You might not think you need to track your IT assets. After all, if you can see all of them, and know where they all are, what’s the harm in not keeping track of them? There are several issues that can come up with this kind of thinking. You might be able to track your hardware, but there are other IT assets you need to manage. Software licenses expire, operating systems need updating, and even the best hardware needs to be replaced. Trying to keep track of all of this in your head is impractical at best, and dangerous at worst. You wouldn’t try to track your finances mentally, would you? Then why track your assets that way?