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Tech Asset Mgt. -
TAM Process
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The Network offers the following professional development programs:
Most frequently, we deliver our training at your enterprise site of choice and we guarantee that you will achieve results or your money will be refunded. No games and no compromises on the value of the knowledge we put in your hands.
Please understand that all of our programs and materials are 100% supplier-neutral--no ads; no partnerships; no sponsors or product- or service-centric Internet broadcasts. You get the information you need to cut technology costs while increasing the delivered value of related goods and services--without enduring distracting vendor sales hype.
We represent the interests of the business technology consumer and we serve as their voice in matters of technology rights and responsibilities.
Within this web site, you will find answers to literally hundreds of questions that have been asked by the people who attend our programs--and answered by our experts. You'll get strategic and tactical data on how to get the most for your money while minimizing risks and maximizing ROI. That information exceeds 400 pages and is growing on a daily basis. The data is subdivided as follows:
- Blog - No-holds-barred portfolio management observations by Alan L. Plastow, Founder.
- Software Piracy - Strategic information covering the issues of copyright non compliance (frequently mis-labeled "software piracy" by the software industry).
- Software Asset Management - SAM - Strategies, tactics, and information on how your enterprise will save money on software-related goods and services while optimizing your ROIC.
- Training - Updates and information regarding our training programs. Many include basic assignments and slides.
- Technology Asset Management - TAM / ITAM - Strategies, tactics, and information on how your enterprise will save money on technology systems-related goods and services while optimizing your ROIC.
- Negotiations - Strategies, tactics, and information on how your personnel can negotiate more effective--mutually beneficial--licenses and agreements.
- Project Management - Our custom project management programs are so good that they are being delivered at The University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio, U.S.A.
Let's face financial facts: Either your company is directly and actively involved in proactive technology asset management--portfolio management--and you are getting the best value for your IT investment. Or... You are not effectively managing your IT assets and you are most likely hemorrhaging as much as $13 of every $14 that filter through the IT budget (You are also exposed to massive punitive costs due to license non-compliance audit activities.)
There is no half way. The is no "silver bullet" cure--no magic standard, service, or product. The results you will get will come about because your entire enterprise commits to improving the processes that drive technology portfolio management.
Log in now to become part of the solution.
Got questions? Let us know & we'll do our best to deliver the most effective answer!
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Blog -
Alan's Blog
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Every time I teach a course, be it software life cycle management, asset management, project management, negotiations, or some related business process improvement content, I run into the same problem. Way too many of the people attending the course make the same comment:
Committment: Our company wants to improve the way we do (this or that) but, when it comes down to actually making the move, there isn't sufficient executive support--no serious follow-through.
I'm sure you've seen this, too. The enterprise--as a whole--is aware that there are more effective ways to accomplish certain tasks or projects, but it has no formal process for approaching, planning, and implementing a change initiative. What's more, executive management--leadership?--does not, or will not, take a visible role in enacting the business process improvement or change. THIS is where my title content comes into play.
My politically incorrect message to management is this:
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of The Way!
Result? How many times have you heard the lament:
Employee Quote: "I spent the time and effort attending this training, or that seminar, (or the company spend the money) and identified a specific way (or two, or ten) that we could improve business processes in our company. Then, when I came back to work, I wasn't encouraged (permitted?) to make anything happen."
In this tough economy--in ANY economy--a company lives and/or dies by its abilities--its willingness--to evolve.
Read on for ideas covering the ways you might consider using to encourage the people around you to change this trend.
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