Because of its key role in helping IT organizations meet the challenge of “Do more with less,” effective IT asset management is no longer a luxury. It is a business imperative. Not only does asset management deliver immediate payback in lowering infrastructure ownership costs and increasing staff productivity, it also positions the organization for the future by ensuring that IT understands how the various IT components support critical business systems.

Alloy Navigator 5 is an industry-leading software solution that encompasses all aspects of buying, using and maintaining IT products throughout an organization. Alloy Navigator 5 offers a systematic approach to managing a company’s hardware, software, departmental staff, and facilities.

Alloy Navigator 5 is based on a unified Configuration Management Database (CMDB) that serves as the foundation for all Service Management processes. This CMDB helps IT management account for all of the CIs in the database (computers, hardware, licensed software, networks, and documents), and manage the complex interrelationships and dependencies among them.

Alloy Navigator lets you manage the full life cycle of your infrastructure assets from hardware equipment to software licenses – to office supplies. With this data, you can make informed decisions about maintenance upgrades, licensing, logistics, and more, and with a Finance Management component that includes purchase orders and contracts, you can build accurate business-cost justifications for changes to your infrastructure.

Seamlessly integrated with Alloy Navigator’s CMDB, the Network Inventory module delivers a scheduled, comprehensive audit of all the machines on your network(s), and automatically loads all the audit data right into the CMDB. You can ensure continuous software licensing compliance across the enterprise by automatically detecting all software products installed on these machines.

Alloy Navigator offers the following benefits:

Accurate information on all CIs to effectively support the Service Support process.
Enhanced financial planning through clear identification of all assets and their relationships.
Control over all CIs through their complete life cycle.
Accurate reporting of all current and historical data provided for each CI.
Improved software license management.
Continued software licensing compliance.
Raised overall productivity.
Meet increasing industry standards.