A good I.T. Asset Management System is SpiceWorks. It's free, windows-based, ties into local domain controllers (Linux or Windows), does people management, hardware, and software.
It might not do chairs, though. http://www.spiceworks.com -Will On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:50 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > Plug, > > Is anyone on this list familiar with asset tracking? I've been tasked > with taking stock of everything at my company's building worth more > than a certain minimum amount, and I'm wondering if anyone here has > been through that horrible experience and can offer some advice. > > The job should be fairly standard. I've got several different things I > need to keep track of like: > -Office furniture > -Computer equipment > -Installed software and license keys > > There are about 30 employees that work in the building. I need to know > which employee has what item, warrantee terms, purchase date, cost of > item, etc. > > Any input on what the best way to do this is? ocsinventory-ng seems > quite overkill for my needs. Conversely, a spreadsheet would be all > kinds of not fun to maintain. > > Barcodes would be cool, I guess, especially if they would work with > smartphones in some way. > > Thanks for your input, and I'm sorry if this is a little off-topic. If > it helps, I'd like a Linux solution, but I haven't found one that > speaks to me. > > -Brian > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Take care, William Attwood Idea Extraordinaire [email protected] /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
