Asset Management and Discovery Route to Value: A Path to Effective Business Service Management
White Papers This paper explores the need for an IT Asset Management and Discovery Solution, the criteria for that solution, and how BMC Software's Asset Management and Discovery Route to Value provides a solution that fits that criteria.
[May 9, 2005, 3:00]
Asset Management: Finding Success Where Others Have Failed
White Papers Some attend industry events, such as the International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers conference and the Gartner IT and Software Asset Management Summit. Gartner's advice, while always sound, has cycled over the years among...
[August 26, 2006, 1:00]
Asset Lifecycle Management for Service-Oriented Architectures
White Papers This paper examines the use of asset lifecycle management practices, tools, and standards in the development of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions. Effective lifecycle management of services enables organizations to apply tools and...
[May 9, 2008, 1:02]
Establishing an Integrated, Asset-Centric Corporate Management Framework
White Papers By standardizing and integrating business and engineering data in real time, Shanghai Power optimized its asset-related business processes across grid engineering and construction, maintenance and operations, resource management, asset retirement...
[September 1, 2009, 1:23]
Strategic Asset Management
White Papers An effective asset management system is designed to increase asset and resource effectiveness by providing a platform to support all types of asset classes and all types of work in a dynamic organization.
[September 19, 2009, 1:22]
Choosing the Right Asset Management Tool for Your Operation
White Papers Asset management solutions can be as rudimentary as a log book or a basic Excel spreadsheet, or as expensive as a sophisticated enterprise-wide tool that can cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars on the high end.
[August 15, 2009, 1:20]
Making the Business Case for IT Asset Management
White Papers IT Asset Management (ITAM) is an important business discipline that provides insight into a company's information infrastructure and enhances the ability to control the performance of IT assets. With ITAM, organizations leverage a combination of...
[April 3, 2009, 1:22]
Consolidate and Expand Your Discovery Data: Build a More Proactive Asset Management Program
White Papers Governance, cost reduction, risk mitigation and government regulations are driving organizations to mature their IT Asset Management programs while trends like virtualization and increased service demands are adding to the complexities of IT.
[August 15, 2009, 1:20]
Property and Construction Firm Achieves High Savings Using IT Asset Management
White Papers As it had no integrated IT inventory tracking, it opted to partner with TecBiz to implement a Software Asset Management (SAM) solution for its Singapore office. This allows it to consolidate its regional asset management and licensing compliance.
[March 5, 2008, 0:02]
Quantifying the Value of Software Asset Management
White Papers Software Asset Management ("SAM") systems combine processes and technologies to improve the way software applications are utilized, tracked, and managed throughout all phases of their lifecycle. Over the past few decades, employees have come to...
[March 14, 2009, 0:18]
BAE Systems Streamlines IT Services and Asset Management With IBM Maximo Solutions
White Papers BAE Systems implemented a centralized Web-based platform for asset management that helps automate implementation of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices and prepares the organization for change.
[November 17, 2007, 0:00]
Understanding Inventory, Configuration and IT Asset Management
White Papers This white paper explores the distinctions among inventory, configuration and IT asset management, what one should know about them, what processes define each of these disciplines, and how they each contribute to improved IT efficiencies, cost...
[August 14, 2009, 5:00]
Optimizing Asset Management Cuts Equipment Breakdowns by 40% and Extends Asset Life by 30% for Al Ghurair
White Papers Later the group added Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (eAM), another E-Business Suite application, at Gulf Extrusions, its key manufacturing facility for aluminum products. Al Ghurair Group wanted to improve the management of the businesses...
[September 14, 2007, 1:00]
Dell buys IT asset-management firm
News Dell said on Thursday that it was spending around $340m (£167m) to buy Asap Software, a software asset-management company, as part of an effort to simplify how customers can communicate with the company.
[August 2, 2007, 17:46]
The Value of Integrating IT Asset Management With ERP Applications
White Papers Best practices in IT asset management have always pointed to managing the lifecycle of an asset: tracking and managing costs, location, ownership, value, and retirement. The solution is to integrate IT asset management information and processes...
[March 16, 2009, 6:05]
Enabling the Reliability Centered Maintenance process with IBM Maximo Asset Management
White Papers This white paper describes the RCM process and shows how IBM Maximo® Asset Management supports each step in the RCM process. It is an advanced maintenance strategy for increasing asset availability by minimizing downtime caused by failures...
[March 18, 2009, 20:16]
Building a Picture-Perfect Digital Asset Management System With the Help of Symantec
White Papers Meredith deployed a digital asset library solution with a software infrastructure based on Symantec cluster file system and high availability technologies, with architecture design and implementation assistance from VERITAS Consulting.
[August 25, 2006, 0:00]
Devastating Natural Disaster Triggers the Need for Real Asset Management International (RAMI)
White Papers Wink Companies, LLC invested in Real Asset Management International's (RAMI) inventory and tracking management software during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. They wanted to implement an asset tracking and inventory management system, no matter...
[March 28, 2008, 0:02]
Mobile Enterprise Asset Management Solutions for Today's Real Real-Time Manufacturers
White Papers Many manufacturers already have a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) or Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) in place. For manufacturers, physical assets provide continuity of operations and ensure movement of products throughout the...
[May 21, 2008, 1:01]
ABN AMRO Asset Management Banks on IT Service Management
White Papers ABN AMRO Asset Management is one of the world's leading asset managers, looking after more than 175 billion euros (108 billion pounds sterling) from more than 30 locations around the globe. ABN AMRO Asset Management's search for an improved IT...
[July 4, 2007, 1:33]



