Asset Vue Blog

5 Reasons Your School District Needs an Asset Management Program

      Inventory within school districts, just like businesses, help to generate value. Just as companies rely on accurate inventory count and maintenance to help drive budgeting, the same can be said...

The Role of ITAM in the Financial Industry

      Financial institutions have long been ahead of the curve when it comes to automation and innovation. It’s no surprise that banks, credit unions, and federal agencies find value in implementing...

The Benefits of Tracking All Stages of the ITAM Lifecycle

A truly effective IT asset management program can help your company manage capital and operational costs, ensure data security, and avoid compliance issues. As many organizations are transitioning...

The Importance of Continuing to Track Media Assets When Offline

An IT asset's lifecycle typically consists of four stages: procurement, onboarding, maintenance, and retirement. Most IT managers focus on the first three stages when considering their assets'...

2021 Predictions and Priorities for ITAM Professionals

2020 has certainly brought change; in our personal habit, in family life, how we work, and what we focus on. Many of these changes are going to have long-lasting impacts. While 2020 has been a year...

End of Fiscal Year ITAM Business Decisions

We hope everyone had a great Labor Day. Labor Day has always been a milestone day in the year. It’s known as the unofficial end of summer, it’s when recently-started school years get into full swing,...

Asset Management - Scale as You Grow

Departments across the country are forming strategies for how their asset management process needs to change when business returns to normal. Common challenges are, “What to do when everyone comes...

Myth Busting the Capabilities Gap Between Active and Passive RFID

When you’re qualifying vendors for your next asset management solution, you’re sure to come across companies who use active RFID and those that use passive RFID. If you’re new to the industry, you...

Reflections on Independence Day

Independence Day has always been a favorite holiday for me, but this year has brought a renewed appreciation of our freedoms. Staying at home, coupled with this holiday, I have been thinking a lot...

What Happens When You Can't Access Your Data Center?

During this very unusual time, businesses have had to quickly adjust. As we adjust, we have seen that technology and connectivity have allowed many to work at home and to collaborate online. This has...

How to solve your data center audit problems with RFID tracking...

Keeping track of assets is one of the biggest challenges in today’s data centers as there are an ever increasing number of assets inhabiting the data center. The need to track valuable assets is very...

Real Time Location from Asset Vue Inventory Version 2.15

We are excited to announce new features and functionality available to our customers as part of our Q3 Asset Vue Inventory product upgrade, now live. Version 2.15 of Asset Vue Inventory now includes...

Why Customers Choose Asset Vue

Why do our customers choose Asset Vue for their products and services? We were curious as well, so we reached out to our customers and this is what they have to say. Here are some of the reasons...

Controlling Technology Costs and Reducing the Costs of Audits with Comprehensive Asset Management

Computing hardware and software are absolutely essential to modern business operations, but managing the costs of those investments are a huge - and growing - challenge. Businesses of all shapes and...

Asset Management Problem Solving

One of the most encouraging pieces of feedback we receive from our users is that our teams work hard to develop customized asset management solutions specifically to meet their needs and challenges....

Myths about passive RFID tracking

There are a lot of myths out there about the relative usefulness of passive RFID tags in tracking assets that we come up against when talking to business about their IT visibility challenges. Myths...

Eliminating manual IT audits for higher education organizations

There are many different challenges our customers have brought to us at Asset Vue.   One of our favorite things is to get involved in process engineering and helping our customers achieve success....

Dynamic asset detection and more updates from the Asset Vue Inventory Release 2.15

We are excited to announce new features and functionality available to our customers as part of our Q1 Asset Vue Inventory product upgrade, going live this week. Almost all of the features we built...

Why Passive RFID Tags are the Right Choice for Data Centers

 Passive and Active RFID tags are different technologies that are often evaluated together.

Expanding the definition of IT: Asset Management for Modern CIOs

Asset management, in our experience, typically falls to CIOs and their IT departments, since IT assets are some of the most important that a company relies on to get work done.

Asset Lifecycle Management Beyond IT

Our clients in the data center world are very familiar with asset lifecycle management, but the fact is any purchasing department in any organization can benefit from having a better understanding of...

Usability improvements and more updates from the Asset Vue Inventory Release 2.14

The team at Asset Vue is excited to announce some major new features are currently live as part of the 2.14 Asset Vue Inventory product update. Our teams have been hard at work on groundbreaking new...

Who can benefit from asset tracking systems?

Any organization can benefit from asset tracking technology in some capacity. Every organization has valuable equipment or assets that move around - whether it is within a building, across a campus,...

How to use RFID and BLE asset tracking systems together: it’s a beautiful thing when technology works

For all the complexity involved in the logistics of moving equipment, hardware, and goods around the world today, there are really only four standard asset tracking technologies used globally:

How to tell if you need an RFID, BLE, or Barcode asset tracking system

There are more ways to tag, track, and manage inventory now than ever before, which is a good thing. That makes the job of an asset or resource manager, however, more complicated. What do all these...

