11.1. Introduction(Asset Management)

11.1.1. Asset Management

As modern enterprises solely rely on digital infrastructure for almost all of their IT operations, it is critical to manage all components of the infrastructure as per best practices. Motadata Asset Management is designed to align with the complexity of Assets and related functions. It empowers the IT to automate end to end asset lifecycle management, manage CMDB (Configuration Management Database), perform automatic discovery, generate reports, and much more.

Motadata understands the complexity that a large number of IT Assets can bring to an organization, which is why we have built a comprehensive Asset Management system suitable for organizations of all size.

Motadata provides a unified experience in managing and tracking of IT and Non-IT Assets. We have features like Asset Discovery and Bulk Asset Import for easy creation of an Asset Repository (CMDB); for complicated Assets, we have the option of manual upload.

Our Asset Management supports extended Asset Type Hierarchy and related properties so that you can manage almost all of the assets in the system. Asset Type Hierarchy gives a visual cue to tell where an Asset belongs. Another powerful visual aid is our Relationship Mapper that builds a diagram showing all relationships originating from an Asset.

Motadata Asset Management features Product Catalogue and Vendor Catalogue to streamline all your instances of product and vendor for better lifecycle management and maintenance.

Software Asset Management is becoming more and more critical due to its scale, cost and risk associated. Our Software Asset management features Consolidation, Usage Analytics, Licence Management, Piracy detection and much more which empower you to automate your entire IT Compliance and governance as per your needs.

All in all, Motadata Asset Management system brings in simplicity, scalability, and robust features so that you can efficiently manage your IT Assets along with the cost of keeping them.

11.1.1.1. Supported Assets

Currently, we provide extensive support for IT Assets with features mentioned above. We also offer support for Non-IT Assets with limited features.

11.1.1.2. IT & Non-IT Assets

IT Assets are pingable Assets having an IP. For example, workstations, printers, routers, other network devices, etc.

Non-IT Assets are non-pingable Assets like furniture, stationery, personnel, etc.

11.1.2. Software Asset Management

Software Asset Management (SAM) is a business practice that involves managing and optimizing the purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of software applications within an organization.

Motadata Asset Management provides tools for organizations to perform SAM effectively and efficiently. Two of the prominent features for SAM are:

11.1.2.1. Licence & Compliance Management

Motadata Asset Management allows you to add and manage multiple Software Licenses. You can view all your Licenses at one place and even get notifications when they are about to expire.

You can set notifications when a license is under or over-utilized so that you can manage compliance as well as your budget.

11.1.2.2. Software Metering

Motadata tracks three critical data of all Software in the Asset repository: usage statistics of an Asset, total usage time in minutes and elapsed time since last used. Such data directly helps you to track the usability of a Software, and it can be coupled with other data to make exciting discoveries.