IT Asset Management ( ITAM )

Venture e-IT Asset

Your organization has invested a hefty portion of the annual budget in Information Technology hardware and software.Your company's IT infrastructure is a mix of old and new purchased and leased hardware, software that's licensed in all kinds of ways, software that isn't licensed at all; mapped against a backdrop of varied standards and processes. And, most of the time no one knows what's out there or where it is.

“According to industry analysts, you're not alone. Gartner estimates that “fewer than 25% of companies worldwide have an enterprise-wide lifecycle management program that can proactively address risk, minimize cost, and improve the operational efficiency of their environment.”

Source: Predicts 2005: IT Asset Management Adds Value, Lessens Risk

So when would you use IT asset management software?

  • When you want to have full IT asset databaseWhen you purchase PCs, laptops, or workstations When you pay for support from an outsourcer on a per-system, per-CPU, or per-user basis When you negotiate software licenses When you need to know if users have installed rogue software When you want to monitor your hardware changes or statusWhen you want to monitor software version are latest or not. When you need to ensure that virus definitions are current When you need to respond to a software vendor audit When you plan any sort of deployment When you acquire a company, or when you're acquired
  • When you project your IT budget for the next 12 months

The list never ends. Fact is, IT Asset Management is not an option, and it’s a necessity if you are going to maximize the value of your investment in IT.

Product Features

Venture e-IT Asset provides:

  • Software discovery at the version, file type, patch, hot-fix and language level
  • An agent based method of discovery with flexible choice of parameters.
  • A Central Monitoring station that monitors all your IT Asset
  • Hardware down to the chassis component level
  • Automated, constant updates of user audit files
  • Identification of off-the-shelf, unknown and proprietary software
  • Integration with SMS and other existing applications, seamlessly importing and exporting data
  • Scans and queries on demand with user identified parameters
  • Flexible analytical and reporting capabilities

We have accomplished these goals through forward and innovative thinking. We have integrated the On-line system of IT Asset Management with the off-line Enterprise Asset Management solution and the Maintenance Management System.

Benefits

Organizations look to IT Asset Management business practices to deliver savings, reduce risks and increase accountability by gaining control of the environment and improving the performance of the processes that support the lifecycle. Venture e-IT Asset can become your foundation for the success of IT asset management initiative.

But what do you really need to know?

Let us just start with:

  • What PC do you have and who uses them
  • What kind of hardware is each user running? (PC/laptop, make/model)
  • What processor is installed (processor name/clock speed)
  • How much RAM is installed?
  • How much free space is on the hard drive?
  • What is the OS/version number/patch level required for the upgrade and what is on the target systems?
  • What other software is on the system?
  • Where do the targeted users actually located?
  • Do you have the latest version for your software drivers?
  • Do you have the latest patch for your operating system?

Imagine the effort required to capture this data manually. By the time you've completed the manual discovery task, you've increased your project timeline and expenses dramatically. IT Asset Management business practices provide the core data to support every facet of your IT operation from financial planning to contract negotiations, to daily operations. Automation with Venture e-IT Asset is rapidly cost-effective, providing sustainability to all of your IT asset management efforts.                                                                                                                      

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