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.

The ITAM Academy is a new, online, on-demand training platform for ITAM, SAM and software licensing. We create on-demand training content that no one else currently delivers and make it available at an affordable price. We will soon be unveiling our initial tranche of courses that you will be able to take on our brand new platform.

Responsible for implementing, managing, optimising and maintaining all elements of Software Asset Management & Software Licensing globally for 13,000 users. - £millions achieved in cash savings & cost avoidance.- Best practice SAM process implementation.- Global SAM Adoption.- Creator and chair of the Software Advisory Board (SAB)- Closed on average 650 requests each month.- Successful external audit defence.

- Responsible for providing valuable content to the widely respected ITAM Review publication- Responsible for conducting in-depth research in the latest licensing models- Author of a number of ‘Licensing Quick Guides’- Author of over 90 articles on the ITAM Review- Responsible for testing and reviewing the latest SAM and ITAM tools available on the market- Keynote speaker at various events, including the ITAM Review European Tools Day- Responsible for reviewing the latest SAM qualifications available to professionals- An active member of the Campaign for Clear Licensing (making licensing simpler)- SAM/ITAM consultant for customers, providing benchmarks and road maps for improvements - Assisted with the creation of the ‘SAM Processes Kit’ e-book - Created a number of end-user services that the ITAM Review will deliver- Point of contact for the ITAM Review community (10,000 people +) for any ITAM/SAM or software licensing related issues or questions.

Enterprise Opinions are privately owned and were founded in 2007. We build online communities for ITAM, SAM, Licensing and ITSM professionals to connect worldwide. Our sites are built 100% organically through word of mouth and social networking! Our focus is on independent reviews, news, resources and networking and we are proudly vendor and service provider independent and impartial.

Arup are an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. Through Arup's work, we make a positive difference in the world. We shape a better world.- Global Software Asset Manager responsible for 16,000 machines- Designed, created and implemented SAM & Software procurement procedures on a Global scale- Responsible for a Global SAM eTeam- Saved over £1million in negotiating agreements, internal software audits and recycling software- Promoted SAM and Software Licensing to all staff- I provided Snow License Manager training and support for all Heads of IT throughout Arup- Gained Directors, CIO and other Senior staffs backing after a number of presentations- Responsible for the licenses of over 5,000 applications- I worked closely with the Procurement team in regards to Software Budgets and spend on software- Point of contact for SAM and Software Licensing