Checking out equipment is essential for schools, universities, and other industries that loan assets temporarily on a regular basis. And even though there's dedicated software for this, you can use your ITSM and ITAM tools to check in and out equipment — and thus avoid having to purchase yet another tool. You can see how to build an automated workflow on InvGate Service Desk to forget the headaches of loaning hardware.

Shadow IT refers to systems, software, applications, SaaS services, hardware, or mobile devices used within an organization without the IT department's explicit approval, oversight, support, or knowledge. Initially, it focused on hardware assets, but it has evolved to include SaaS applications (SaaS sprawl). Even though shadow IT has a few benefits, it also poses significant risks to organizations, such as.

Simply put, Service Level Agreements are contracts between service providers and clients that detail the nature of services provided, their quality, and performance metrics. Their main goal is to align the services provided with those required by the client and typically include measures to take if the service provider fails to meet the agreement. SLAs have multiple benefits, including: Service Level Agreements are a crucial part of ITSM and thus need to be integrated into service desk software.

If having a help desk in your organization is a game-changer regarding user experience and efficiency, combining IT help desk software with Asset Management unlocks a whole new proficiency level for IT support. Why? Because you'll be tracking incoming incidents, using workflows to automate repetitive tasks, complying with SLAs, and improving your reporting capabilities – and on top of that, you are leveraging your assets' data and empowering your agents to manage issues and requests in a centralized platform, without the need to cross-check information or move from one solution to another.

IT Asset Management software must cover a wide range of functionalities in order to adapt to the needs of the people using it. In this video, our Product Specialist Matt Beran walks you through all the capabilities that make IT asset managers' work seamless. Discover the power of ITAM dashboards, CMDB Contract Management, and more — all with a user-friendly interface!

If you're searching for IT Asset Management software, you must fully understand its functionalities to make your IT asset managers' lives easier. After all, software needs to adapt to your organization and not the other way around. And that's precisely what you get with InvGate Insight. In it, you'll find a user-friendly ITAM solution packed with multiple features to manage your IT infrastructure and easy to implement.

Patch and Vulnerability Management are essential to prevent data breaches in all organizations — big or small. These practices are part of the IT Asset Management process and thus can be performed with ITAM software. In this video, InvGate Product Specialist Matt Beran shows you how you can identify outdated devices in your company network to patch. Tag along to keep your business vulnerability-free!

Change Management (or Change Enablement, depending on which ITIL version you prefer) provides a formalized way to consistently handle the changes required to improve IT services, IT and business operations and outcomes, and ultimately customer experience. Having a Change Management process has certain advantages, such as: For that reason, the smart thing to do is to have a proper workflow in place to address the three types of changes established by ITIL 4: standard changes, emergency changes, and normal changes.

A Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is a database that stores all the information related to your company's IT infrastructure. This includes hardware, software, applications, contracts, users, and the relationships between them. It can also capture information such as configurations or baselines, making it easier for agents to track changes in that environment.

Your IT inventory is not a once-and-done thing. Assembling it is only the first part. But once you have all your organization's asset information centralized, what's next? It's all about adding details, monitoring the assets' behavior, and using the information InvGate Insight provides you with in your favor. With an IT asset inventory in place, you can do things like: Linking assets to users so you know who owns them. Tracking your investments. Automating notifications and alerts. Mapping your assets' relationships.