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steve277
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What is the difference between an Asset and a CI ?
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NO LINKS
Are you asking the question or merely posting spam ?
The rules on this forum is ask a question to get a discussion
No links
No spam
so what is the reason for the post
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Diarmid
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An asset is something of tangible value
A CI (configuration item) is something that is part of a configuration and that it is useful to identify individually in order to manage that configuration and the uses to which it is put.
It is probable that most, if not all, assets that are in a configuration will be identified as CIs.
It is unlikely that all CIs will be assets in any meaningful way.
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UKVIKING
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The forum does not allow links
ITILADMIN: Please remove link
So other than diarmid' answer to your question
any clarification
NOTE: All of the people on the forum - the knowledgeable ones and the new ones can and do know how to go search for things
Posting someone blog statement (yours?) about some thing in ITIL that has covered more than once between 2006 and now is rather specious
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steve277
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| Is a workstation an Asset or a CI ? |
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Yes
Is this an exam question ?
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Diarmid
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NO!!!!
Come on Steve! Read my first response!!
A workstation is not "an asset or a CI" because there is no exclusivity between the two. It could be both, either or neither equally logically.
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| Asset is not thing but which has Financial impact and CI which has operational impact. It is as simple as that!! |
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Edward_Williams
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| Everything is CI because everything is connected...part of a configuration. |
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| Edward_Williams wrote: | | Everything is CI because everything is connected...part of a configuration. |
Well.... no. Things only become CIs if they, or their relationships, are important enough to require to be explicitly managed.
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| Diarmid wrote: | | Edward_Williams wrote: | | Everything is CI because everything is connected...part of a configuration. |
Well.... no. Things only become CIs if they, or their relationships, are important enough to require to be explicitly managed. |
Yes Sir, I was speaking philisophically really. Everything is connected...and also managed. Land is connected to water is connected ot air is connected to people is connected to land is connected to plants is connected to...
If we're speaking in a box...according to ITIL V3...an asset doesn't have a relationship to anything. But CIs do. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:29 am Post subject: Re: Difference between Asset and CI |
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| steve277 wrote: | | What is the difference between an Asset and a CI ? |
Hi Steve,
An "Asset" is something that has intrinsic value to a person or an enterprise.
A "Configuration Item" is an Entity or Thing that you wish to track, that is important to a Configuration.
An Asset is almost always a Configuration Item but a Configuration Item is not always an Asset.
Examples of Assets that are Configuration Items:
- Computers
- Products
- Services
- Licenses
- People
- Facilities
- Patents
- Furniture
- Vehicles
- Etc.
Examples of Configuration Items that aren't necessarily Assets:
- Environments
- Market Segments
- Locations (such as Addresses)
- Professional Disciplines
- Discussion Topics
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Etc.
In a CMDB, an advanced enterprise wants all of the above (and much more) to be tied together in some way, shape, or form.
I hope this helps clarify.
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