Why should midsized businesses make asset management a priority?
Asset management can often mean different things to different companies. Generally, it’s about the discovery of what exists on your network, both hardware assets and software assets, storing this information someplace and reporting on what you find. Ideally it is important to know the age of something, its software configuration and how often it is being used. Asset management allows you to retire old equipment out of your network, deploy software to assets that can run it, remove software from assets that don’t need to use it and re-deploy that license where it is most useful. Managed properly, it provides direct savings in licensing costs as it identifies the best allocation for your resources. Essentially asset management allows you to better use what you already have and clarify the need for what might be missing, enabling your business to operate more efficiently.
