network device inventory

In this environment, a bulletproof strategy for change management is continually challenged by the physical movement of owned and leased network device inventory. When new hardware or virtual machines are deployed to replace outgoing servers, the opportunity for items to be miscataloged by manual processes greatly increases. In addition, even the most concrete IT security practices are tested when servers move outside the confines of the datacenter. In these circumstances, an organization's computing devices are also most vulnerable to loss, theft or misappropriation.

As a result, when the time comes to prepare leased assets for return or exchange, an orderly transition process is paramount.