Are there advantages to using Snipe-IT and Spiceworks for Inventory/Assest Management?
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I figured that our accounting department must be doing something based on POs in terms of when things were purchased and which person/department was using them.
In terms of spiceworks, it does have sections for price paid, purchase date, warranty scanning for some devices, etc. So it has a little of asset management built into it.
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If those things probably aren't something I, as an IT guy, should worry about, I will just put a pin in it in case it comes up in the future.
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@wrx7m said:
In terms of spiceworks, it does have sections for price paid, purchase date, warranty scanning for some devices, etc. So it has a little of asset management built into it.
Yup, works great for currently used assets. For historic tracking, though, it requires database sprawl in the monitoring system which is generally not ideal.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@wrx7m said:
In terms of spiceworks, it does have sections for price paid, purchase date, warranty scanning for some devices, etc. So it has a little of asset management built into it.
Yup, works great for currently used assets. For historic tracking, though, it requires database sprawl in the monitoring system which is generally not ideal.
Yeah, that is definitely true. "Retiring" assets is cumbersome and not at all intuitive.
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@wrx7m said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@wrx7m said:
In terms of spiceworks, it does have sections for price paid, purchase date, warranty scanning for some devices, etc. So it has a little of asset management built into it.
Yup, works great for currently used assets. For historic tracking, though, it requires database sprawl in the monitoring system which is generally not ideal.
Yeah, that is definitely true. "Retiring" assets is cumbersome and not at all intuitive.
SW just added the whole retirement thing. so it likely sucks. I only know it has to be installed as an app. Haven't done it yet.
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@JaredBusch Did not know that. I was referring to any previous version, then. I will have to check it out.
-Installed as an app on a mobile device or the server, or _____ ?
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@wrx7m said:
@JaredBusch Did not know that. I was referring to any previous version, then. I will have to check it out.
-Installed as an app on a mobile device or the server, or _____ ?
SW added an entire app add on thing in 2014.
It is part of that and the 7.5 release I think.
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@JaredBusch D'oh! I always forget about that part!
