METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSET MANAGEMENT

摘要

As aspects of the present invention provides a manner of software asset management involving inputting data pertaining to software into a database; performing software product mapping for software product data input to the database; performing usage rights rule building for usage rights data input to the database; performing software title mapping for software title data input to the database; and determining software compliance as a function of data input to the database and mappings that are performed on the data. Another aspect of the present invention includes method of inputting or importing data into a database m an IT service management system involving: the system importing the data into temporary storage m the database; the system applying validation rules; the system applying the transformation rules; the user reviewing the processed data; the user modifying the processed data; the user requests that the processed data be committed to the database; the system committing the processed data to records in the database.