ITAM Antics May 2025

Welcome to ITAMantics, where our experts unpack the headlines shaking up the ITAM world. In this May 2025 episode AJ Witt, Martin Thompson, and Kelly Yip explore the stories making waves across cybersecurity, licensing, and sustainability. Stories discussed this month: Cybersecurity breaches hit UK retailers M&S and the Co-op — what ITAM can learn from the fallout Social engineering tactics and the growing risk to asset and security management Broadcom’s aggressive VMware licensing audits — what they mean for your estate The rise of the secondary software market and what’s driving its momentum How ITAM and FinOps collaboration can strengthen organisational resilience and efficiency