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    IT Asset

    What is an IT Asset?

    An IT asset is any company-owned hardware, system, or information that is used by an organization in the course of its business operations and activities.

    IT assets include, but are not limited to:

    • Infrastructure hardware such as routers, switches, servers, and data centers
    • In-house software applications
    • Third-party software licenses
    • Company-owned devices such as laptop and desktop computers
    • Digital data

    IT assets are tracked using an IT asset inventory and are managed according to an organization’s IT asset management (ITAM) system.