What Keeps ITAM/SAM Leaders Up at Night?

An Authoritative Study Exploring Compliance, Audits, Open Source,
and Java

2025

As IT Asset Management and Software Asset Management continue to mature, their influence has extended into new areas such as software license compliance, audit readiness, open-source governance, and managing Oracle Java licensing and pricing.

Drawing on fresh data and expert analysis, this authoritative report provides ITAM and SAM professionals with a comprehensive view of the challenges and opportunities shaping their discipline today. This report offers an authoritative look at the expanding role of IT Asset Management and Software Asset Management in today’s enterprise landscape, where managing software usage, risk, and cost has never been more critical.

In this report, you’ll learn:

Why license compliance is the top issue facing organizations and why they spend so much on resolving licensing issues.
How challenges with coordination, collaboration, and organization hinder companies in their efforts to track software inventory.
How much survey participants who use Oracle Java estimate they could save with an open-source Java distribution.

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