>>In addition, how do you work with management to get buy in that a planned computer asset management is necessary?
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>It usually starts with begging and groveling and goes down from there! Unless it's the wife, in which case I start with "Honey, I bought you this diamond..." <bg>
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>Seriously, check PC Week or ZDNet. These are easy web sources. Maybe Gartner Group, etc.

I will give those a try. Thanks.

P.S. As you can probably tell... I had an "upgrade" meeting with my bosses recently.