InvGate Insight has a brand new Software Compliance module to help you avoid legal or financial fines and costly downtime and, at the same time, improve their software resource allocation. With it, you can quickly see: In a nutshell, this module leverages data from the contracts logged on your instance and combines it with the reported software usage in your environment. As a result, you can run an internal software audit in seconds to understand if you're in compliance with license agreements or if something needs attention.

Checking out equipment is essential for schools, universities, and other industries that loan assets temporarily on a regular basis. And even though there's dedicated software for this, you can use your ITSM and ITAM tools to check in and out equipment — and thus avoid having to purchase yet another tool. You can see how to build an automated workflow on InvGate Service Desk to forget the headaches of loaning hardware.

Shadow IT refers to systems, software, applications, SaaS services, hardware, or mobile devices used within an organization without the IT department's explicit approval, oversight, support, or knowledge. Initially, it focused on hardware assets, but it has evolved to include SaaS applications (SaaS sprawl). Even though shadow IT has a few benefits, it also poses significant risks to organizations, such as.