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Professional IT documentation provides organizations with a centralized overview of their entire IT, data center, and network infrastructure. Physical and virtual components, applications, and business services are all recorded in a unified system. FNT’s professional IT documentation software helps companies efficiently document, manage, and further develop their infrastructure. At the same time, it enables them to optimize processes and strengthen IT security.

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The right package for efficient IT documentation

If you want to centrally document your IT infrastructure, visualize dependencies across assets and services, and create a reliable foundation for operations and change processes, our Asset Inventory and Server & Applications packages are the right choice.

Highlights of FNT’s IT Documentation Software

FNT´s professional IT Documentation allows you to create a detailed overview of the entire IT, DC, and network infrastructure – from physical assets, virtual components, and applications to business services. The solution not only encompasses the various and diverse components, but it also provides a visual depiction of them to enable in-depth and comprehensive insight into the infrastructure.

The basis for this is a modern version of the Configuration Management Database (CMDB), which uses open standard interfaces to automatically consolidate content from distributed databases, displays cross-silo dependencies and merges them into a single point of truth. This gives you a digital twin (a digital image) of the entire IT infrastructure in a single system: up to the minute, vendor-independent, and without excessive updating effort thanks to its extensive interfaces for bidirectional data exchange with other tools. 

The IT documentation solution additionally contains many modern management functions, from analysis and visualization to planning and process management. These all help to manage highly complex IT infrastructures, rectify faults faster, and manage transformations and change smore efficiently.

Simple infrastructure capture

Contains an integrated and continuously updated component library with more than 75,000 predefined devices from many different vendors, all in photo-realistic representation. This includes all necessary technical data needed to manage and plan the IT landscape.

Change planning and process management

A comprehensive planning function facilitates recording and management of move, add, and change processes. Planned changes to the IT infrastructure can be efficiently controlled via integrated process and order management and directly transferred to service providers for commissioning. You can track the progress of any changes and see the updated as-is status in the software right after execution.

Visualization and analysis of data

Simple visualization of IT infrastructure data and dependencies using FNT GraphicCenter, FNT Analytics, or FNT GeoMaps reveals completely new insights.

License and contract management

All software products, software installations, applications, and instances, together with the associated licenses, relationships, service contracts, and other information, can be planned, documented, and managed in a central system.

Server and cloud infrastructure management

Planning and documentation of modern server environments, including physical and virtual servers. Cloud infrastructure elements can also be recorded.

Physical and logical network structures

Representation and management of physical and logical network structures along the entire life cycle from implementation to end of life, including IPv4 and IPv6 address management, VLAN and WLAN management.

End device management

Holistically plan, implement, and operate infrastructures for the workplace with modern asset and configuration management.

Easily capture and clearly display IT infrastructure

With FNT's IT documentation, you can easily record, clearly display and efficiently manage the IT and network infrastructure. The digital representation of all IT assets and the network provided by the FNT Command Platform gives you a complete overview of the entire IT infrastructure. 

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FAQ: IT Documentation

What is the difference between professional IT documentation and simple documentation?

Simple tools such as Excel or proprietary hardware vendor-provided tools and other monitoring tools can usually only map parts of the infrastructure. In addition, they usually have to be updated manually, which in many cases means that existing documentation does not reflect the current status.

Professional IT documentation tools, on the other hand, provide a complete overview of the infrastructure with all its relationships and dependencies – from physical, logical and virtual devices to networks and connections, applications and services. Extensive interface functionalities ensure that the documentation is always up to date. Professional IT documentation software is generally based on a modern version of the Configuration Management Database (CMDB), which is automatically updated, consolidates the content of distributed databases, displays cross-silo dependencies, and serves as a single point of truth.

Why is complete IT documentation important?

The aim of a professional IT documentation system is to provide all stakeholders, no matter which department they work in, with a holistic view of the company’s entire infrastructure. If this IT infrastructure information is spread across multiple systems or incomplete, a holistic overview is impossible. 

IT documentation simplifies everyday IT tasks and makes them faster, less risky, and more efficient. Good IT documentation allows you to achieve significantly greater transparency because dependencies are immediately apparent. Structural bottlenecks and risk points are easier to identify and eliminate. Documentation helps you to achieve key goals more quickly, like rectifying faults faster or working more efficiently with finite resources. Overall, you can ensure that your IT department performs well and runs smoothly and that critical business processes are properly supported – even in times of constant change.

How does professional IT documentation align with company culture, practices and existing tools?

Professional IT documentation aligns with company culture, practices, and tools by offering customizable solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing workflows and infrastructure. It adapts to organizational needs, ensuring more efficient processes, improved collaboration, and providing a solid basis for greater IT security and sustainability. By supporting industry-specific requirements and being compatible with a wide range of tools, professional IT documentation enhances productivity while maintaining consistency with company standards.

How can IT documentation software help you comply with government regulations?

IT documentation software helps ensure compliance with government regulations by providing a centralized system to track and manage infrastructure, assets, and processes. It enables accurate record-keeping and easy access to critical information required for regulatory reporting. Automated updates ensure that documentation stays current with the latest compliance standards. This reduces the risk of non-compliance and improves overall data security and governance.

For more information on achieving compliance with sustainability regulations, read our free Expert Paper “The Path to Sustainability and Carbon Neutrality in IT Infrastructure Management”. Show internal stakeholders and external auditors how IT, network, and data center infrastructures are key contributors to meeting regulatory obligations and maintaining compliance.

 

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