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> From: Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, 11 April, 2009 21:03:33
> Subject: [LUG] Help me move them on!
>
> Hi All
>
> I have asked for help in numerous ways over the past few years and
> mostly on a technical nature. I feel the next request is a mixed bag
> and one that I am hoping all can get involved in.
>
> What am I talking about? Well it is an office in which I manage
> numerous computers and servers and have a job of keeping it all going.
> However, managing a computer system should be more than that. I feel
> we should be thinking ahead and deciding on a course of action that
> will improve accessibility, speed, office efficiency, cost
> effectiveness and ease of use.
>
> Firstly, what I am hoping is that someone out there might have already
> done this process and can help me start to look at cost right now.
> Once that is done and people can see what we're doing now I am hoping
> that together we can start to put together a document that looks at
> the future and where we can be in say a years time.
>
> I realise that this is part of my job and maybe something I should do
> on my own. But I feel that something like this could become a useful
> process for us all and with maybe names and specifics removed a useful
> document to use in similar situations and will be useful to us all.
>
> So back to the initial question has anybody got a link or a document
> that could point me to a computer and software audit please? Once
> compiled I am happy to post the stuff to an email or maybe blog post
> or pdf.... and we could get our heads together to put together a
> proposal to move on. For instance, the firm heavily uses Sage... not
> just as an accounting system but as a crm and an erp tool. So I have
> already started to look at SugarCRM which has a tool for connecting to
> Sage. So in order to migrate, we maybe firstly get them using proper
> crm, stock control, erp tools and at some point migrate them fully
> away from Sage.
>
> I hope this will be a useful exercise. Many thanks.
> --
> Kind regards
> Rich
Rich
I think your question involves a lot of areas I am not qualified to comment on
but... if as part of your task you need a software/hardware audit tool then I could
recommend the open-source "OCS Inventory NG" http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/
I have been using it for the last three years on a Linux server to keep track of
over 600 windows desktop computers - a constantly moving target! It will also audit
window servers, Linux and Mac I understand, although I have had no need of this
capability.
Regards
Tony
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