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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

ITAM is more than hardware and IT


Every organization understands the vital importance of their IT systems, but very few pay attention to the successful implementation of ITAM/SAM tools, systems, and software programs.

The reasons for this alarming record of ITAM/SAM implementation failure range from lack of project ownership or management support to technical incompetence, lack of user input, lack of C-suite support, changing requirements or specifications, lack of resources, obsolescence, poor communication, insufficient training, and selection of the wrong ITAM system/tool, the list goes on. In fact, implementation failure occurs for all these reasons, and many more, but all of them are easily avoidable.

Strategic, tactical, and operational plagues

ITAM implementations can be challenging, and many initiatives fail. Issues that plague the implementations are typically categorized into three organizational levels—strategic, tactical, and operational.

By identifying these levels, specified issues...