Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

January 2023

What is ITSM? A Guide to IT Service Management

ITSM, or IT Service Management, is a holistic approach to managing and delivering technology-based services to an organization. It involves various aspects such as planning, designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and improving IT services to meet the needs of both internal and external stakeholders. The goal of ITSM is to consistently improve the quality and speed of service delivery and, ultimately, enhance customer satisfaction.

Hardware Inventory Management - A Complete Guide

Hardware inventory management is the process of tracking and managing the physical assets and equipment used in an organization. It involves identifying, counting, and maintaining records of all hardware items, such as computers, servers, tools, and other equipment. This includes monitoring the location, quantity, and status of each item, as well as keeping track of when items are added, removed, or replaced.

How Walgreens Uses AI to Boost Customer Satisfaction and In-Stock Availability

One highlight of NRF 2023 was our well-received co-presentation with Walgreens Group VP Andy Kettlewell, joining our CEO, Sivakumar Lakshmanan to discuss Walgreens’ landmark AI demand planning transformation—serving 9 million daily customers’ health and wellness needs across almost 9,000 stores nationwide.

How Walgreens uses antuit.ai Solutions to Boost Customer Satisfaction & In-Stock Availability

One highlight of NRF 2023 was our well-received co-presentation with Walgreens Group VP Andy Kettlewell, joining our CEO, Sivakumar Lakshmanan to discuss Walgreens’ landmark AI demand planning transformation—serving 9 million daily customers’ health and wellness needs across almost 9,000 stores nationwide.

What are the essential data security compliances Asset Infinity follows?

Data security is a major concern for every organization, and all organizations want to put their best foot forward to keep their data secure. Asset Infinity provides cloud-based asset tracking software to organizations & they manage their data as well, that is why we are also asked for data security cautions we are taking. In this blog, we will learn several important aspects related to data security, What Compliance Asset Infinity is complied with. So, without wasting any time let us begin!

Why does a Manufacturing Industry need Asset Management Software?

The manufacturing industry is a vast industry. There are several components created in a manufacturing firm. Since it is an asset-intensive industry, a manual process can be extremely dangerous for businesses, which is why asset management software is essential for the manufacturing industry. In this blog, we will learn why the manufacturing industry needs Asset Management Software! So, without wasting any time let us begin!

Keep your assets and asset data secure with Asset Infinity's data security compliances

Assets are important for organizations in order to run day-to-day operations, which is why taking care of each asset is crucial. At the same time, it is important to save asset information and all business information from cyber-attacks and data breaches. There are government firms who perform compliance audits to check IT service providing organization following rules & policies. If not, then they might end up paying huge penalties for violating law & regulatory policies. ‍

What are the features of Asset Infinity's asset management software that overshadows the ERP system?

Enterprise resource planning and asset management software are both used in improving business productivity and optimizing daily operations. They both focus on growing business by integrating data from other applications. So, we can say that there are lots of similarities between these systems. In this blog, we will learn what Enterprise resource planning & Asset management software is, and its benefits.

How to Automate Contract Expiration Reminders and Avoid Missing Deadlines

With a large number of contracts constantly in flux, it's easy for any organization to forget when a contract is superseded by a new version or expires altogether. This can lead to missed opportunities and even costly fines if certain aspects of contract compliance aren't adhered to. For busy IT teams, it is increasingly important to stay on top of contract expiration dates and create remedies to keep up with the fast-paced changes.

Attachments in Alloy Mobile Apps

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. This is especially true when describing your problem to IT support. The good news is that Alloy mobile apps can since now handle attachments, including pictures and documents! Technicians and end-users can attach files when submitting issues or collaborating on tickets—in short, in all their daily operations. The new feature enables uploading an existing file from the device library and taking a picture immediately in the app.

Witness Journey: How Our Dairy Product based Client now Managing 70K+ assets with Asset Infinity

Almost everyone in the world loves ice cream, which is why its market is huge. According to Grand Wire Research, “The global ice cream market size was valued at USD 79.0 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2% from 2022 to 2030.” Our dairy product-based client provides ice cream across India. Currently, our client is managing around seventy thousand assets. They are one of the huge ice cream brands in India.

