NIS2 requirements range from Risk Management measures to business continuity insurance – and they must be effectively implemented by October 17, 2024, to avoid penalties. Since this is a cybersecurity framework, IT Asset Management (ITAM) can greatly help implement it.

Inventory management is an essential process for all organizations, including schools. During the summer, when schools are closed, school asset management becomes even more critical. Here are 6 practical tips for optimizing school asset management over the summer period.

Get ready for the Spring 2024 update of Alloy Navigator Enterprise! The new release of the Alloy ITSM/ITAM platform marks the completion of the transition to enhanced data views and introduces many exciting features and improvements. Let’s take a closer look at what’s in store for you!

You are probably in the quest to find the best method to host your organization’s software and data. Out of all the options out there, a big part of the decision comes down to choosing between on-premise vs. cloud. Apart from asking yourself which of them fits the IT budget better and how much you need to worry about security, from a technical standpoint you also have to understand the types of management. The key difference lies in the ownership and control/monitoring of the IT infrastructure.

Today’s evolving technology makes it imperative for you to refresh or update organization’s hardware and software. This will decrease downtime, prevent crashes while increasing employee productivity. Nexthink combines employee usage, sentiment and performance data to help you make informed hardware refresh decisions that fit the needs of your employees and the business overall. Let's see how Nexthink performs a usage based intelligent hardware refresh.

The latest release of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) software includes table tuning and index advisors for PostgreSQL—building on DPA’s existing performance monitoring capabilities. Over the last thirty-five years, there’s been a steady rise in the role and evolution of open-source technology—including in the competitive world of database management software. Big names in the world of open-source tech for database management include MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL.

Today, more and more businesses are scaling their IT infrastructure and adapting digital technologies to increase their visibility and revenue. Around 90% of businesses heavily rely on cloud services to run their operations smoothly. Now imagine due to a minor fault in your network system, the whole process comes to a halt leading to unsatisfied customers, reputational damage, and financial losses.

For many project management teams, Basecamp has been a reliable workhorse. But as teams and projects evolve, needs change. When I'm assembling a team for a new project, a few things become crucial: ease of use, robust features, and ideally, workflow automation to streamline processes. This is where Basecamp can sometimes fall short. While it’s good for communication and task management, it can feel clunky for complex workflows or larger teams.

When it comes to ensuring regulatory compliance across companies, you have to be able to both simultaneously manage and coordinate adherence to different laws and regulations, and continually adapt your practice to changing scenarios as part of your ongoing tasks. In essence, robust compliance is fundamental to any organization's productivity and well functioning, but sometimes it can be hard for teams to thoroughly understand its relevance and importance.

ITIL-driven companies use the Change Advisory Board as part of the risk-mitigating strategy. What’s in it for you?