{"id":13375,"date":"2014-04-15T11:56:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T11:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/asset-tracking\/"},"modified":"2014-04-15T11:56:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T11:56:27","slug":"asset-tracking","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/29984\/asset-tracking","title":{"rendered":"Asset Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_asset_tracking_mean\">What Does Asset Tracking Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In information technology, asset tracking is the process of keeping track of the movement of one or more IT assets throughout the organization.<\/p>\n<p> It is practiced by IT administrators and managers to have administrative control and insight into the movement of the entire IT infrastructure. \n<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_asset_tracking\">Techopedia Explains Asset Tracking<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>IT asset tracking generally utilizes an IT inventory database that records and maintains inventory data for all:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Devices<\/li>\n<li> Software<\/li>\n<li> Network configuration<\/li>\n<li> Cloud assets<\/li>\n<li> IT documentation<\/li>\n<li> Other IT infrastructure-related data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Asset tracking is generally performed through asset tracking software that scans the entire IT infrastructure network and compiles an inventory of all IT assets. 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