INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSET MANAGEMENT (ISAM)
Business: Consulting firm offers software asset management, software analysis, benchmarking and software asset optimization services to corporate, government and academic clients based on its proprietary Software Intelligence Database, containing mainframe and distributed software pricing data from data centers at more than 1,000 large corporations and government agencies.
Founded: 1996
Headquarters: Minneapolis
Website: www.isamgroup.com
Employees: 5
Executives: Michael Swanson, president; Alan Bain, director of operations and consultant; Brad Alzen, consultant; Jim Jacoby, consultant; Kurt Zimmerman, database administrator
Strategy: Develop partnerships with larger, brand-name consulting firms to raise ISAM's profile, build database value to position ISAM for possible acquisition.
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