Last updated: December 1, 2021
The first quarter of the new year is almost over and for weeks the management has been nagging us about the inventory and documentation of the IT. While everything is going haywire as usual due to the many innovations in the company’s own IT and important patches for the servers have to be applied in between, days and weeks go by until the topic becomes topical once again. Inventory and documentation. The same old story.
“We just finished half a year ago … wait … last, uh no, 2017 that was, yes I remember it well. Back then, when we got the new servers. That’s when it was noted down and neatly written down, wasn’t it?”
Yes, time flies when you have taken up a profession where you are constantly under time pressure because of the different and always acutely important tasks of an IT department. Since the variety of tasks is not always apparent even to managers or colleagues outside of IT, demands quickly arise that cause the stressed administrator to collapse.
“Mr. M., we need current figures, data and information about all IT systems from here and our other locations. In two days, the management wants to carry out its strategic planning. We have the current status, don’t we?”
There are now two types of IT managers who are entrusted with this task. The first group has beads of sweat on their foreheads, rounds up the IT team and now laboriously begins to gather an interim update on IT. It doesn’t take long for everyone involved to realise that a lot has changed since 2017.
“We replaced all the Windows 7 computers two years ago. Are they on the list? The accounting department should have records of how many devices and when …!” They know full well that this will be a shot in the dark.
The second group of IT managers leans back relaxed, sips the obligatory always-filled coffee cup and answers: “Yes, no problem. The required data is already up to date and can be read out at any time via our Docusnap. The management thus has a complete and clear inventory list. And if desired, also all information about our software licensing and also current network and topology maps.”
Don’t think so? We do. And we’ll show you how easy and uncomplicated it is to always have access to the current inventory status. Fully automated and always up to date. Take your time to watch the short video and then decide for yourself whether you belong to the group of forehead-sweating beads or would rather relax and enjoy your coffee.
We’ll take a break now and enjoy our cappuccino without any stress.
That’s Docusnap: