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IT asset management — it’s not easy. Protect the company from licensing risks. Save on costs. And do it all while successfully conducting a long-term strategic deployment of software and technology. Need some advice? The ITAM Executive is your trusted resource. Listen in as we chat with seasoned leaders from the ITAM community and pick up tips on how to define your IT strategy, manage licenses, and dial into the latest IT trends.The ITAM Executive is a podcast created specifically for ITAM leaders and practitioners. In each episode, we invite seasoned leaders and industry experts from the ITAM community to s...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It shows how licensing tools, enterprise data, and risk processes behave once implementation meets the complications of a real organization.
The ITAM Executive turns software inventories, licensing programs, and management reporting into conversations about what actually happens after an organization buys a tool.
The invoice and the SaaS API disagree; you get a better question than "Is the integration working?"
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A clear, practical look at Oracle vSAM, from proactive SAM framing to scope, enrollment, and the annual baseline.
Oracle software investment is framed as an operating discipline, not just a licensing concern. The episode centers on Oracle vSAM and how the program can turn a complex software footprint into something an organization can manage more deliberately.
A clear, practical look at how ITAM can support compliance without rebuilding the whole program.
This episode frames regulatory pressure as a natural next step for ITAM, not a reason to rebuild the program from scratch. Its useful point is that many of the required habits are already present: discovery, cost analysis, risk management, and the steady collection of data that…
A grounded look at why cloud automation needs disciplined FinOps foundations first.
Cloud cost management is treated here as a maturity issue, not a tooling shortcut. The FinOps cycle moves from inform to optimize and then operate, with automation waiting until the information underneath it is sound.
A grounded look at how data, transparency, and shared strategy can help ITAM, FinOps, and procurement work together.
Women in ITAM 2025 treats collaboration across ITAM, FinOps, and procurement as a practical operating problem: better data, clearer transparency, shared metrics, regular touchpoints, and a common strategy.
A grounded ITAM discussion on why real-time data may depend on specialized document intelligence that still has uneven results.
The ITAM Executive frames the episode around a practical pressure point: asset data has to move at the pace of the business it supports. Chris Johnson and Ron Brill use that question to connect real-time or near real-time ITAM data with the function's value, then turn to the…
A practical check on whether a SAM program is delivering the capabilities it should.
It presents Gartner's Critical Capabilities report as a practical check on ITAM maturity, asking whether a SAM program is delivering the capabilities it is supposed to deliver.
A practical guide to Oracle's verified SAM path, with a clear focus on staying correctly licensed.
Oracle's Verified SAM program is presented as a way to stay licensed, not as a surprise inspection. The piece is clearest when it shows how verified SAM tools, and audit collection scripts when needed, can help prove license use.
A practical VMware audit-prep discussion centered on renewal readiness and deployment control.
Broadcom's VMware approach is framed as audit readiness and renewal prep. Customers with a renewal in the next six months are told to get ready for an audit, since Broadcom may run one formally or present it as a usage check while it evaluates deployment.
Tyler Selhorn interviews remote-work founders and researchers on building distributed team culture.
Adi Ignatius and Alison Beard interview scholars and executives on management and AI.
Javier Moreno interviews Kim Humphreys from IBM about the Client Value Acceleration (CVA) program evolution.
This episode features Pratik Prashotam from AnglePoint explaining the complexities of IBM software licensing, focusing on subcapacity and container models.
Rebecca, a Red Hat expert with 10+ years in SAM and licensing, walks ITAM leaders through CentOS 7 end-of-life risks and Red Hat migration strategy.
The ITAM Executive episode on regulatory compliance and GRC argues that IT asset management can widen its influence by adding a few risk-control data points to work it already does.
Chris Johnson and Ken Stouty of Anglepoint focus on the overlooked work of onboarding software publishers after a SAM tool is already live.
Toyota’s Jerry Frazier says the biggest shift was reaching a point where management trusts the data, so he can explain the program in two sentences instead of a long audit story.
