[iamdave]

Good start. I was hoping to see a bit more granularity in the details; does/will it support custom fields?

For example, I don't immediately care about PO date/owners. My PMO does, but when I think asset management, I want facts. What's the IP address of that one node? Where is it located? Last known status (up, offline, maintenance)?

Is there anything by way of discovering devices? Will this tool let me scan devices on a LAN or a I relegated to just entering line items into the webforms? If it's the latter, then there isn't much improvement over the 'spreadsheet' problem.

This is just my constructive feedback having gone from startup to enterprise and everywhere in between at the senior level of IT Operations, but many small shops have SysAdmins doing more than waiting for something to break to sit and key every asset (especially networked) into a tool that isn't giving them beneficial information about said assets.

It just doesn't feel like there's any benefit to using this over Excel given the demo.

[Spearchucker]

There's a fine line between asset management and operational management. IP address is typically an ops issue, as is up or down status.

Probably more interesting from an asset management perspective are quality attributes like mean time to failure, which might inform purchasing or renewal decisions.

[iamdave]

Just anecdote, based on experience but if you're in the market size the OP's product is geared towards, asset and operational management often have considerable overlap.

[_ud4a]

thanks for the constructive feedback. The reason i created the site was i realized all the tools out there (eg. spiceworks) are the ones you have to install on your lan and they would give you all the information and index your network. However, with my personal experience working at a startup and at a big bank, the teams all share a excel which gets emailed around and has multiple versions etc. I tried to make this site simple and target the small shops where they want to manage things from anywhere. This is just a first draft and i'll be adding more features as people request them.

personally i think the main value this gives over excel is that it allows you to edit it from anywhere, run reports (it's coming!) and get notifications on upcoming renewals for maintenance on gear etc.

[alttab]

You're missing the point. No one wants to do data entry. People will download Spiceworks before they pay you $15 for you to manage their spreadsheet for them. Spiceworks will scan your device in the network automatically, grab it's warranty information automatically from the vendor, and thrn email you when your warranties are up for renewal. It does this for free for thousands of assets and that is one feature.

Do you know who your customers are? Are you aware why your competitors do what they do and why they give it away for free?