When it comes to a life cycle, we usually think of the sequence of states in which the assets of a transit organization during the ownership period. Take the following list as an example of the basic life cycle of assets:

• Planning.
• Obtaining.
• Implement and discovery.
• Use.
• Maintenance and support
• Withdrawal and disposal.

Understanding the relationship between assets

If we consider a web server as an asset we can define that it is made up of many other assets such as disk controllers, hard drives, memory, chassis, etc.

We can say that the server contains the other assets, but each of them must be inventoried separately. Now, our asset management system has to be designed to reflect this and other types of relationships.

We must also take in mind the relationship between the equipment and consumables or equipment and parts, such as printer cartridges and the printer or toner and its main tray.

The definition of an effective Deployment process.

If you are starting a project from the beginning or the IT asset management processes have already been applied, discovering and obtaining asset information and inventory of all that information can be difficult.

The main objective is to achieve the level of automation we need to reduce the time and errors associated with manual procedures. In this case, the relationship between the ITAM and the surveillance system could be useful.

An excellent Inventory service allows recovering and storing useful information to achieve an improvement in the control of IT assets.

ITAM Solutions

In the market we can find some integrated ITAM solutions in a global IT support solution. Among the benefits of this approach, we find the improvement in the quality of IT services, as well as more information on the use of assets

The influence of new technologies

It is evident that the basis of the assets is changing with the new emerging technologies, such as the virtualization of servers, containers and the cloud.

The challenges of software licensing, cost optimization, data collection, and the security risks involved in these new technologies are very complex.

Having an asset management system that can adapt and evolve according to the trends benefits our company because it will make the job easier and easier.