Converge Announces Asset Manager 2.0 Web Application

Converge, Peabody, Mass., has announced the availability of Asset Manager 2.0, which it describes as “a robust Web-based application that allows enterprises to proactively monitor the security and financial impact of IT asset disposal.”

An update of the first version of Asset Manager, released in 2007, Asset Manager 2.0 offers enhanced access control and a number of new features, including the ability to capture asset discrepancies at a serialized level, which is designed to further enhance the chain-of-custody process, according to a press release from Converge.

With Asset Manager 2.0, organizations can track the status of equipment moving through the disposal process in real time. Users get at-a-glance data on the location, condition and potential monetary value of every item being processed, according to the company. The portal also provides online order entry and scheduling, which Converge describes as “a time-saver for companies coordinating outbound assets from multiple offices.”

Chris Adam, director of Converge’s IT Asset Dispositoin division, “It’s about managing the complete life cycle—and cost of ownership—of enterprise technology. Done properly, asset disposal cannot only minimize costs and prevent compliance problems, but can also deliver unexpected financial return. The disasters arise from not planning ahead and from treating disposition as some sort of temporary inconvenience.”

Asset Manager 2.0 includes:

• Chain-of-Custody Reporting—The application is able to track each serialized asset through each stage of the disposition process, from the moment the asset leaves a client’s facility through final disposition.
• Settlement Summary—An extensive settlement summary is provided with details of each asset’s final disposition and financial impact.
• Certificate of Compliant Data Erasure—Disk drives are erased to DoD 5220.22M multi-pass standards, and certificates of erasure are issued and stored in Asset Manager for each serially numbered asset erased.
• Certificates of Compliant Recycling and Destruction—Clients are issued documentation providing proof that non-remarketable assets or those that require destruction have been destroyed and recycled in accordance with all local, state and federal environmental guidelines.

Founded in 1980, Converge is has offices in Austin, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Irvine, Calif.; Singapore; and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as well as support centers throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. More information is available at www.converge.com.