pragmatic ITAM: phase one --; Chapter 4. Starting pragmatic ITAM: phase two --; Chapter 5. Starting pragmatic ITAM: phase three --; Chapter 6. Weaponizing your ITAM during mergers, acquisitions, and software license audits --; Chapter 7. Building the infrastructure for a successfulI ITAM program --; Chapter 8. The future of ITAM --; Chapter 9. Conclusion; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions; 2; b; Also available in printing N2 - 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 -- UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/BEPB0001089.html ER -