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Ask Slashdot: What Asset Tracking Software Do You Recommend?
grahamsaa writes: I work for an organization that has a number of physical assets, as well as presence in multiple data centers. On the DC side, there are a number of specific things we need to track (one thing we want to be able to account for is how much power do we need for each rack). On the office side, our needs are more basic. We need to be able to tag and track laptops, workstations, monitors, etc. I would like to use a single system for all of this, but have yet to find something that will work well on the office side and the data center side. Free/open source solutions are preferred, but we're prepared to spend money on a commercial solution if it meets our needs. What would you recommend?
No no! Must be LibreOffice Calc! You see, by using Excel you are giving money to a software company for developing a spreadsheet program. That would completely break the freeloader Lunix philosophy. The best applications are made by hobbyists on their spare time. They are also open source so we can verify that there are no NSA backdoors by carefully reading all the hundreds of thousands of lines of code, a practical and relaxing task for evenings.