Animus in the News

One of the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2010 Up & Comers, McLachlan was chosen for a BizTech Judges’ Choice award. She founded the management and IT consulting firm in 2004.

At the inaugural TBBJ BizTech Innovation Summit Awards & Expo on Thursday, 41 finalists were recognized and winners were named in five categories at the Tampa Convention Center.

When I started my management and IT consulting company Animus in 2004, I had no employees. I hired independent contractors to handle any work I couldn’t take on myself. But as the company began to grow, I realized that if I wanted to maintain control over the quality of our work, I would need to start hiring.

IT Asset Management, (ITAM) should never be viewed as a “nice to have.” For every organization, it is truly “need to have” for various reasons, including compliance and cost containment. A fundamental part of ITAM is Software Asset Management (SAM). SAM applies to everyone – from your regional bank to a Fortune 500 global company.

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