Nikki Evans
Reframing HAM: How AI and New Technology Can Enhance the Work You’re Already Doing
The addition of AI and automation tools are helping Hardware Asset Managers drive efficiencies, enhance security and risk mitigation, optimize costs, and make provide more accurate and transparent data to improve strategic decision making. Let’s talk about what tools you are adopting to increase your HW lifecycle management and the impact it’s having on your organization as a whole.
Using AI to Create a Project Plan for Software Onboarding and Software License Compliance Training
In this workshop, participants will learn the value of using an AI tool to create a project plan for ISV software training and software license compliance. This will be a Copilot and Microsoft Project demonstration coupled with a corresponding PowerPoint deck.
Navigating the 2025 Hardware Refresh Cycle: Challenges and Opportunities
The 2025 hardware refresh, driven by Windows 11 migration and Windows 10’s end-of-life, is boosting used equipment values—offsetting costs while highlighting ITAM’s role in security and compliance.
ITAM Program Reporting: Are You Missing Opportunities?
Executive buy-in isn’t just about wins—sharing ITAM challenges and utilization data builds trust, drives better decisions, and ensures long-term organizational sustainability.
How do I demonstrate being an ITAM Subject Matter Expert?
A question consistently asked, “How do I show value to my organization and/or the ITAM industry.”
Whether you are a vendor or practitioner this is a common theme among the community. This session will help you learn how you can leverage your knowledge and experiences in specific disciplines (HAM, SAM, or ITAD as examples).
Topics to be covered:
• Industry tradeshows
• IAITAM.org
o Certifications
o ITAK articles
o IAITAM ACE
• LinkedIn
• Podcasts
• Vendor/Supplier relationships
The goal is to help you better understand the opportunities to elevate you as an ITAM community member!!
Open Source AI Tools: What IT Acquisition Managers Need to Consider
Open source AI offers cost savings, flexibility, and rapid innovation, but also brings security, support, and data risks. Success depends on careful evaluation against your ITAM goals and needs.
How is AI Impacting Your ITAM Program?
Let’s talk about Artificial Intelligence! Where does your organization stand? Join PlanITROI for a discussion on the benefits and concerns you’ve discovered so far relating to the use of AI and our workforce strategies, acquisition and supply chain planning, and the governance considerations that must be made about AI tools.
Workflow Automation for SAM managers
This session will demonstrate how to implement automated workflows for Software Requests and Software Harvesting. Our examples will be based on Power Automate, but the same principles are applicable to other SAM and workflow automation systems.
The Glory of Documentation in ITAM
Great documentation practices may not seem glamorous on the surface. Let’s dig a little to see just how glorious it can be when we take this often overlooked aspect of ITAM seriously. Whether it is preparing for an audit, or improving our processes, documentation is foundational. Let’s discuss what has worked well in the past, and what we would have liked to do differently, with the goal of each of us improving in our approach.
Streamlining IT Spend with Cost-Conscious ITAM Strategy
Even with ITAM processes in place, hidden inefficiencies cost organizations millions through redundant software licenses, hardware over-provisioning, vendor sprawl, and limited asset visibility. This webinar reveals how to make your ITAM strategy truly cost-conscious—eliminating waste, extending asset value, and maximizing every IT dollar. Learn proven approaches to software license optimization, hardware right-sizing, proactive refresh planning, vendor consolidation, and sustainability-driven asset recovery. Ideal for IT, procurement, and finance professionals looking to streamline IT spend through strategic asset management practices.