the eQuip! ITAM solutions manage the life cycle of assets, track history and usage, chain of custody, and retirement of assets

1. eQuip! for IT Asset Management (ITAM)
E-ISG Asset Intelligence (www.e-isg.com)
February, 2016

2. IT Asset Management (ITAM) – What
Is It?
 IT Asset Management (ITAM) is a set of business practices that
incorporates IT assets across the business units within the
organization.
 IT Asset Management joins the financial, inventory and contractual
responsibilities to manage the overall life cycle including tactical
and strategic decision making.
--International Association of Information Technology Asset
Managers (www.IAITAM.com)

3. ITAM – Cross Functional
Collaboration in the Life Cycle

4. ITAM – Key Pain Points in Current
Organizations
 Perform inventory audit – when was the last time you performed the inventory
audit? How easy was that?
 Track the location of IT assets
 Track chain of custody – how easy was that?
 Reconcile with Accounting for depreciation calculation
 Reconcile with Fixed Asset Management on active assets
 Reconcile on software licenses
 Retire IT assets – all the forms and requirements

5. Excel Sheets Don’t Support ITAM
ITAM Needs Do Excel Sheets Meet the Needs
 Track chain of custody No
 Track Linked Assets (e.g. printer +
desktop +cable)
No
 Update location when there is a
transfer or move event
No

6. Fixed Asset Management system
Doesn't support ITAM
ITAM Needs Does the Fixed Asset Management
system Meet the Needs
 Track usage and condition history No
 Track the location history for tax
purposes
No
 Have the most up to date list of
active assets
No
 Track individual assets bought in
one purchase order (e.g. the
individual status of 10 laptops
bought in one purchase order)
No

7. ITAM – Connect with other Systems
ERP
IT Discovery
tools
• Monthly Asset
Retirement Reports
• Monthly
depreciation on IT
devices
• Life cycle analysis
on IT devices

8. Value from the Right ITAM Tool
Source of Value from Investing in the
Right ITAM Tool
$$$$
 Reduce labor hours spent in locating
missing assets
$7,200/annual -- On average, one
FTE spent one day/month to
locate missing assets
 Reduce the loss of assets $75,000/annual -- On average,
15% of IT laptops are missing or go
unaccounted
 Reduce the overpayment of personal
property taxes or insurance premium
on assets no long in active service
$16,125/annual -- See a detailed
calculation on next page
Total $98,325/Annual – for a medium
sized IT organization

9. Value from the Right ITAM Tool
Assumptions: Number of
assets
1,000
Average cost/asset $500
Total costs $500,000
Total costs of assets
lost or unaccounted for
$75,000 15% of total
Estimated Federal Tax
Income Overpayment
$13,125 $37,500X35%
Potential Property Tax
Overpayment
$2,250 $75,000 X3%
Potential Insurance
Overpayment
$750 $1 per $1000 in
replacement
value
Total Loss per year $16,125

10. How E-ISG can Help
 Provide Commercial Off the Shelf Software eQuip! for IT Asset Management
 Meet all ITAM needs
 Connect with IT auto discovery tools
 Low cost
 Fixe price -- including on boarding, SaaS subscription and ongoing support
 Call 1-866-845-2416 ext. 2 to schedule a demo
 Or visit www.e-isg.com to schedule a demo