An automated method to continually track and monitor an organization's assets -- especially high value IT assets -- is an important part of an organization's overall financial strategy. Moreover, a sound IT asset management program can enhance your ability to meet asset-related reporting, legal and regulatory requirements.

This Conference offers a bottom-up road map for any IT department of any size to implement an advanced auto ID program to track assets, improve efficiency, reduce risk and cut costs in the data center – and with all fixed assets in the IT department.

• Compliance initiatives which are forcing companies to review their asset management processes and technologies, including IRS and Sarbanes-Oxley

• Technology Options:  passive RFID + active RFID + barcodes + ID tags

• Remote management solutions to improve visibility and control of capital assets

• Security:  Access, personnel Badges, biometrics, environmental monitoring

• Holistic ITAM:  from laptops to the data center … and beyond

• Software Asset Management:  legal issues and compliance

• Project Implementation plans and more
  

Why is Asset Management Important to Today's IT Manager?

• Increased pressure to reduce costs: labor, transportation and equipment

• Regulatory and compliance initiatives which are forcing companies to review their asset management processes and technologies

• Underutilization and stranded costs leading to unnecessary asset purchases and service failures