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by fjm

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I currently took a position as an Asset Manager. The company I work for let go almost their entire IT department. Now I have the task of gathering correct asset information such as asset tag numbers, PC models, serial numbers, etc.. Other companies I've worked for have used the process of having tech support fill out a data sheet for every computer, printer, etc. they work on. Other than a full physical inventory, what is the best way to gather and keep asset information current?

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by nicknielsen

You will need both a full physical inventory and decent inventory management software. Belarc (http://www.belarc.com/) has inventory/configuration tracking software (BelManage), but it might be a bit pricey. One former client used something called "Track-IT" that provided both inventory tracking and basic help desk call tracking. I don't know if it's still available.

Check around. See if there's something available from SourceForge.

And hopefully all your PCs are IBMs so you can read the serial numbers from the front!

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