Tracking software helps CIOs

IT consultant Nels Marin, a former managing director of global infrastructure at Credit Suisse Group, says the biggest problem for CIOs in keeping control of IT assets is knowing what you have and where. "Very few companies can say they know that," Marin said. BDNA Corp., an IT asset tracking software maker in Mountain View, CA, is betting that it has the solution to this problem.

The company reported that using its asset tracking software, a CIO of a large manufacturer discovered that 15 percent of the company's mission-critical applications were running on unsupported operating systems. Another CIO found that 10 percent of the company's laptops did not have the required hard drive encryption software activated. The company tells searchcio.techtarget.com that its software can provide CIOs with a comprehensive and analytical view of their IT environment, and an accurate picture of what's on their IT infrastructure.

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