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March 2022

7 IT Asset Management (ITAM) Best Practices for 2022

Technology has become increasingly prevalent in business operations, to the point that it's practically mandatory. IT assets can range from individual computers to entire networks. Since there are typically countless different IT assets, the process of IT Asset Management has become increasingly essential.

How to use ITAM to support your IT support game

Historically IT asset management (ITAM) is the practice that was forgotten about by IT service management (ITSM) practitioners because it wasn’t considered a “core” ITIL process. This changed with the publication of ITIL 4, and now ITAM sits firmly in the ITIL management practice section of the service value stream. Done well, ITAM can help organizations to manage, control and support their IT services.

How to Keep Track of the Fixed Asset Movement at Different Locations?

The construction Industry is an asset-intensive industry. It is full of assets and equipment and each organization in the construction industry has equipment in abundance. Moreover, for project work, Organization sends the assets and equipment to various locations. When pieces of equipment are in distinct locations, keeping track of asset movement becomes complicated.

What Are the Equipment Management Best Practices?

Equipment management does not always mean providing maintenance when it is broken. It includes lots of activities that need to be done regularly. However, it becomes quite hectic when there are pieces of equipment in abundance. For equipment managers in the construction industry, it is essential to know which equipment is required at which location. So that, no work operation is halted. This is where equipment management software comes into play!

Consequences of Asset Thefts in an Organization

Imagine while the maintenance team working on some work order and they require a specific type of equipment, but they do not find it. Now the work is halted, and everyone has started looking for this required equipment. But they do not find it. These types of scenarios are quite common in all sectors. Now either asset theft occurred, or someone placed an asset in the wrong place.

Described Asset Tracking Best Practices in an Organization

Organizations provide costly equipment to their employees so that they do their work more efficiently. These assets have parts that are costly as well. These costly pieces of equipment need to be maintained regularly otherwise machine performance and efficiency will decrease and parts of the machine will stop working and you will need to replace those parts. This entire process will be costly! That is why you need to keep track of assets and proper asset tracking is essential.

Optimize Browser Experience with Ivanti Browser Manager

What do you picture when you think of the Everywhere Workplace? Your home office, beloved pet curled up at your feet, coffee brewing in the next room? Or maybe working in the mountains or at the seashore or some other idyllic location? There’s more to the Everywhere Workplace than exotic work settings.

MSP Live Chat: Feeling Lucky? Reducing Your MSP's Biggest Risks

Replay this special St. Patrick's Day edition of our MSP Live Chats! Hear candid conversations about the biggest risks facing MSP owners today — including which risky bets on growth you should avoid AND which to take! Select attendees were also given a chance to test their luck on the "Wheel of MSP Misfortune" to win a $25, $50, or $100 Amazon Gift Card. Special guests on our panel for this MSP Live Chat included Tom Lawrence (Lawrence Technology Services) and Georg Dauterman (Valiant Technology).

How to Mitigate CVE-2022-0847 (The Dirty Pipe Vulnerability)

Dirty Pipe vulnerability is a Linux kernel vulnerability that allows the ability of non-privileged users to overwrite read-only files. The vulnerability is due to an uninitialized “pipe_buffer.flags” variable, which overwrites any file contents in the page cache even if the file is not permitted to be written, immutable, or on a read-only mount, including CD-ROM mounts. The page cache is always writable by the kernel and writing to a pipe never checks any permissions.

Alloy Self-Service Assistant Gains Flexibility

Alloy Self-Service Assistant is our integration app that provides self-serve access to Alloy Navigator™ ITSM software from Microsoft Teams. Launched in November 2021, the app has quickly become well-liked by customers who employ multi-channel support. We’ve made several changes to the app’s setup to provide it with additional versatility.

Ivanti takes home three prestigious Global Excellence Awards at the 2022 18th Annual Globee Business Awards

Winning one Globee award for Global Excellence in Cybersecurity is a really big deal. Winning two is worth calling everyone we know. We won three. We’re honored and humbled to have received so much recognition at the Globee® 18th Annual Cyber Security Global Excellence Awards, and we couldn’t wait to share the news with you. Here’s a look at our awards.

Asset Inventory Management Tips & Best Practices

There are many aspects to keeping your IT house in order. And IT asset inventory management is just one of the many heads of this ever-shifting hydra. It’s also one of those practices that managers may sometimes gloss over in their effort to go after “the big issues.” In this guide, we’ll clue you into some best practices that you absolutely have to take into account to run things smoothly.

Described Inventory Forecasting Tools and Methods for Optimizing Inventory Process

Inventory management is not a simple task! Especially because demand and supply keep fluctuating. However, it becomes more hectic when you do all these activities on a manual basis. To avoid inventory management issues, organizations must invest in inventory management software. It is very helpful in inventory optimization. When inventory is optimized, then inventory expenses automatically decrease. With effective asset management software, your organization can perform inventory forecasting.

Challenges Faced While Implementing Predictive Maintenance

Implementing predictive maintenance is not an easy task. To execute it professionally, organizations need to go from several predictive maintenance challenges. What are those challenges? What are the advantages of predictive maintenance or how it will be beneficial for your organization? What is predictive maintenance anyway? You will find answers to all these questions in this blog. So, let us begin!

Why Is Customized Asset Management Software Essential for Small Businesses?

Small businesses do not have many resources, that is why they must utilize assets to full efficiency. However, since the budget is a big issue that is why lots of small businesses use manual processes for asset management. When organizations utilize asset management software then it must be customized asset management software. It can provide several benefits to the organization specifically because of this customized asset management software designed as per your requirement.

Why Healthcare Facilities Must Implement CMMS?

Healthcare facilities have a lot of assets and pieces of equipment and nowadays technologies in all areas of the health industry are improving. However, several healthcare facilities still manage assets manually. When you manage assets manually it becomes more hectic and complex because. In the healthcare industry, there are lots of assets and inventory to manage. This is where CMMS software comes into play. What exactly is CMMS software?

7 Essential Features You Must Look at in Maintenance Tracking Software

A maintenance manager's job can be overwhelming when assets and pieces of equipment are in abundance. It becomes more complex when the management of assets is done manually. When work is done manually assets are not provided maintenance on time impacts asset performance and chances of asset failure are increased. That is why it is important to invest in asset management or maintenance tracking software.

MSP Live Chat Making Customer Success Your Competition Killer

Your customers’ expectations and demands around IT are changing. Want to learn how you can better align your work with their evolving business goals and priorities? And ensure that you don’t just win new customers, but that you win them for life? Watch our MSP Live Chat with Lifecycle Insights CEO Marnie Stockman. Not only is she an expert in MSP customer success, she literally wrote the book on it.

Is the cloud secure?

The cloud is a solution that allows you to access data and documents from anywhere and from any medium whether it is a computer, a tablet or a phone. But is your data really secure? A secure cloud ensures the privacy, security and compliance of all stored data. All these aspects must be taken into account when using a cloud solution to ensure the security of your information.

How to Monitor & Keep Track of Each Purchase Order Efficiently?

Purchase order management is not done easily, it becomes more complicated when they are done manually. Manual purchase request processes lead to more complications and error chances are more & accuracy compromises. They consume lots of administrative challenging work, time, cash. Projects get deferred and disarray increments, and nobody truly realizes what is happening.