asset management

Asset Management is the tracking of hardware and software assets, licenses and inventory.

An effective IT asset management programme can deliver real business benefits, from basic compliance to strategic advantage. It will not only enable you to understand what IT assets your organisation has deployed but will ensure effective IT asset utilisation and delivery of true ‘bottom line’ ROI.

Asset Management should be seen as a knowledge management function; a discipline ultimately designed to provide management information upon which business or cost-critical decisions can be made.

Shift F7 offer a number of solutions that enable the effective control of all your IT assets.

These solutions provide:

• Automated data collection and management of software assets and licensing information
• The discovery of networked IT hardware assets
• The monitoring of application server software usage of server farms, desktop and server applications

Effective asset management brings many benefits to organisations including:

• A single, integrated IT Asset management solution
• Full lifecycle management of all IT assets
• Eliminates unnecessary software and hardware costs
• Maintains a continuous legal compliance position
• Supports corporate governance initiatives and programmes
• Improves supplier contract management and business processes
• Adheres to ITIL requirements and recognised industry best practice