IT Asset Management
EasyVista Asset Management: Technical and Financial Management of IT Resources
No Service Desk can be efficient without a fully integrated Asset Management solution! Many incidents are a consequence of IT configuration changes. Instant access to the Service Desk operator from one single screen provides detailed hardware or software configuration, all changes history or the user’s contracts, allowing incidents to be closed at the 1st level.
Comprehensive Management of IT Resources
EasyVista Asset Management is more than a simple inventory repository. It provides elaborate management of hardware, software and associated processes.
- EasyVista Asset Management is automatically populated by the information from EasyVista Discovery.
- Management of technical and financial details, demographic information, status of hardware resources, stock status, maintenance agreements, license agreements and leasing contracts.
- Automatic history of changes (IMAC)
- Asset allocation to personnel, sites, entities, cost centres, linked with the company’s directory.
- Catalogue management (hardware, consumables, suppliers, etc.) plus single and multi-site stock levels.
- Native integration with EasyVista Service Management and EasyVista CMDB.
IT Asset Management
Proactive management of licenses in a single and coherent solution.
A True Software Asset Management Policy
EasyVista Asset Management allows the company to be in compliance with its software licenses and prevents prosecution from anti-piracy laws. It improves cost control by avoiding license over-purchasing, and also lowers the risk of viral infection or intrusion by ensuring software standards are enforced. EasyVista Asset Management offers:
- The ability to address software management policies and standardisation of approved applications.
- Reconciliation of software installed and licenses purchased, highlighting possible discrepancies.
- New functions for analysing discrepancies between installed and purchased licence versions, and the management of licence upgrade and downgrade rights.
- Various levels of software status: Installed, authorised, used, minimal versions, etc.
- Planning and management of software migrations.
The Automation of Business Processes
A unique collection of wizards guides the user during the different phases of the processes
- All stages of the asset life-cycle are managed: Delivery, installation, relocation, fix, retirement, disposal, etc.
- Dozens of ready-to-use wizards come as standard. The wizard interfaces can be adapted or tailored without coding
- The wizards enable a process to be applied to numerous objects in one operation, for example: Receive into stock or relocate one or more configurations in one operation.
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Taking into Account Financial Aspects
- The financial data relating to an asset is automatically inherited from the catalogue.
- EasyVista Asset Management allows depreciation to be calculated or to be linked with the managing ERP.
- All contract types are managed: Maintenance, leasing, financing, telecom, insurance, etc.
- Contract renewals are kept under control: Decisions to renew, alerts on implied renewals, etc.
- The financial instalments for contracts and budgetary implications are reported and calculated.
- Users are fully accountable through internal chargeback of operational costs.
