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Cherwell Asset Management (discontinued)

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What is Cherwell Asset Management (discontinued)?

Cherwell Asset Management was a software asset management offering from Cherwell Software in Colorado Springs, based on technology acquired with the company Express Metrix in August, 2014. Cherwell was acquired by Ivanti, and the application is no longer available.

Cherwell Asset management!!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I made a purchase selection for Cherwell Asset management. Most organizations have a number of hardware and software licenses for different functions whose quantities are never defined. Cherwell Asset management allows you to keep track of both hardware and software in a single platform and even notifies you if there is any hardware or software that is unused.

Pros

  • Risk Management.
  • Asset Analysis.
  • Save Costing.

Cons

  • Very costly licenses.
  • Requires comparatively high amount of configuration.
  • Comparatively complex to use other solutions available in market.

Most Important Features

  • Ensures compliances of licenses.
  • Reduction of risks.
  • Cost cutting by analyzing hardware and software.

Return on Investment

  • Positive as it helps in reducing overall IT cost.
  • Reduces risks.
  • Positive impact as it notifies hardware and software that is not being used.

Alternatives Considered

ServiceNow IT Asset Management and Lansweeper

Other Software Used

ServiceNow IT Asset Management, Lansweeper, Snow License Manager

Cherwell does it all!

Pros

  • Automation
  • Integrating with other systems
  • Full control over how ITSM platform is set up and used

Cons

  • Reporting module
  • Knowledge base searching

Return on Investment

  • Consolidated other systems into a single platform