SAM Boot Camp - TWO SAM Credentials for the Price of One - March 2017

The Institute for Technology Asset Management will be holding a SAM Boot Camp during the week of March 20-24th, 2017 on the Virginia Beach, VA/USA campus of Infotech/ECPI University.  This program delivers both the SAM Core Competency AND the SAM Advanced Enterprise Infrastructure credentials in a single week-long live delivery - at ~50% off the standard price – certification exam included.

Use code 1016 when you register at TAMInstitute.org.

Institute / Infotech SAM Boot Camp Coverage:

SAM Core Competencies:

• Extended Copyright Compliance Q&A
• Core License Compliance Issues
• Stepping Through a Punitive Audit
• Detailing & Mitigating the Right to Audit Clause
• Foundation Audit-Related License Clauses
• Compliance Assurance Tools – Discovery and Uninstall
• Developing the Proactive/Reactive Software Audit Team
• Detailing Proofs of Possession
• Foundation Document Management System
• Establishing the Internal Whistle-Blower Program
• The Hidden Threats of License Activation
• Internal Compliance Assurance Wall of Due Diligence
• Calculating Actual Punitive Audit Costs
• Software & Copyright Compliance Enforcement Players
• Developing Effective Basic SAM Policies
• Conducting the SAM Initiative GAP Analysis
• Copyright-Related Laws, Acts, & Regulations
• Risk Management & Mitigation – Level I

SAM Advanced Enterprise Infrastructure:

• Detailing 42+ Critical Software License Types
• Detailing 36+ Critical Software Agreement Clauses
• Chartering the SAM Initiative
• Cloud & SaaS Services
• IT Cost Reduction Opportunities
• Effective Acquisition Process Framework
• Vendor Management Framework I
• Gaining & Retaining Executive Buy-In
• Basic SAM Negotiations Methodologies
• Stakeholder Analysis & Management for SAM
• Human & Organizational Change Management for SAM
• Project & Initiative Success Factors for SAM
• Core Leadership & Motivation Framework for SAM

It’s the Knowledge You Need to Succeed!

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SAM Training – Can you re-wind and repeat your SAM certification training at will?

Probably not… One of the most significant drawbacks of a majority of Software Asset Management training and certification programs is that they’re essentially “one and done” in their delivery. This means that you attend a one- or two-day program, they teach you how to pass the exam, and you’re finished: “Instant Expert.” There is no provision for review, reflection, customization, or mastering the content.

The Institute for Technology Asset Management, with its Learning Management-Based online SAM Credential, takes you into the next generation of professional development.

For the first time in our industry, you, the SAM practitioner, can now:

• Attend an online professional development program that is self-paced – allowing you to learn when it’s convenient for you and for your enterprise.
• Attend a program that is based on the genuine competency needs of the individual practitioner – experience the knowledge you need to succeed in the real world of front line software asset management.
• Attend a credentialing program with a clear and publicly available professional development Roadmap that delivers genuinely supplier-neutral SAM skills.
• Attend this cutting edge professional development program from anywhere on the planet without leaving home.
• Attend a program that includes a workbook that is actually a Work Book – encouraging you to convert each competency covered into a customized solution for your unique enterprise.
• Attend a program that permits you to Learn to Mastery – view and review each competency module, each training page, until you are comfortable in your ability to actually use what you have learned.

What’s more, SAM and ITAM programs from The Institute for Technology Asset Management interface practitioner competency development with an Open Source curriculum, unique in the industry, allowing practitioners to apply local, or even in-house, training experiences to their credential growth.

Better yet: At ~175 USD, your TAMInstitute SAM credential exam is a fraction of the cost of alternative certificate options.

Institute programs are available in any of these formats:

• Online, self-paced: GO HERE for Core Competencies and GO HERE for Advanced

• Live Boot Camp Style – Either via our Norfolk, Virginia-based alliance with Infotectraining.com or delivered directly to your enterprise. (Check under Leadership and Management:  GO HERE )

• Combined Boot Camp, with live delivery PLUS access to the online, self-paced materials for extended review / reference.

Each program includes access to our best in class Workbook with over 500 pages of genuinely useful information (no fillers), allowing you to convert the coursework to customized solutions.

SAM & ITAM Certifications Are WAY Below Standards!

At what point in our history did we determine that an individual with less than 12 hours of training is a fully qualified software asset manager? At what point does an individual with little or no experience in the industry become fully qualified to manage the entire IT asset management portfolio with fewer than 16 hours of training?

We need to change the framework under which we qualify professionals in our fields. The software asset management certification started with the CSM (offered by the Software & Information Industry Association). The program was a good "start" but tended to focus more on SIIA's perspective of software compliance management than on life cycle management. Other SAM-related programs have literally exploded on the scene since 2003 - many of these are no more than a new extension of the classic software industry efforts to shape & control our management of software goods, services, & contractual relationships.

When I developed the original SAM & ITAM certification programs in 2000, the plan was to evolve the programs according to the needs of practitioners & to keep pace with global industry changes. The certifications - massively unique at the time - were intended to build the profession as a "standard" for asset management (whether SAM or ITAM). We also committed to keeping the price reasonable so that practitioners around the world could "afford" to attend. Unfortunately, the SAM / ITAM training industry remains well behind the times in terms of the sophistication of their programming.

So? Let's change the model. Through the Institute for Technology Asset Management we have re-sculpted the traditional certification into a significantly more progressive program of credentialing - one that meets & most frequently exceeds such generic standards as ISO 19770 & ITIL. While we "do" continue to train asset managers in the traditional basics of the industry, we also recognize that "basic" no longer translates into "professional."  The asset managers trained in the typical overnight programs developed in 2000 simply do not have the competencies necessary to compete in today's (2013+) technology environments.

Examples: Fewer than 1 in 6 SAM certification programs provide any degree of training regarding "cloud" licensing techniques, risks, & methodologies. Only Institute programs help asset management professionals understand such management tools as business case analysis, cost/benefit, business process management and other methodologies critical to gaining & maintaining effective business controls over the software, hardware, & over-all IT portfolio. Only the Institute delivers core competencies in over 42 common software license types, along with license terms & conditions detailing necessary to clearly understanding your rights & responsibilities.

It's time for change. It's time to evolve to the next level. It's time to look seriously at The Institute for Technology Asset Management credentialing programs.. Look over the Institute program roadmaps (yet another first in the industry) HERE. You may also want to scroll down the page to watch / listen to a sample series of our online training SAM & ITAM sessions.