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Miami Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
WanAware Survey Finds ITAM Confidence Gap is Costing Enterprises Time, Trust, and Millions in Missed Value
New survey of 600 enterprise leaders reveals growing investment in IT asset management, yet alarming visibility and alignment gaps persist across organizations. BOULDER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / August 12, 2025 / WanAware, an innovator in intelligent observability, today released a new report titled Closing the ITAM Confidence Gap: 2025 Survey Insights for IT Leaders, uncovering a stark divide in how IT teams and the broader business perceive the value and performance of ITAM systems. While IT managers express growing confidence in their tools, data, and ROI, most other departments remain unconvinced and often left in the dark. According to the survey of 600 professionals across IT, operations, and general management at multi-location enterprises, 95% of IT leaders say they trust their asset data, and 80% report growing investment in ITAM initiatives. But outside of IT, that confidence quickly erodes. Less than half of analysts feel good about ROI, and only 35% of other managers trust the accuracy of asset data. "This isn't just a perception problem, it's an operational one," said Jeff Collins, CEO of WanAware. "When confidence in IT asset data drops by half outside the IT department, it creates real risk, wasted spend, and delays that fly under the radar until it's too late." The report highlights how manual effort, fragmented tooling, and poor visibility continue to plague ITAM workflows. Nearly a quarter of IT teams still rely on spreadsheets and email threads to track assets. And even as IT leaders consolidate systems and adapt, the rest of the organization sees little progress. Non-IT respondents report fragmented tools, slow onboarding, and inconsistent data, undermining trust and making collaboration harder across finance, procurement, and compliance. The gap is more than frustrating, it's expensive. The survey estimates up to 25% of IT spend is wasted on "ghost assets" including devices and licenses that are no longer in use but remain on the books. These blind spots often fly under the radar, exposing companies to unnecessary tax, security, and compliance risk. When asked what would improve ITAM most, IT leaders weren't asking for bells and whistles. They pointed to real-time updates, automated responses to risky assets, and simplified tools that remove the burden of manual tracking. The goal is clear: fewer roadblocks, not more features. The disconnect also appears to be widening. Half of IT managers say missing assets cause significant disruption, compared to just 9% of their peers in other departments. And while IT teams report improved visibility since shifting to remote work, analysts and ops managers see no such benefit. These perception gaps fuel disengagement, workarounds, and wasted time, ultimately weakening the business case for ITAM investment. Still, WanAware believes alignment is possible. The report calls on IT leaders to take a more strategic role by proving the value of ITAM in business terms, integrating it with cybersecurity and service management tools, and making data and dashboards accessible to non-technical teams. "Asset management shouldn't be a gatekeeping function," said Collins. "It should be a command center. When asset data is real-time, trusted, and actionable, it becomes the foundation for smart operations, secure systems, and scalable growth." WanAware's own platform is built to solve exactly these issues, eliminating ghost assets with automated discovery, providing a shared real-time view across departments, and triggering policy-based remediation the moment an asset goes missing or risky. That combination of observability and automation is already helping enterprises close the confidence gap and regain control over sprawling, hybrid IT environments. Download the full 2025 ITAM Confidence Gap survey report here. Organizations can also now capitalize on a free 14-day trial of WanAware AIM to uncover gaps in their own environment and see real-time results: ### ABOUT WANAWARE: WanAware is an innovator in intelligent observability, dedicated to solving the most pressing challenges in IT performance, availability, and security monitoring. By leveraging advanced technologies, including AI and machine learning, WanAware delivers actionable insights that empower organizations to achieve operational excellence. For more information, visit MEDIA CONTACT: Nina Pfister, MAG PR at nina@ T: 781-929-5620. SOURCE: WanAware
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Racquetball's U.S. Open coming to Springfield in 2026
SPRINGFIELD, Mo–A year from Tuesday, the best racquetball players in the world will be in Springfield for the U.S. Open. Executive Director Jeff Collins made the announcement. And he expects up to 500 racquetball players from around the world to gather in Springfield in June of 2026. Missouri State's racquetball courts at Plaster Stadium will host preliminary matches. And the championship matches will be in a special glass-encased court at the Expo Center. Grandstands will be built around the special court. Racquetball's U.S. Open has not been held since 2022. So it'll also be a reunion for top level players. 'It's always been that kind of pilgrimage for all the racquetball players that they want to go to the U.S. Open. They want to compete to be crowned U.S. Open champion for either their age bracket or their skill division. But it's also a chance for family to get back to together,' said USA Racquetball's Stewart Solomon. 'You know the name U.S. Open is so recognizable. And in racquetball, like other sports, the prize money is doubled, tripled quadrupled. Along with that it's doubled, tripled, quadrupled the points. And when all that stuff is added in there, it just matters more. And play gets more intense,' said former racquetball pro Cliff Swan. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Fox Corporation (FOX) Went Up On Monday?
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Fox Corporation (NASDAQ:FOX) stands against other firms that kicked off the trading week stronger. The stock market began the trading week on a mixed note as investors continued to digest President Donald Trump's new tariff agenda, with all economies expecting to be hit by import taxes. Among all major indices, only the Nasdaq registered losses, down 0.14 percent. In contrast, the Dow Jones jumped by 1 percent while the S&P 500 grew by 0.55 percent. Despite the broader market downturn, 10 individual stocks stood their ground, finishing the day in the green amid a flurry of fresh corporate developments that boosted investor appetite. In this article, we named Monday's top performers and detailed the reasons behind their gains. To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and $5 million in trading volume. An artist at a sound stage surrounded by the latest equipment, creating content for the major cable network programming. Fox Corp. grew its share prices by 3.42 percent on Monday to end at $56.60 apiece as investors bought up on news that it attracted 125 new blue-chip advertising companies since the US election. In a news interview, FOX President for Ad Sales Jeff Collins said: 'Historically, after an election, networks will see ratings dips. When we saw an acceleration in ratings, we saw new advertisers coming in.' More advertisers are now joining the network after suffering a pullback in 2018 following a comment from its former host Tucker Carlson about immigrants making the US 'poorer and dirtier' that spurred huge advertisers such as T-Mobile to pull ads from his program. Consumer goods company Procter & Gamble also stopped running ads during Carlson's nightly show but returned to the same slot in 2023 when he was ousted from Fox. According to Collins, the network is partly benefiting from a decline in the more expansive traditional television universe, with audiences preferring online. Overall, FOX ranks 8th on our list of firms that kicked off the trading week stronger. While we acknowledge the potential of FOX as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as FOX but trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Sign in to access your portfolio
