Why IT Asset Management (ITAM) Is Failing: Cloud Complexity Is Outpacing Traditional IT Asset Management
ITproToday, Monday, June 30th, 2025
The 2025 State of ITAM report reveals some major struggles for IT teams and provides suggestions on how to overcome them.
IT asset management (ITAM) sits at the intersection of technology operations, financial accountability, and compliance risk. ITAM teams track hardware lifecycles, manage software licenses, ensure audit readiness, and increasingly work to optimize cloud spend. When ITAM works well, IT organizations avoid compliance violations, eliminate redundant purchases, and maintain clear visibility into their technology investments.
But ITAM is breaking down under cloud complexity. That's one of the key findings from Flexera's 2025 State of ITAM Report, which is based on a survey of 506 global IT professionals.