I'm curious what you folks want in terms of basic asset tracking.

On 02/21/2014 08:08 AM, Chris Manly wrote:
> Every few months, I go looking around for a solution for this, and
> every time (so far) I've found that everything out there was overkill
> for my needs (OTRS), to closely tuned to someone else's vision of what
> they needed to be applicable, and/or a dead-end product.
>
> I hadn't come across the Asset Tracker plugin for RT, which is a shame.
>
> It also looks like BestPractical is building their own Asset extension
> for RT, based off RT 4.2.  I think I may take a look at that one,
> since I've been a long-time fan of RT in general.
>
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> From: john boris <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 2:17 PM
> To: Peter Loron <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Cc: LOPSA Discuss <[email protected]
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> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Recommendations for basic asset tracking
>
>     Peter,
>     I used the Asset Tracker plugin to Request Tracker for a while
>     until our place went to School Dude. I am not a fan of that
>     software and it is a giant waste when the Asset Tracker plugin for
>     RT worked and was free.
>     Another free thing I used was called Asset Manager written by a
>     guy who worked for BC Tree Fruit company. I just checked the link
>     and it is dead. The company is still there but I guess he left or
>     retired. I still use it for my purchase orders. He gave it out
>     without warranty and said if you use it on the open internet you
>     best keep it secure. I used it because I sit on a private network
>     and none of my servers point to the outside so  I didn't worry too
>     much. It was written under the GNU GPL so it is free to
>     distribute. It is much easier to setup then RT but it is not as
>     extensive. I had to keep track of minimal equipment. If you are
>     interested I can dig up the code and send it to you.
>
>
>     On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Peter Loron
>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>         Hello, folks. I'm looking for a tool to replace the current
>         spreadsheet of IT assets (servers, switches, end-user
>         machines, etc). I've looked briefly at openDCIM, but that's
>         serious overkill for us. F/OSS preferred, but commercial is
>         ok, too.
>
>         Any tools the hive mind has liked?
>
>         Thanks!
>
>         -Pete
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