Orlando, Florida – it is more than the well-known theme parks that are popular for families to visit, it also is the host city of Cisco Live 2013 From June 23-27, IT thought leaders will converge at the Orange County Convention Center, including RAY ALLEN INC located at booth at #228. Last year, the conference […] Read More
A Flight or a Drive – Join us at Cisco Live
We all live and work in a global and virtual world today. The time zones blur as we have IT environments and inventories located in a variety of locations. IT management and leadership are a building block to many other projects, policies and actions in today’s corporation, whether it is a complex new investment or […] Read More
IT Asset Management – RAY ALLEN and Cisco Live
IT Assets continue to increase in diversity and types of assets. The business leaders of today have greater challenges to face with the global locations and various settings around the world in the dynamic environments with more complexity. How do they align with the business units? Which cost center is responsible for these assets? Who […] Read More
Customer Focus and Coordination – IT Asset Management
Today’s CIO addresses challenges and changes across the business. They are exposed to end-to-end processes, procedures and policies that they watch the operations and investments for. All of these activities looking at the environment and operations of today, while planning and forecasting for tomorrow. Customer Focus The spending trends are moving around the C Suite […] Read More
Three Factors of IT Asset Life Cycle Management
The Asset Life Cycle of your company network will have an impact on the bottom line of your business. Auditing, organizing and maintaining the network are all essential parts of the IT Asset Life Cycle. That includes planning network design and growth, acquiring the necessary components, managing the network for optimal performance, and performing upgrades […] Read More
IT Asset Inventory – Achieving Accuracy
Many enterprises already have some type of tracking for the IT Assets. It might include information such as serial numbers, asset tags, locations and cost center affiliation collected over time. However the management and ongoing updates is a challenge, with the increased diversity of assets as well as the global locations of many companies. The […] Read More
Spring Forward with IT Asset Management
Regardless of the mixed weather conditions around the US, we are approaching the Spring season and have moved our clocks forward by one hour already. St. Patricks Day festivities took place over the weekend including here in our hometown of Chicago! Wearing the color green is expected to bring you good luck, and in alignment […] Read More
Disaster Recovery – Where are the IT Assets?
Natural disasters are experienced around the world on an ongoing basis – whether it is an earthquake, hurricane or meteor as we have observed in recent months. The impact might be to your central point of information and assets, or simply one of the many global sites in your business. This is a kind reminder […] Read More
Hybrid IT, Actionable Analytics and Integrated Ecosystems
According to the Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013, there are many strategic technologies that will have a significant impact in the next three years. As we have noticed in the overall evolution in IT, disruptions are taking place and those who will not adapt will over time fail. The team at RAY […] Read More
IT Asset Management – A Global Challenge
Where is your company Headquarters? Is the IT and Operations Team located there? The entire team or simply the senior leadership? Whatever the answers might be for your organizations, the needs are the same. IT Asset Management is a Global Challenge, requiring accountability, data integrity and visibility. In the 4Q of 2012, senior decision makers […] Read More