Definition and implementation of procedures for IT assets managing

Abstract

Purpose-Manually tracking and management of thousands of IT assets in a company is costly, takes significant time, and has a tendency for mistakes. Methodology-In order to reduce costs while planning the budget, companies require a solution to manage the hardware, software, and information throughout the life cycle of the IT assets, to maintain control, increase accountability and to support strategic decision-making. Findings-The main purpose of this study is to analyze and develop a IT asset management solution and to help the companies to store information about the assets, locations, owners and costs. Conclusion-The success of the ITAM system is measured by savings and by the prevention of the risk. ITAM system helps in budget planning, cost optimization especialy IT cost optimization, decision-making, process improving, etc.