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Asset Inventory

An I.T. team maintains an asset inventory to make sure they provide an organization with the I.T. resources they need in a cost-effective, efficient manner. The asset data stored in this inventory includes location, users, performance, maintenance and support, documentation, licenses, lifecycle stage, compliance, cost, and more. I.T. assets can include:

– Hardware – servers, smartphones, laptops, printers, etc.

– Software inventory – software, clouds, software as a service (SaaS), etc.

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