Hardware Portfolio Overview
The Hardware Portfolio Overview report enables you to deliver actionable insights into your organization's hardware landscape. This report provides a comprehensive view of hardware deployments, lifecycle trends, cloud inventory, and organizational alignment, enabling leaders to make data-driven decisions for optimizing resources, managing risks, and aligning with strategic objectives.
The key features of the report include:
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High-Level Insights—Aggregate statistics and lifecycle trends to quickly identify risks and opportunities. |
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Customizable Visualizations—Flexibility to view data using relevant axes for targeted analysis. |
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Lifecycle Management—Visibility into hardware currency risks and obsolete devices to support proactive planning. |
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Organizational Context—Mapping of hardware statistics to business services, business unit, cost centers, and locations for strategic alignment. |
The Value of the Hardware Portfolio Overview Report
This report equips you with the insights needed to:
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Streamline Hardware Management—Address risks associated with lifecycle currency and obsolete devices proactively. |
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Enhance Strategic Alignment—Tie hardware and cloud data to business services and organizational divisions for informed decision-making. |
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Monitor Trends and Forecast—Use historical and trend data to forecast hardware needs and future risks effectively. |
By offering a blend of high-level overviews and drill through capabilities, the Hardware Portfolio Overview report empowers you to align technology decisions with business goals efficiently.
Hardware Portfolio Overview Report Pages
This report includes the following pages:
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Hardware Summary
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This page includes the following details:
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Customizable Axes—Enables users to select X and Y axes (for example, category vs. devices) for tailored visualizations. |
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Deployment Currency—Shows devices grouped by lifecycle stage (for example, End of Sale, Obsolete, and more). |
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Obsolete Devices by Manufacturer—Highlights manufacturers with the highest number of obsolete devices. |
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Devices by Operating System—Breaks down devices based on operating system distribution. |
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Hardware Currency Risk by Category—Identifies areas with the highest lifecycle risks. |
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Domain Statistics—Displays hardware statistics segmented by domains. |
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Hardware Lifecycle
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Deployment Currency—Highlights lifecycle stages across hardware deployments. |
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Obsolete Devices Reasons—Explains reasons for unknown lifecycle statuses. |
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Lifecycle Currency by Models—Tracks currency risks for individual hardware models. |
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High-Level Lifecycle Stats—Summarizes technology currency risks by hardware category. |
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Hardware Statistics
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Customizable Fields and Measures—A flexible page where you can select metrics and dimensions to view high-level aggregates relevant to their needs. |
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Hardware Trends
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Lifecycle Trends—Tracks trends over the last 7 days, weekly, and monthly for obsolete and end of sale devices. |
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Inventory Trends—Monitors inventory changes over the last 7 days, weekly, and monthly to track additions or updates. |
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Cloud Inventory
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Cloud Device Breakdown—Displays the count of cloud devices versus total devices in the organization. |
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Devices by Provider, Region, and Resource Type—Segments devices based on cloud providers, resource regions, and resource types. |
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Cloud Resource Details—Includes detailed information such as provider, resource region, resource name, type, availability zone, resource size, and tagged devices. |
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Drill through Capability—Enables deep dives into specific cloud devices for granular insights. |
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Organization Statistics
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Business Service Insights—Links hardware lifecycle statuses to key business services. |
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Unit and Cost Center Analysis—Maps lifecycle currency to business units and cost centers for budgetary alignment. |
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Location-Wise Statistics—Provides a geographical view of lifecycle risks and hardware deployment statuses. |
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