Asset/Resource Inventory

["Fowler, Becky Thurmond" <ThurmondR () MISSOURI EDU>]

Hello!  At the University of Missouri an effort is underway to explore the creation of an authoritative IT 
asset/resource inventory.  We are hoping to collect and share information from our peer institutions on your successes 
and challenges in this area.  If your institution has (or is working on) such an inventory, could you please take a few 
moments and briefly answer the questions below?  We will be happy to summarize the information and provide a report 
back to this list.


1.       Do you have a centralized IT asset/resource tracking system?

2.       Is the system authoritative and how well does it integrate with satellite/distributed systems?

3.       What tools are you using?  (commercial, custom, etc)  If commercial, what is the licensing model?

4.       What are the ballpark costs for your organization and how many FTE does it take to run the system (both from a 
technology & a business process standpoint)

5.       How well does it work for your organization?  Have you encountered significant roadblocks?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!


Becky Thurmond Fowler
Manager, Security Assessments & Incident Response
Division of IT - Information Security & Access Management
University of Missouri-Columbia
becky () missouri edu<mailto:becky () missouri edu>
573.882.5182