SAM Beast Consulting Ltd are an independent consultancy company that is passionate in ensuring that you manage your expensive IT Assets effectively and in the most cost effective way.
Our aim is to demonstrate the value of managing your IT Assets, to reduce your spend on hardware, software and Cloud consumption all whilst delivering a valuable service to your end-users.
We focus on ensuring you have best practice processes, governance frameworks and internal education and communication plans to ensure that ITAM becomes part of your organisations daily working life.
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Met Sam (and Rich) at Wisdom 2023, Hey Bud! 100% Agree with Sam. I was new to the ITAM world prior to Wisdom '23 and it was awesome to network and meet other likeminded folks. I was unable to attend this year and it was sorely missed. :-( Completely echo all he's said. Webinars etc are great, but getting the ITAM community together (without someone trying to flog you something) was very career affirming.! LinkedIn and Link tree profiles at the ready! ;-) Hopefully cross paths with you soon Sir! keep up the videos and I'm sure a play button will adorn the wall along with the shirts ;-)
We should think of it as if you're a full stack developer but don't know how backend dev works so similarly one should have a good knowledge of SAM as well as software licensing but ofcourse you will get a deeper understanding of difference licensing model with time so the organization should have people with more experince and less experience to complete the task in more efficien manner.
Had the opportunity to attend both Team24 and ACE this year in Vegas, both were very useful.
Very cool. Would love to try and get to an ACE event next year. Been too long!
Great video. thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching! :)
C of course
Was an easy one ;-)
E: nothing
Not quite ;-)
B
Correct!
a
Close, but try the option below "A" ;)
D
Not quite, have another try! :)
B 😅
Haha! I'm sure it does in some companies!
A
Not quite! Have another guess :)
Hi Sam how much time did you have to spend to complete the learning and exam. Any practice exams do you recommend
The whole course is on-demand, so I took a bit here, bit there etc. There were also some sections I felt I was already confident in thanks to reading the book. It does take some time if you are starting from scratch, but I highly recommend it if you are in the ITAM world!
Great info! Very important to keep track of Open Source as this does frequently come up in regulatory audits.
Very good point about the audits! Absolutely right, and another justification for tracking Open Source!
Very good video, explaining the fundamentals in a dynamic way. You've gained a new subscriber. :)
Thank you, much appreciated!
I think it was the best chance to just touch on types of VDI I.e. persistent and non persistent infra and the complexity that comes with it. But, I understand that could be had been too much for this video😊
Because of this merger I got impacted, I have cleared all my pre screening and technical interviews with Flexera and existing to waiting for all HR round. I got an email from HR saying this position is on slight hold due to merger and they are reassessing staffing needs and organizational structure during this integration period.
Can you give the link of your podcast?
Hello mate, I don't have a podcast unfortunately!
Absolutely… nowdays key words are subscription and on premise
great video
Thank you, much appreciated!
Thank you for sharing the Knowledge. Useful for all ITAM and SAM Managers.
Thank you, much appreciated!
Good stuff David - thanks!
Thank you, Matt. Much appreciated mate!
okay
Every SAM analyst must understand software compliance and software licensing. With 10 years in this space, I also push software deployments via sccm daily while sitting in multi million dollar microsoft licensing negotiations with microsoft and our resellers/vendors. Understand the difference between perpetual and subscriptions. How do VDI or O365 effect your licenses. The industry is expecting certified CSAM analysts to do more with less and if you want that six figure paycheck (I make 120k/yr) you HAVE to be on your toes and even pay for certs on your own dime.
Loved it :)
Legend, appreciate it mate! Thank you!
Great information thanks 🙏🏻
No problem, thank you for the comment!
Great cycle explanation David!💻
Thanks mate, appreciate you as always!
Great points David - this is very informative!
Thank you mate, appreciated as always!
Hi we are looking for an ITAM tool .. can you suggest one please
Depends on your requirements. Service Now HAM/SAM Pro, Flexera, Snow Software, Lansweeper, Licenseware, XenSAM - so many options for you.
IT Asset Management (ITAM) Inventory tracking Software licensing Hardware lifecycle Asset discovery Cost optimization Compliance management Asset utilization Vendor management Asset retirement
IT Asset Management (ITAM) Inventory tracking Software licensing Hardware lifecycle Asset discovery Cost optimization Compliance management Asset utilization Vendor management Asset retirement
Wow thank you for such a great and informative video.
Glad it was helpful!
Software Asset Management (SAM) License compliance Software inventory License optimization Vendor audits License tracking Cost control Asset utilization Software procurement License entitlements
IT Asset Management (ITAM) Inventory tracking Software licensing Hardware lifecycle Asset discovery Cost optimization Compliance management Asset utilization Vendor management Asset retirement
IT Asset Management (ITAM) Inventory tracking Software licensing Hardware lifecycle Asset discovery Cost optimization Compliance management Asset utilization Vendor management Asset retirement
Very good advice David, thanks, this is us now 👍
Thank you! Really appreciate your comment, @jezford6868!
I subscribed.
Thank you!
I would first go and meet the Director of FP&A to understand what does Finance declare as an asset vs a device? Once I know what the assets are I’d evaluate how can I inventory those assets? Physical inventory? CI Discovery? Does the inventory tools have this data? If not ServiceNow or a lower cost option like SysAid should be purchased. Keep in mind if there is no change ticket process sitting on top of the assets, you will chase your tail
Nice information. Thanks
Thanks mate, appreciate that!
Thanks for the video. Very informative and useful for my HAM readiness. Welcome to EPL............YNWA :)
Haha, thank you. Up the Hatters!
great vdo!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
Good overview - quck question do people still do the beeping of asset tags to do a manual audit of what automated scanning tells them?
Thanks Iain! To be honest, a lot of companies still do monthly audits with both the scanners, then a spot check on the serial number to confirm what is being scanned is actually the correct Asset. I tell clients that, depending on the size of your HAM stock, to aim for a 10-25% manual audit rate each month. Easier to hit the high number if you have a small stockroom!
Thank you for posting this! I discovered ITAM five years ago, and I'm hooked! ... Your content is amazing and has been very helpful, even if just mostly a review for me.
Thank you, very much appreciated :)
I really loved the video and you rocked it...we can feel how much passionate you are about SAM
Thanks Bruno, really appreciate that :)
Interesting discussion guys. Can’t wait for the full video
Well said Mr Foxen 😀 Bang on! 👍
Thanks Dave, much appreciated :)
It’s like we’re on the same track. I just held a session for co-workers on the difference between SAM and Software Governance.
Love it! Hope the session went well :)
Great video David and a treat to see you on KZread. We’re definitely feeling the pain as suppliers move their licensing models and as we don’t really have a charge back model, it’s going to be an interesting conversation with our colleagues in Finance.
Thanks so much, Carole, much appreciated! :) Agreed, good luck with those conversations with Finance! Will be an interesting 2023 in terms of hardware & software budgeting for sure...
Great basic content on SAM, request you to share more videos on FinOps.
Thanks, Neha. Will do! :)
It would be great to also include information about the relationship between SAM and FinOps
@@rc6032 We have SAM/ITAM x FinOps content scheduled for Feb :)
Great content, keep it up. Thx :)
Thanks, Tom. Really appreciate that and thanks for watching!
IBM has removed the link, has the announcement letter been revoked?
We live in hope!
Wow! Interesting. Unless they're announcing even bigger price rises ;-)?