Given the information security implications of the loss or theft of equipment containing sensitive personal or commercial information, this process is one of the most important hardware asset management processes.  

This process will provide you with a lifebelt to ensure software audits are as painless as possible for you AND your organisation.

This process is all about how a pool of loan equipment can be a useful way to get more value from older equipment.

This process is all about the risk management register.

This process covers two steps in the asset lifecycle – that of decommission and disposal. It is also used when leased equipment is due to be returned to the vendor.

This process is all about accurate inventory data to be used to match the entitlement data for use in the license pool management process.

This process is about equipment that is serviceable but not actually in use, and it is important that these items are identified so they can be reused where possible.

This process is the “north star” of good asset management towards which the entire organisation is heading