Ghost Servers Cost Money

Asset Vue Announces Inventory Release 2.13

The team at Asset Vue is pleased to announce our February product update: two weeks ago, we pushed live Asset Vue Inventory Release 2.13, which includes user interface improvements to reduce manual...

RFID, Barcode and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Asset Management Solutions

Flexibility in using Barcode, RFID and Blue-Tooth Low Energy (BLE) all in one tool

Why asset data integration is so Important

In today’s very busy word of IT Operations, many fundamental things don’t get done because there are never enough resources or time to do them.  Maintaining asset and inventories are often pushed off...

Asset Management in the Cloud

IT Asset Management is now even more accessible and provides a solution that enables customers to maintain control over their assets without having to be anywhere near them. Asset Vue is proud to...

Why Asset Management is so important in this New Age of Cloud Computing and Hosting

Corporate strategies have changed significantly in the past few years. Cloud and hosting/co-location services growth has been substantial because the newer generation applications are written with...

IT Asset Management: By the Numbers - The Bottom Line

  This is Part 5 of a 5-part series on Calculating the ROI of an ITAM Solution. The entire series is available as a complimentary white paper in PDF format for download here.  

IT Asset Management: By the Numbers - The High Cost of Manual IT Asset Management

  This is Part 4 of a 5-part series on Calculating the ROI of an ITAM Solution. The entire series is available as a complimentary white paper in PDF format for download here.  

IT Asset Management: By the Numbers - Why Inventory & Audit the Data Center?

This is Part 3 of a 5-part series on Calculating the ROI of an ITAM Solution. The entire series is available as a complimentary white paper in PDF format for download here.

IT Asset Management: By the Numbers - What is ITAM?

  This is Part 2 of a 5-part series on Calculating the ROI of an ITAM Solution. The entire series is available as a complimentary white paper in PDF format for download here.  

IT Asset Management: By the Numbers - Introduction

This is Part 1 of a 5-part series on Calculating the ROI of an ITAM Solution. The entire series is available as a complimentary white paper in PDF format for download here.

30 percent of physical servers lying comatose in corporate data centers

An interesting article in Government Computing News (GCN), Comatose servers draining data center efficiency, points out the fact that there is still a great deal of waste when it comes to unused...

Is the healthcare industry and healthcare IT a good patient for data center IT Asset Management?

In a recent article in Healthcare Facilities Today, Data center infrastructure management in healthcare: The physical world meets the virtual world and the 'cloud', Sev Onyshkevych, chief marketing...

Innovative

Asset Vue IT Asset Management (ITAM) solutions include innovative technology designed for IT professionals to track and manage all the data center assets under their control. We offer a series of...

Asset Vue, Iron Mountain to Present Case Study on Data Center Asset Management for Colocation Facilities at 7x24 Exchange 2015 Spring Conference

RFID-based Data Center Asset Management Solution Provider and Storage and Information Management Company to Present at Prestigious Mission Critical Data Center Event

Asset Vue Introduces New Cloud and Mobility Solutions for Data Center IT Asset Management; Announces 30-Day Pilot Program for Data Centers to Try New Solutions

New RFID-based ITAM Solutions are Easier to Implement, Faster to Determine ROI

Asset Vue Shows How to Extend Data Center IT Asset Management to Colo Facilities

Asset Vue and Iron Mountain On-Demand Webinar Provides Keys to Tracking Data Enter Assets in Colocation Environments

Asset Vue Selected by Federal Agency to Improve Data Center Audits

Government Group Looks to Passive RFID IT Asset Management Solutions Company to Provide IT Infrastructure Tracking for Greater Accuracy, Control, Security

Asset Vue Shows IT Pros How to Safely Heat Up the Data Center while Lowering Energy Costs

Passive RFID IT Asset Management Solutions Company Says Don’t Roll the Dice with Data Center Fundamentals

A recent NRDC study says data centers could save up to $3 Billion annually

In August, the NRDC (Natural Resource Defense Council) published a study, "America’s Data Centers Consuming Massive and Growing Amounts of Electricity" identifying how massive amounts of energy are...

