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What Is Hardware Inventory Management?
Together with software inventory management, hardware inventory management is a subset of IT asset management, and it entails the management of the physical components of computers and computer networks, such as laptops, desktops, servers, routers, hubs, peripherals, printers, scanners, etc., from acquisition through disposal.
For many companies, hardware inventory management also means the monitoring of employee-owned devices that enter and leave the company network at random times. Surveys show that around 95 percent of employees bring at least one personal device to work, and it’s in the best interest of all companies that support the bring your own device (BYOD) policy to monitor the activity of all employee-owned devices.