Oracle have recently certified two additional third-party tools for license verification: Does this latest acquisition herald a renewed push into the ITAM world from Ivanti? New Oracle 3rd party tools Additionally, Q4 2020 saw Ivanti add Mobile Device Management (MDM) stalwart ‘MobileIron’ and also ‘Pulse Secure’ to their growing stable of products which now includes:Īs with any acquisition, it will be interesting to see how the recent Mobile Iron, Pulse, and Cherwell technologies are folded into the Ivanti portfolio during 2021.

Ivanti announced this month (January 2021) that they’re acquiring Cherwell, further bolstering their ITAM & ITSM capabilities. Will this have an impact on how you, or those within your organisation, identify and select potential SAM tools? Ivanti buy Cherwell Perhaps a new Magic Quadrant will appear in time – one that looks to combine SAM tools, SaaS management, and IaaS management for example. Gartner have decided not to continue with the Magic Quadrant for SAM Tools – replacing it instead with a less in-depth “market guide”, meaning there will no longer be any ranks or positions assigned to the various tools and so no more “top right” fighting – at least not in this category. A busy month as Gartner drop the SAM Tools Magic Quadrant, Ivanti & SoftwareOne both make more acquisitions, Oracle expand their tool acceptance, and VMware need a new CEO.

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