Why choose Protek for hardware asset management?
We can tell you that we'll help you make your IT operations more manageable, but we know that you want proof. Take a look at what comes with our services.
Many businesses lose track of devices, which causes lost equipment, surprise shortages, and poor planning for replacements.
If you’re one of them, Protek can help. We’ll help you create and maintain a central database of all hardware assets.
Our process includes tagging devices, recording ownership, and logging purchase dates, warranties, and locations.
As a result, you’ll improve visibility and reduce wasted spending on duplicate equipment.
Buying hardware directly often leads to inconsistent pricing, late orders, and devices that fail to meet business needs.
As a result, businesses lose $600B+ annually from poor specifications and unclear requirements that cause delays, rework, and disputes.
You can avoid those lost costs with Protek. We partner with trusted vendors, negotiate pricing, and standardize device models to fit your requirements. We also manage orders and deliveries so they align with your project schedules.
Reduce expenses, prevent delays, and feel confident that every device will meet your technical standards.
Unplanned hardware failures interrupt operations and drain IT resources when staff must coordinate repairs with vendors. These disruptions lower productivity and increase costs.
However, Protek can handle service tickets, manage vendor warranties, and provide loaner devices when needed. Our team also performs preventive maintenance checks to reduce the risk of downtime before it happens.
This approach saves your IT team time, keeps systems available, and helps your organization avoid costly delays.
Setting up devices one at a time delays productivity and increases the chance of mistakes. These errors slow your teams down and create inconsistency across your IT network.
Protek can create standard system images with required applications and security settings. Each device is preconfigured before shipping to your users or offices, so it will arrive ready for immediate use.
This cuts downtime, improves consistency across all devices, and accelerates onboarding for new employees.
Over time, old devices pile up in storage, create clutter, and expose your organization to cybersecurity risks if sensitive data is not properly removed.
Cut back the clutter with Protek. We follow strict disposal processes that include verified data wiping. We also handle environmentally responsible recycling or resale of retired equipment.
This protects your data, frees up space, and supports your sustainability goals if applicable.
Without reports, your business cannot prove compliance during audits or identify patterns in hardware usage.
That’s why Protek will help you produce regular reports covering asset counts, refresh cycles, and spending. Our team also prepares the documentation required for audits and compliance checks.
Our reports give you greater visibility into expenses and compliance status. You reduce audit pressure and make better budgeting decisions with accurate reporting.
Many organizations react to hardware shortages only after they occur, which leads to costly emergency purchases and operational delays. This reactive approach increases risk and strains budgets when equipment is needed most.
Protek will change that reactive cycle. By reviewing usage patterns, refresh cycles, and growth forecasts, we help you predict demand before it becomes a problem. Our planning process makes sure that the right hardware is available when your business needs it.
This proactive approach lowers costs, prevents interruptions, and aligns hardware availability with your goals.
Find out why these two practices go hand-in-hand and how Protek can assist you with both.
When new devices enter your environment without documentation, your visibility quickly weakens. These undocumented assets create blind spots that make it harder to maintain control, plan replacements, or meet compliance standards. Over time, shadow IT and unmanaged hardware increase both cost and risk.
Protek will help you close these gaps by using advanced discovery tools and structured intake procedures. As soon as a device connects, it is identified, registered, and added to your central inventory with key details like ownership, location, and warranty.
This proactive discovery process reduces security risks, prevents shadow IT, and keeps your records accurate.
Sudden employee transitions may cause device handoffs to happen without proper control. Laptops and desktops may get reassigned without clear tracking, which leaves you uncertain about device ownership and whether or not your sensitive data was securely removed.
Let Protek’s team manage device transfers through a structured system. Every check-in and check-out is logged, and devices are wiped and re-imaged when needed. Our goal is to make each transition consistent, secure, and fully documented.
You’ll gain clear accountability for every device, stronger data protection, and accurate records that reflect real ownership.
Most businesses replace desktops and laptops every 3-5 years to avoid performance slowdowns and compatibility issues.
Hardware beyond this range often struggles with newer applications, updates, and security requirements.
Servers and networking equipment may have longer lifespans, typically 5-7 years, but should still be monitored for signs of failure or bottlenecks.
Regular refresh cycles reduce downtime, keep support costs lower, and help maintain productivity. If you’re not sure what the right choice is for any specific device, feel free to ask our IT consultants about it.
We can centralize your hardware inventory across all office locations.
We use discovery tools to track devices, record lifecycle details, and update asset logs in real time. This visibility helps you avoid duplicate purchases, lost equipment, and compliance gaps.
By standardizing tracking and reporting, you’ll know where every device is, who is using it, and when it needs replacement
You can confirm secure data removal by using certified wiping tools that overwrite device storage to industry standards such as NIST 800-88.
For highly sensitive data, degaussing or physical destruction may be necessary.
Our team can handle this process, provide certificates of destruction, and maintain records for compliance audits as needed.
Allowing personal devices for work can improve flexibility, but it also introduces BYOD risks such as data leaks, weak security controls, and compliance gaps.
To manage this, you need clear policies that define how employees use personal devices while protecting company information.
Consider including the following policies:
Require device registration with IT
Enforce strong passwords and multi-factor authentication
Use mobile device management (MDM) tools
Restrict access to sensitive data based on role
Set rules for data wiping if a device is lost or employment ends
You’ll know old hardware is costing more than it’s worth when repair expenses, downtime, and support calls increase faster than replacement costs.
Frequent failures, limited compatibility with modern software, and shorter warranties all add to the expense.
Tracking metrics like mean time between failures, cost of parts, and technician hours can reveal the tipping point.
If those numbers exceed the cost of upgrading, it’s time to refresh the hardware.
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