We’ve known for some time that the demand for new graphics cards is far exceeding the supply. A combination of the pandemic, natural disasters and unprecedented consumer demand has led to a global chip shortage. The major names in the industry confirm that the supply problem may last in to 2023. At a time when many companies are having to shift more processing to the cloud to support remote workers – this supply problem could not have come at a worse time.

Software Asset Management (SAM) involves a complex set of challenges, requiring high levels of support and engagement blending the right mix of people, processes, and tools. In the face of this complexity, in organizations that lack the required sponsorship or dedicated SAM functions, managing software assets can disproportionately fall into the asset management tools themselves.

Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) 4.6 is now available for customers to download. Like our previous CSA 4.5 release, this CSA 4.6 release addresses the situation where CentOS has announced an EOL (or change) to the CentOS 8 operating system that we are using. As a result of this, we have adjusted and built CSA 4.6 on CentOS 7, which should provide us with a stable OS platform into the future.

Here at Ivanti, we are excited about iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. I’m pleased to share that we offer zero-day compatibility and key feature support across the Ivanti product portfolio for the new features built into Apple’s updated OSs. iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 bring plenty of new things to see and experience with a combination of security, user experience, and performance.

It’s official! Gartner just published the latest Magic Quadrant for ITSM Tools and once again, we’re proud to have been named a Leader. This is no flash in the pan, but rather more validation for Ivanti’s completeness of vision and our ability to execute. At Ivanti, we’re committed to enabling the Everywhere Workplace so that teams around the globe can focus on what they do best.

Anyone thinking about embarking on the journey to extend their IT Service Management (ITSM) with IT Asset Management (ITAM) should have a sit-down with Jenny Rock from the City of Seattle. A 27-year technology veteran who began her career in the telecommunications industry, Jenny has been with the City of Seattle for 15 years — the last four as Product Engineer in what is now known as the Collaboration and Workplace Technologies division.

In case you haven't heard the news.... Our beloved Ivanti Device and Application Control (IDAC) is no longer limited to just Microsoft Windows! With the release of IDAC 5.3 earlier this month, we have now expanded the platform support with a brand new MacOS agent. And with all the exciting features already included in the 5.3 release earlier this year (you can read more about the IDAC 5.3 release here) we have increased the functionality even more with the recently released Update 1 for IDAC 5.3.