Gone are the days when document verification meant reading company memos thumbtacked to a bulletin board or attending impromptu policy-related meetings. A wide range of contractual requirements and governmental regulations, coupled with a need for more effective employee training, have resulted in a need for formalized and verified employer-to-employee communications. In essence, organizations need [...]
Equipment leasing is a procurement option that has increased in popularity over the years, particularly for young companies who don’t have large stores of capital on-hand. Leasing, which is the rental of equipment over a specified time period, enables companies to quickly compete without having to break the bank. There really is no limit in [...]
Last December, we posted a blog article about how Microsoft SharePoint is “particularly well-suited” to manage user access requests. With the right enhancements and configurations, SharePoint can give teams the power to regulate access to physical and digital resources and thereby protect their organization's security. Controlling who has what access to data and systems is [...]
Proper IT asset management requires information. Whether dealing with physical assets or digital properties, you cannot make “informed” decisions without the proper “information”. Many IT asset management systems either focus too specifically on individual assets or too broadly on the overall “big picture”. What is needed is a program that can provide both, with [...]
A wide variety of industries, from hospitals to datacenters, rely on asset management solutions to keep track of both physical and IT assets. The benefits usually far outweigh the costs — examples include asset visibility, reduced manpower, notification of events, reduction in spending, and asset reporting. Not all solutions are appropriate for all sectors, [...]
It is not always readily apparent when an enterprise is operating unlicensed software as part of their IT asset stable. In a fast-growing business, the record-keeping often does not keep up with the pace of growth as decisions are made quickly to ramp up and fill demand. IT acquisitions increase at a record pace, and [...]
Software Compliance Audits are initiated primarily from two sources -- the software makers themselves and the powerful trade groups that represented them. These trade groups are focused and proactive on representing the software industry giants. The Software Alliance (BSA) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) are both leaders in launching Software Audits [...]
Have you considered using barcodes or QR codes in your IT Asset Management program? Both of these provide an easy way to uniquely identify an asset and access information about it. Let’s look at the differences between barcodes and QR codes, and the relative advantages of each one, when used in an IT Asset [...]
Why Should You Use CMDB-ITIL Software? Wikipedia describes a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) like this: A configuration management database is a repository that acts as a data warehouse for information technology (IT) organizations. Its contents are intended to hold a collection of IT assets that are commonly referred to as configuration items (CI), as [...]
Are your IT Assets barcoded? Adding barcode technology can take your SharePoint IT Asset Management program to another level. Barcoding greatly eases asset intake, checkin/checkout, audits, inventory, and integration with service tickets. The Benefits of Using Barcoding for SharePoint IT Asset Management Barcoding can offer immediate access to large amounts of data relating to [...]
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