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ITAM timeline

1990s - There is a strong concern for the potential fees associated with being audited on improperly licensed software, causing companies to implement Software Asset Management programmes. 1998 - A group of software and hardware asset managers in the US begins meeting to discuss the need for a centralised organisation devoted to expanding and codifying information and knowledge within the IT Hardware and Software Asset Management fields. 2000s - There is an increased focus on internal controls and increased regulation. This results in a renewed interest in Software Asset Management. 2002 - The Software Asset Management Consortium is established. 2002 - The Software Asset Management Standards (Version 1.0) are announced to the media. 2002 - The IAITAM (International Association of IT Asset Managers) is launched. 2004 - The Software Asset Management Evaluation Programme is implemented using the Software Asset Management Standard. 2007 - The ISO/IEC 19770-1, the first international Software Asset Management standard, is introduced. _________________________________________

Compiled by Mia Andric. Sources: Rhonda Davila. A Brief History of the Internet, Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, Stephen Wolff. Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org). Keith Lynch's timeline of net related terms and concepts (http://keithlynch.net/timeline.html). Computer History, (www.computerhistory.org). Hobbes' Internet Timeline (www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline). Network world (www.networkworld.com). Information Technology Industry TimeLine (www.febpatrimoine.com/histoire). ITIL Central (http://itsm.fwtk.org). PC History (www.pc-history.org/itservice.htm). Research Creations (www.researchcreations.com/history.asp).