Posts Tagged ‘IT Asset Management’

Absolute Software and IAITAM co-hosted a webinar entitled “Compliance, Identification and Life-Cycle Management in a Mobile Environment.”

The webinar was co-hosted by Geoff Glave, Product Manager at Absolute Software and by Lynne Weiss, VP of Sales & Marketing at International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers (IAITAM).

Topics covered in this webinar include information on how to:

• Reduce the time and cost of gathering physical asset inventory
• Gain control of the inventory and better control over lease maintenance costs
• Increase accountability to ensure compliance
• Enhance performance of assets and the life cycle management
• Risk reduction through standardization, proper documentation, loss detection
• Accurately track and manage computers on or off the network
• Leverage the benefits of SaaS

Watch for the webinar

Absolute Software announced this month that geofencing capabilities will now be supported for commercial Computrace customers.

What is geofencing? A geofence is a virtual perimeter on a geographic area using a location-based service, so that when the geofencing device enters or exits the area a notification is generated. The notification can contain information about the location of the device… – Wikipedia

The Absolute geofencing feature allows IT asset managers to incorporate the physical location of a device into their IT Asset Management strategy. If any device goes outside a pre-set perimeter and stays outside that perimeter for a set period of time, customers would be notified, allowing for a fast response to any suspicious activities, including remotely deleting data and/or reporting the device as stolen.

“By adding geofencing, our customers know sooner when mobile devices may be out of their control, so they can quickly protect the security of those devices.” – John Livingston, CEO of Absolute

Learn more about this new capability here or watch a demo here.

What is SAM? SAM is short for Software Asset Management. It’s about the infrastructure and processes for managing and optimizing the “purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of software applications within an organization.” The goal of SAM is to reduce IT costs and the risks associated with use of software, while also increasing end-use productivity.

SAM is one part of a wider business practice known as IT asset management. Computrace, for example, is designed for the management and tracking of your IT assets.

Microsoft recently put together a list of 10 reasons to implement SAM in your organization. These 10 reasons are:

1. Smoother operations
2. Better price points
3. Better market position
4. Financial security
5. Eliminate waste & redundancy
6. Volume discounts
7. Every employee benefits
8. Liability
9. Future benefits
10. Corporate governance

Read the full explanation of the benefits here. You can also take Microsoft’s SAM ROI test to see how your program rates.