Hardware Asset Management

Hardware asset management (HAM) involves comprehensive management and tracking of laptops and peripherals throughout their lifecycle, ensuring their proper utilization, maintenance, upgrades, and appropriate disposal.

As work becomes more complex, including supporting hybrid and remote workers, organizations face increased difficulties managing IT assets for their employees. We help address these challenges through effective hardware asset management with services that include deployment, tracking, storage and disposition for laptops and peripheral devices used by employees. Common use cases include supporting IT teams with their employee onboarding, laptop retrieval, IT asset refreshes, laptop and device lease returns, and device end-of-life. Common events that benefit from Hardware Asset Management services include IT asset refreshes, mergers and acquisitions, office moves and closures, high employee attrition or hiring, and having a large number of remote workers.

Yes. Adding additional services to your current ITAD service is straightforward. Contact your Iron Mountain ITAD account representative to learn more.

Our services offers direct benefits such as maximizing the return on investment (ROI) on IT hardware investments; ensuring end-user satisfaction with efficient asset deployment and asset tracking; reducing total cost of ownership by extending asset life and minimizing refresh cycles; boosting employee productivity; improving data security; mitigating business risks; and contributing to sustainability efforts through reduction of your organization’s carbon footprint.

Yes. We can offer you both directional calculations, utilizing industry averages, as well as highly specific ROI estimates based on the assumptions and data points you provide from your organization. You’ll gain a clear understanding of tangible and intangible benefits, ensuring a comprehensive view of the value Hardware Asset Management services bring to your organization.