Asset Vue White Paper Warns About High Cost of Manual IT Asset Management

White Paper Compares High Costs of Manual IT Asset Management to Passive RFID IT Asset Management for Eye Opening Savings; Four Cost Points to Consider in a Data Center Audit

Asset Vue Helps Data Center Managers Calculate ROI of IT Asset Management (ITAM) Solutions

New White Paper Highlights Benefits, Savings and a 10-Point ITAM Solution Checklist

Asset Vue Highlights Value of ITAM for Data Center Colocation Facilities

IT Asset Management (ITAM) Company Identifies Top Drivers for Colo ITAM Adoption

Asset Vue Helps IT Pros Avoid a Data Center Treasure Hunt

Data Center Asset Management Company Points Out Six Ways to Monitor and Manage Data Center Assets in Webinar Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 2 PM ET

Asset Vue and No Limits Software Team Up to Improve the Data Center Asset Management Experience

Strategic Partnership Provides End-to-end Data Center Asset Management and Real-Time Monitoring for Data Center Professionals  

What RFID Will Do for IT Asset Management

John Consoli, executive vice-president with Asset Vue in Bristol, Pennsylvania, says primary trends include moving business offsite and creating “co-located” facilities, as well as integrating...

Asset Vue Challenges Data Center Professionals to See What they Might Want to Change in 2014

Will Your Data Center Make the Naughty or Nice List this Year?

Stopping a data tape before it walks out the door… priceless!

This summer we were challenged by a Fortune 100 company that uses tapes to back up customer data.  They needed a quick, cost-effective method for locating tapes as well as provide some assurance that...

Five Ways RFID Can Save Time & Money in the Data Center

Asset Vue IDs Why Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a Cost-Effective Tool for Data Center Professionals

Locate and Control the Zombies in Your Data Center

Asset Vue Webinar Details How RFID Asset Management Help Reduce Data Center Audit Times, Improve Inventory Accuracy, Locate Zombie Servers and More; Thursday, October 24, 2013, 2 PM ET

3 STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL DATA CENTER RELOCATION

Often times Data Center Relocations can be quite an overwhelming task.  We have developed a list of 3 important steps that should assist in maintaining an accurate record of your assets for the...

What is DCAM?

The acronym DCAM stands for Data Center Asset Management.  DCAM is the process of inventorying and auditing the assets within your data center.

10 Benefits of a DCIM

DCIMs can bring major benefits to a Data Center Manager.  Those benefits include time savings, staff productivity, and overall cost-savings.  Data Centers have increased in size, density, and...

Success of your DCIM begins prior to your Implementation

Many data centers have purchased DCIM tools to assist in managing their Data Centers.  However, these tools will fail if the scope is not well defined and if they are not properly implemented. ...

How Many Tools do you need to manage a Data Center?

To determine how many tools you need to manage your data center, you must first answer the questions below.

A Clipboard is NOT an Effective ITAM Tool

  Is there a better way than manually handwriting notes in spreadsheets or on sticky notes on your clipboard to track your data center assets?  Yes, absolutely.  IT Asset Management (ITAM) tools are...

Do I Need a DCIM Solution?

Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) is a powerful tool you can implement in your data center to help you better manage all aspects of your data center.   But why do you need one?

Excited to have joined Asset Vue...

Where are your Data Center Assets?

Where are your Data Center Assets?

When is a good time to consider new DCIM tools?

7 Must Do’s for Effectively Managing Your Data Center Assets

1)    Plan to use fresh inventory data.  Sounds simple, but we many struggle trying to use “good enough” data.

What is the real cost of "Ghost servers"?

Our associates were involved with a major data center build and migration for a Fortune 500 customer in the Midwest.  The old data center had been in operation for over 20 years and was inadequate to...

How to Solve Your Data Center Audit Problems with RFID Tracking

Keeping track of assets is one of the biggest challenges in today’s data centers as they are an ever increasing number of assets inhabiting the data center and the need to track valuable assets is...

Passive vs. Active RFID Tags

Passive and Active RFID tags are different technologies that are often evaluated together.  Both RFID tags use Radio Frequency (RF) energy to communicate between the tag and readers.

RFID vs. Barcode

Information Systems Associates and Asset Vue Announce New Strategic Alliance

Information Systems Associates Inc. (IOSA: OTCBB) and Asset Vue LLC have entered into a new Strategic Alliance. The two companies have agreed to work together to provide professional and consultancy...

How Asset Vue came to be an innovator in Data Center Infrastructure Management

Our team has lived in data centers for 70+ years collectively, serving as either as an advisor or the end user leading a data center team.  18-months ago we were discussing some best practices and...

8 Reasons why RFID makes sense for the data center

Knowing where all the assets are is a key initiative for nearly all data center teams and IT groups. Without that information it is difficult to find servers when they need to be repaired, identify...

Migrations – The right time to implement RFID

The migration of a data center no matter the size is not an easy thing to accomplish.  Planning and coordination up front is the key to success! Prior to migrating equipment having all of the...

Resolving Data Center Concerns through Regional Forum

Every 3 to 4 months, Asset Vue hosts a regional Data Center Users' Forum (DCUF).  The mission of the DCUF is to provide a commercial free forum where members collaborate on relevant mission-critical...