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
>
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