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Pocket CIO – The Guide to Successful IT Asset Management

By : Phara McLachlan
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Pocket CIO – The Guide to Successful IT Asset Management

By: Phara McLachlan

Overview of this book

This book is a detailed IT Asset Management (ITAM) guidebook with real-world templates that can be converted into working ITAM documents. It is a step-by-step IT Asset Management manual for the newbies as well as the seasoned ITAM veterans, providing a unique insight into asset management. It discusses how risk management has changed over time and the possible solutions needed to address the new normal. This book is your perfect guide to create holistic IT Asset Management and Software Asset Management programs that close the risk gaps, increases productivity and results in cost efficiencies. It allows the IT Asset Managers, Software Asset Managers, and/or the full ITAM program team to take a deep dive by using the templates offered in the guidebook. You will be aware of the specific roles and responsibilities for every aspect of IT Asset Management, Software Asset Management, and Software License Compliance Audit Response. By the end of this book, you will be well aware of what IT and Software Asset Management is all about and the different steps, processes, and roles required to truly master it.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface

Don't make ITAM the red-headed stepchild during change management


As the famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy said, Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Similarly, multinational organizations talk about changing their business, but rarely do they change the internal processes from top to bottom.

The awful truth about change management is that most people and companies overuse the term without fully understanding what it is, the impact and how to approach organizations or individual groups in a structured approach. IT asset management plays a crucial role, but is often set aside prior to completion due to a variety of factors.

An overwhelming issue that crops up during most change management programs is the failure to institute a holistic IT asset management program from beginning to end. In many cases, the budget is cut or the focus of the IT or operational team is shifted elsewhere. What needs to be understood by IT asset managers and the executive suite...