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Asset Management Overview
Equipment Management
Equipment includes workstations, printers, servers, network devices, ....
- They are identified in the equipment inventory
:
- by automatic insertion, if they are detected by an inventory tool; manually if the tool can not detect them.
- They relate to the models defined in the equipment catalog. Each equipment has model characteristics.
Available Features
- Report of anomalies for equipment detected by the inventory tool but not found in the inventory
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- Reports of equipment financial monitoring.
- Monitoring of equipment regarding Green IT:assessment of the computer equipment power consumption, equipment recycling management.
Software and Licenses Management
A license is linked to a software, but these are 2 different concepts.
- Software: set of programs/processes/rules running instructions on the computer.
- Software are managed in a catalog, to be updated automatically by an inventory tool, or manually if they are not detected.
- Each software is physically installed on a desktop or related to a user through light client type environment application (web application or Citrix).
- License: Contractual document outlining the terms and conditions of use and dissemination of a software, and conferring the right to use a version of the latter.
- Licenses are managed manually through inventory.
- They relate to a reference in the software catalog. Each license has characteristics of the reference.
Available Features
- Definition of the rules for software detection used by the inventory tool: search from a combination of executables and/or components, with keys stored in the registry database, ...
- Management of license types: licenses packages, licenses covered, licenses, servers, ...
- Definition of installation types: list of the required software on a desktop based on usage requirements.
- Decision-making reports to reduce the operating costs of computer equipment licenses.
Contracts Management
Contracts are managed manually in an inventory.
- Only the contracts relating to computer equipment are identified.
- They relate to a reference in the contracts catalog. Each contract has the
reference characteristics.
Available Features
- Management of contract categories: subscription, insurance, maintenance, leasing, ...
- Reports to monitor the renewal dates and monthly payment amounts for current contracts.
Life Cycles
- Equipment life cycle
- Consumable life cycle
- License life cycle
- Contract life cycle