The State of Kansas
Office of the Chief Information Architect

Information Technology Advisory Board Committees

Network Asset Management

Chair: Tim Blevins, SRS

Issues/Activities

• Defined Mission, Vision and Goals for the Committee
  • Mission: Serve as guide for agencies to develop own asset management programs. Focus on PC’s and assets attached to LANs.
  • Vision: Develop an informative document to assist agency planning
  • Goals: identify life cycle issues, identify weaknesses in current practices, recognize opportunities, make recommendations
• Areas of Opportunity
  • Software Inventory and Metering
  • Software Distribution and Licensing
  • Hardware Inventory and Management
• Developed Task List and Deliverables
  • Product evaluations - May-July
  • Practices/Procedures - June
  • Cost Model and Purchase Specifications - Aug
  • Hardware/Software Specifications - Aug - Sep
  • Report Delivery - Oct

   

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