The ITAM Executive episode “5 Steps from Data to Intelligence With Flexera” lays out a five-step framework that moves from visibility to governance, with Jason Razor of Anglepoint and Alan Legerlotz of Flexera Service Delivery at Anglepoint leading the discussion.
Nationwide Building Society’s Marie Davies and Roz Davies describe how IBM audits, legacy estate complexity, and missing ELP data made IBM management resource-heavy and adversarial.
Broadcom's VMware changes are framed here as a mix of subscription licensing, bundle-only offers, and audit pressure, with Benjamin Kuhn warning that some first renewals are seeing 300% plus increases and occasional 10X quotes.
Jason Kelly, Director of FinOps at Anglepoint, breaks down the three-phase FinOps cycle (inform, optimize, operate) for managing cloud costs.
ITAM was never meant to be an evergreen, real near real-time provider of data.
This episode provides a detailed analysis of Broadcom's major changes to VMware licensing following its acquisition.
Three ITAM technology leaders discuss the hidden challenges of implementing ServiceNow and Flexera for asset management.
This episode features a panel discussion from an Anglepoint webinar, where IBM and Anglepoint leaders explain the transition from IBM's IASP program to the new Client Value Acceleration (CVA) initiative.
ITAM prioritizes asset tracking and compliance, while FinOps prioritizes cloud spend optimization.
You can't understand what you own by running one report - you need to look at seven different places.
Jason Kelly, Director of FinOps at AnglePoint, provides a comprehensive introduction to FinOps (Financial Operations for cloud), explaining how it creates accountability, provides real-time financial transparency, and breaks down silos between IT, finance, and engineering teams.
Ron Brill from Anglepoint presents five critical ITAM priorities for 2025, with focus on maximizing value from SAM tool investments.
Oracle changes its relationship with customers on licensing
Chris Johnson opens the conversation with Jeremy Saylor to unpack Oracle's vSAM partner program.
The discussion starts with four steps for ITAM risk remediation.
Anglepoint’s third annual Women in IT Asset Management webinar focuses on a familiar problem: measuring ITAM’s impact and explaining it in a way business stakeholders will actually hear.
The ITAM Executive episode on “AI for IT Asset Management in 2026” is led by Ron Brill, president and chairman of Anglepoint, and Chris Johnson, chief product officer, both speaking from long ITAM careers.
Chris Johnson and Scott Hare talk through Gartner's Critical Capabilities report as a practical benchmark.
Ron Brill says carbon reporting is moving into financial statements through rules like the EU’s CSRD, and he says many IT organizations still cannot produce complete carbon reports today.
ITAM Executive webinar features Anglepoint consultants explaining how to manage Microsoft 365 complexity through user profiling, right-sizing subscriptions, and coordinating with security teams to control costs while matching features to actual needs.
IBM’s CVA program is framed as a 12-month roadmap that keeps IASP’s audit exemption while adding a client-value push around adoption and renewal planning.
Technical deep-dive into the 2024 update of ISO IEC 19770-1 IT Asset Management standard by Ron Brill, convener of the standards committee.
An interview with Toyota's ITAM leaders discussing their software asset management journey and audit process improvements.
Brooke and Jesse discuss AnglePoint's position in Gartner's first Voice of the Customer report and how client reviews influence the ranking.
A discussion with FinOps and ITAM leaders about the first ITAM FinOps Conference, focusing on collaboration between ITAM, FinOps, security, and sustainability teams.
Discussion of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for SAM Managed Services and evolution of ITAM industry criteria.
This episode discusses talent strategy and the skills needed for IT asset management roles, addressing the talent crunch in the industry.
An interview with Lance Giles, former director of software management at Nike, discussing IT asset management strategies, licensing risks, and cost savings.
Host Sarah Hunter interviews Brandon Smeets from Canon about his career in IT asset management and how he uses magic tricks to engage stakeholders.
Two ITAM leaders discuss frustrations and best practices in the RFP process for selecting managed services providers and SAM tools.
Discussion on how cloud computing is transforming IT asset management, shifting focus from compliance to management and cultural change.
An interview with an ITAM consultant discussing the gap between software asset management and business strategy.