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From facilities, to IT assets. But according to Gartner analyst Michael Bell (www.gartner.com), a few software companies with good penetration on the facilities management side are reaching out to include IT asset management. Bell cites MRO Software (www.mro.com) as one example, which in February launched Maximo Enterprise IT, which highlights IT asset management. One challenge: Purchasers of Maximo Enterprise IT and other Maximo solutions tend to be from completely different departments: IT vs. facilities management.
IT network, security, and asset control. Further along on the asset management continuum are solutions that specifically address IT asset management, usually including remote-control network management features, as well. LANDesk (www.landesk.com), NetSupport (www.netsupportsoftware.com), and AMX Meeting Manager (www.amx.com) are three in this category; some such products have modules with asset-tracking features, or they allow you to add asset-tracking features, security, and other specialties. LANDesk (spun off from Intel Corp. several years back) includes modules tailored specifically for security, as well as the more complex aspects of asset management.
From the business world. Other IT asset management solutions, largely used by the corporate sector to date, come from companies such as Peregrine (Asset Tracking; www.peregrine.com), Computer Associates (Unicenter Asset Management; www.ca.com), BMC Remedy (which acquired Marimba Software last year, adding new capabilities to its Asset Management suite; www.remedy.com), OpsWare (Asset Tracking Edition; www.opsware.com), and Altiris (Asset Management Suite; www.altiris.com). The Altiris product, like some others, is part of a complete IT asset management solution.
Fixed and IT asset management. One product that combines both traditional fixed asset management capabilities, and IT-specific asset management solutions, is Sunflower Systems (www.sunflowersystems.com). Sunflower also offers a module for managing mobile assets, which could be useful for tracking items such as laptops, tablets, or PDAs on campus.
More overlap. Other types of software solutions—such as help desk solutions—overlap with IT asset management. Also, traditional configuration and system management tools can be used for managing IT assets. Those include Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS; www.microsoft.com/smserver), Novell Zenworks (www.novell.com/zenworks), HP Novadime (www.novadigm.com), BMC Marimba (www.marimba.com), and some smaller players. Looking at even more product overlap, the Altiris Management Suite also could be included here, as could LANDesk. Bottom line? Think: convergence.
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