Office manager : Manage your stock and office supplies without Excel

The office manager is a fast-growing profession that is mainly found in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This versatile person is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the company by performing a wide variety of tasks: accounting, human resources, administration, management of office supplies, etc.

Minimizing Business Losses in Food and Restaurant Chains Using Asset Management

Every business aims to optimize its profit ratio. If we talk about the food and restaurant businesses, overall profit margins are not high. Therefore, restaurant businesses must utilize assets smartly, and efficiently. Most importantly, assets must be monitored continuously. If these activities are neglected, then business loss can occur. Hence it is important to design a loss-preventing strategy that needs to be applied.

Steps to Optimize Asset Management in Quick Chain Services and Restaurants

Running a business is a herculean task as you have to keep an eye on all the aspects of the business. When you are into quick service resultant (QSR) it is important that all your assets and equipment are in good condition. However, lots of business owners ignore asset management activity as a result they face asset breakdown frequently asset performance is not up to the mark. The asset is not found when required.

Challenges and Trends of Asset Management in Energy Sector

As the renewable energy market continues to grow, companies need to invest in the long-term health of their green assets to keep them operational, generating new, cleaner energy. According to the allied market research, the global energy asset management market size was valued at $4.3 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach $12.4 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 11.3% from 2022 to 2031.

Non-IT Asset Inventory: How to Create it and Track Non-IT Assets

The main purpose of ITAM software is to provide you with a complete and comprehensive inventory of your organization’s IT assets. However, narrowing this to technology leaves out non-IT assets, and prevents you from managing your stock cost-effectively. For that reason, it’s essential to build a non-IT asset inventory along with the hardware and software ones. This way, you’ll have a truly unified inventory to see your assets’ relations and act in consequence.

As-a-Service Software Powers Modern Digital User Experiences

Mary Johnston Turner is Research Vice President, Future of Digital Infrastructure, at IDC. Cloud-delivered software, often referred to as SaaS (software-as-a-service) or simply as-a-service software allows customers to quickly test, buy and deploy modern business applications while simultaneously improving digital business agility.

Driving Automation and Efficiency with NinjaOne Policies

NinjaOne policies allow you to dictate how you want to manage individual or groups of devices collectively — everything from what you want to monitor for to what automation rules you want in place, patching preferences, security preferences, and more. New to Ninja? This webinar will give you a head start on getting the most out of the platform. You'll also save time by seeing actual examples of how best — and how NOT to — set things up.

Excel for Asset Management: 10 Reasons to Ditch your Spreadsheet ASAP

As much as some IT admins may claim otherwise, using Excel for Asset Management is not a good idea. MS Excel is a powerful tool and has served analysts, accountants, finance personnel, the logistics team, and even IT admins ever since its inception. It has become one of the most ubiquitous office software ever since its initial release. Of late, Google released Sheets, a product similar to Microsoft Excel, as a potential competitor.

How Cloud Asset Management Provides Fuller Inventory Visibility

Cloud adoption has grown in recent years. From organizations developing a cloud-native strategy to those focused on cloud migration, there are many different ways to consume the cloud. No matter the reason for choosing the cloud or how organizations get there, many overlook one critical piece of the puzzle: cloud asset management. Have you been frustrated by figuring out what you have deployed in what cloud? If so, you're not alone. Let's examine why this is so important.

Soothe Supply Frustrations

How Intelligent Order Promising bridges the Supply & Demand Gap For CPG companies, Intelligent Order Processing (IOP) is a new area of AI application that has arisen out the hard learnings of 2020. All major functions of a CPG firm, from Sales to Strategic Planning to Order Fulfillment, are now asking how AI can help them better manage the incidents of demand and supply variability that are here to stay.

The Evolution of Revenue Growth Management

What a global CPG company gained from an integrated RGM solution To achieve financial targets, CPG companies manage two major levers: costs and revenue growth. Recently, there's a renewed focus on Revenue Growth Management. Why? Because traditional approaches to achieve the price and market share increases are not producing results. Economic profit dropped 67% in the last decade, and COVID made it worse. Read how CPG companies face these issues and what one company did to change their trajectory.