IT Asset Management has a profound impact on all of the following issues.

• Software license agreements
• Warranty and maintenance contracts
• Security
• Leasing terms and conditions
• Volume purchasing agreements
• Service level agreements

With this detailed information in a central repository, companies can:

• Prevent software license violations and unnecessary overbuys with immediate access to license terms and conditions.
• Eliminate pirated software
• Protect the organisation from theft
• Quickly dispatch the appropriate service provider by after reviewing the terms of the company’s maintenance and warranty agreements
• Have total control over your network
• Business recovery
• Effectively plan for upgrades and enterprise migration

Following is a brief description of Resonance’s full lifecycle asset management technology (Enterprise Insight) and asset tracking/auto-discovery tool (Asset Insight). For more detailed information on each product please go to our web site www.itassetcontrol.com

Resonance’s vision of lifecycle asset management—from planning to end of life—is depicted below.

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In reviewing the graphic above, you will notice that at the center of lifecycle asset management is a central repository that contains contractual, physical, and financial information on each asset in the enterprise. Where does this information come from? The contractual and financial information is imported or manually entered into the database by using Resonance’s Enterprise Insight solution. The physical data (installed hardware, software, configuration) is automatically discovered by Asset Insight and added to the central repository. With diverse information in a single repository, organisations can effectively manage each asset throughout its lifecycle, maximising productivity and cost effectiveness.