Event Updates

ITAM Trends Discussed at Recent Gartner and IAITAM Events

Green initiatives and IT financial objectives were a focal point at both Gartner’s recent IT Financial, Procurement and Asset Management Summit and the IAITAM conference with its theme, “Bringing Green Together”.  ITAM professionals heard presentations and joined roundtable discussions on emerging issues affecting:

·         IT Asset Disposition

·         Compliance

·         Financial Reporting

·         Software Licensing

·         Procurement

·         Environmental Regulations

·         Data Security

·         Chain-of-Custody Asset Tracking

At the Gartner summit, PlanITROI CEO, Paul Baum, presented a video case study on client GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and its InfoWorld 2009 Green15 Award-winning environmental program.  GSK achieved energy savings, reduced environmental exposure and realized a $1 million ROI generated by PlanITROI’s remarketing of well refurbished GSK retired IT assets.

See the GSK Video Case Study

Beyond linking environmental responsibility to proper end-of-life IT asset management, note-worthy trends at the conferences included:

1. How IT Asset Managers across many industries are making efforts to reduce energy costs and minimize the environmental footprint, by designating retired IT assets for remarketing and reuse instead of recycling

2. End-of-Life asset disposition and environmental planning should begin with requisition and purchase orders for new assets

3. Future IT responsibilities may cover facility management across the “smart, connected” building.  ITAM could likely address building HVAC, security, lighting, and energy control devices

4. Microsoft Authorized Refurbishers add value to remarketed IT assets by installing a licensed genuine Windows Operating System

5. SLAs and long-term optimization are emphasized more and more in a tight economy that drives longer product life-cycles

6. Regularly scheduled software review leads to cost savings and risk reduction

7. The IT Asset Disposition vendor landscape shows Asset Value Recovery specialists such as PlanITROI deliver the optimal mix of ROI and regulatory compliance

For a copy of the GSK case study or to arrange to see Paul Baum’s presentation on “Using Financial Reporting to Become an ITAM Hero,” please contact:

Eric Skigen,

Director of Client Services

eskigen@PlanITROI.com

301-257-8057