free asset management sw 1

[thompom]

Hi - have looked at all major asset management/discovery tools visual audit X3, ez audit etc..

anyone use a free solution to achieve this [200 pc/50 printers]

all ideas welcome

 

[thompom]

anyone? - maybe not free... but cheap

 

[petrosky]

Hey,

You might like to try spiceworks. It is a very handy app. Only (slight) drawback is that it's revenue model comes from ad placements..otherwise it is excellent for both inventory and help-desk functions.

http://www.spiceworks.com/

Hope this helps.

Peter

Remember- It's nice to be important,
but it's important to be nice

 

[thompom]

just what i was looking for, great looking product - cant believe theres no catch - thanks v much

 

[pjcarmen]

SpiceWorks is interesting. I have been watching it for a while. I fully expected to see it turn into a subscription only product, but it seems to not be the case. I found it to be rather slow, but they may have resolved that issue by now. Might be time to look at it again.

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[AmmerBo]

In the "maybe not free... but cheap" department, you might want to try a product called Cerulean: Resource manager.

http://www.progressiveworkssoftware.com

It's a collection of IT operations tools priced in the hundreds and the best part is that they don't limit you on the number of devices you can have.