A new front has opened in American national security. It is being fought in cyberspace, and private businesses in critical industries like energy, healthcare, water and financial services are on the frontlines. This was the message delivered by Congressman Mark Green (R-TN-7) and Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at a business roundtable in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.

Discovery sources periodically run network analyses to identify devices in your IT environment, ensuring your asset inventory is updated and reliable. It is a fundamental function of any robust IT Asset Management (ITAM) tool. For this reason, we are eager to announce that InvGate Insight now integrates with VMWare! This means that now you can automatically discover and integrate ESXis and vCenters and incorporate them into your inventory without the need to download an individual agent on each one.

In the financial sector, managing IT assets can present a complex set of barriers due to the industry’s complexity and regulatory demands. Management strategies can greatly enhance the Return on Investment (ROI) of these assets. After all, the financial industry operates in a highly regulated environment that demands rigorous oversight and compliance. The range of IT assets, from hardware to software, requires a structured approach to management.

Apple declarative management introduces a shift from the traditional command-based model to a more autonomous and flexible framework. This approach aims to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of managing Apple devices. The components of Apple declarative management — declarations, assets, predicates and status channels — work together to create a more efficient, scalable and responsive MDM framework.

“You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” they say. What if you measure something, but eventually can’t manage it to achieve customer satisfaction? Let’s talk about the reliability of KPIs in IT service management.