IT Asset Management Services

It asset management services

Organisations often use considerably more IT Assets than they think. A computer, smartphone or PDA, all equipped with one or more (web)apps and software. Because of new functional requirements and needs, the way these are used changes in the course of time, and in addition more and more organisations acquire IT Assets as a service through the Cloud. All IT Assets in the organisation are valuable and they must be managed from the perspective of compliance, (information) security or sustainability.

A few questions an organisation should ask itself periodically are:

LIFE CYCLE

Each IT Asset follows a cycle requiring the attention of the organisation:

IT Assets that are fully or partially acquired as a service also have a life cycle, but in that case the emphasis is on purchase, release and use. In this case you must obtain assurance that the IT Asset Management of your Service Provider functions properly.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

IT Assets need to be managed from various perspectives:

Finances. An organisation’s investments in IT Assets must be monitored to help mitigate financial risks (compliance).
Sustainability. IT Assets use energy and must be produced responsibly.
Quality of the IT services. How do the IT Assets work together in the organisation, what are the dependencies and are there potential vulnerabilities, such as single points of failure?

WHERE DO WE START AND HOW DO WE HANDLE THIS?

It appears that most organisations have often already undertaken the necessary steps to manage their IT Assets, even if they are not aware of this. Through a tailor-made questionnaire, Speckamp Consultancy offers your organisation an opportunity to determine if the current activities in your organisation match your expectations and requirements.

Speckamp Consultancy has developed a practical framework with standards and control measures an organisation can use for a better understanding of and greater confidence in the maturity of its current IT Asset Management. This framework can also be used to set up an IT Asset Management System.