In IT, asset management combines not only contracts and inventory, but also efforts to improve business processes and getting the best bang for the buck with equipment. It can refer to software licensing agreements, configuration, and regulatory and contractual compliance. With hardware, it can refer to procurement, lifecycle and disposal management. It also involves setting up and maintaining policies, processes, and measurements that help the organization manage costs, risk, compliance and company objectives.
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Making IT Governance More Relevant
Summary Few corporations have a clear idea of the benefits they receive from their IT spending. While they may be able to assess their gains in efficiency from, say, server consolidation, they are in the dark as to whether their purchases of applications running on those servers are enhancing or... More >
Conclusive Proof That a Centralized PMO Is Good for Your Health
They know who they are, but they probably prefer to remain anonymous. They’re the dispossessed organizations still out there relying on fragmented and siloed project management processes, like spreadsheets or other home-grown systems. You have to feel sorry for them: struggling to juggle multiple... More >
Great Companies Think Alike: IT Is a Strategic Asset
Ann All spoke with Jeanne Ross, co- author with Peter Weill of “IT Savvy” (Harvard Business Publishing), which is designed to give executives the information they need to understand and leverage IT for profitable growth. She is director of the Center for Information Systems Research... More >
HP Automates End-User Management
Read this case study to learn how the efficiencies created in a data center consolidation initiative have enabled two administrators to manage 200,000 end users worldwide.
Managing Storage in the Virtual Data Center
This white paper discusses a storage resources management solution that provides comprehensive capabilities to efficiently manage heterogeneous storage and its resources in a virtualized environment.
Time to Ditch Your CRM System?
How do you know when it's time to replace your CRM system rather than invest more money in it? This CIO.com piece offers 10 points to ponder when you're trying to make that decision. Some are easy, such as 1) it puts your data at risk and 2) everyone hates it. But it gets more complicated from there. Maybe it's... More >
Getac Launches Real-Time RFID System
Getac Technology has unveiled a new RFID tracking and management system. The new system is designed to help reduce labor time and costs by allowing users to accurately track assets, equipment, goods and personnel in real time, and can be applied to logistics warehouse management, retail, health care and medical... More >
Tiny Optical Tags in the Works
MIT researchers say tiny optical tags they've developed could replace bar codes and be more secure than RFID tags, reports InformationWeek . I recently wrote about the rising popularity of RFID tags for tracking assets in the data center . The new tiny tags, called Bokode, use a masked LED -- USA Today ... More >
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Cost Cutting through Server Consolidation
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Greening IT with Server Consolidation
Learn how virtualization reduces the TCO of managing your date, while contributing towards your sustainability efforts.
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