Cloud Services ITAM · NMS · Monitoring

Know what you own and know it's up .

Most IT estates are a guess: spreadsheets that are out of date the moment they're saved, and outages found out from angry users. Billow's IT asset management and network monitoring (NMS) services give you an accurate, live picture of every hardware and software asset — and 24/7 eyes on the networks and systems that run them.

  • Hardware & software asset tracking
  • Network & systems monitoring (NMS)
  • Lifecycle, license & warranty
  • Proactive 24/7 alerting

Overview

What is IT asset management and network monitoring?

IT asset management (ITAM) is the practice of tracking and managing hardware and software assets across their full lifecycle, and network monitoring (NMS) is the continuous watching of networks and systems for availability, performance and health. Together they give you an accurate picture of what you own and live assurance that it's working.

 

The two problems are related. Most organizations don't have a reliable answer to "what do we actually have, and is it all up right now?" Assets get bought, moved, retired and forgotten; licenses drift out of compliance; and outages are discovered from complaints instead of alerts. That blind spot costs money in waste, exposes you to security and audit risk, and turns every incident into a scramble.

 

Billow closes it. We discover and inventory every hardware and software asset, track it through procurement, deployment, maintenance and retirement, and keep license and warranty positions current. Then our network monitoring system watches the estate 24/7 — availability, performance and capacity — with proactive alerting, dashboards and reporting, so problems are caught early and every decision is made on real data instead of a stale spreadsheet.

What's included

Every asset tracked, every system watched

Our IT asset management and monitoring services cover the full picture — from discovering what you own to alerting you the moment something goes wrong.

Asset discovery & inventory

Using IT asset management software, we automatically discover and inventory every device, server and application — a single, accurate source of truth for what you own.

Hardware asset management

Track hardware through its lifecycle — location, condition, warranty and refresh — so nothing is lost, unpatched or kept past its time.

Software asset management (SAM)

Track installations and licenses so you're never over- or under-licensed, and stay compliant and audit-ready with every vendor.

Network monitoring system (NMS)

Continuous monitoring of network devices, servers and services — availability and health watched around the clock.

Performance & capacity monitoring

Track performance and utilization trends to catch degradation early and plan capacity before you run out of headroom.

Alerting, reporting & dashboards

Proactive alerts when something breaks, plus dashboards and reports that turn raw data into decisions on cost and risk.

Why ITAM & monitoring

You can't secure, budget for, or fix what you can't see.

An out-of-date asset list is a liability hiding in plain sight — unpatched devices, wasted licenses, and outages you learn about last. Visibility turns all three into things you control.

No security blind spots

Every device known and accounted for means no unmanaged, unpatched box becomes the way in.

Reclaim wasted spend

Find unused hardware and over-bought licenses and put them back to work — visibility pays for itself.

Catch it before users do

Proactive monitoring turns 2am outages into alerts you handle before anyone notices.

Audit-ready, always

Accurate inventory and license positions mean vendor audits and compliance reviews stop being fire drills.

Capabilities

One picture of assets and operations

We bring together asset management, monitoring and reporting integrated with your service desk and CMDB so nothing lives in a silo.

AM

Asset management (ITAM)

Hardware · software · SAM

Discovery, inventory and lifecycle tracking for every hardware and software asset, with license and warranty control.
NM

Network monitoring (NMS)

Availability · performance

Continuous monitoring of networks, servers and services with proactive alerting on health and performance.
CM

CMDB & reporting

Dashboards · integration

A single source of truth integrated with your service desk, plus dashboards and reports for cost, risk and capacity.

How we engage

From blind spots to full visibility

01

Discover

We scan and inventory the estate — hardware, software and network — to build one accurate, current source of truth.

02

Baseline

We reconcile licenses, warranties and lifecycles, and establish healthy performance baselines to alert against.

03

Monitor

We watch networks and systems 24/7 with proactive alerting, so issues are caught and escalated the moment they appear.

04

Optimize

We report on cost, risk and capacity, reclaim waste, and keep the inventory and monitoring accurate as the estate changes.

FAQ

Asset management & monitoring questions

IT asset management (ITAM) is the practice of tracking and managing an organization's hardware and software assets across their entire lifecycle — from procurement and deployment through maintenance and retirement. It gives you an accurate inventory of what you own, where it is, who uses it, what it costs, and when it needs renewing or replacing, so you can control spend, stay compliant and reduce risk.
A network monitoring system (NMS) continuously watches your network devices, servers and services — checking availability, performance and health — and alerts your team when something degrades or fails. Instead of finding out about an outage from users, an NMS catches issues early, often before they cause downtime, and gives you the data to diagnose and fix them quickly.
Hardware asset management tracks physical assets — laptops, servers, network gear — including their location, condition, warranty and lifecycle. Software asset management (SAM) tracks software installations and licenses, ensuring you have the right entitlements, aren't over- or under-licensed, and stay compliant with vendor agreements. Together they give you complete visibility and control over your IT estate.
You can't secure or budget for what you can't see. A complete, current asset inventory means unpatched or unknown devices don't become security blind spots, and unused or over-provisioned assets and licenses can be reclaimed to cut cost. Monitoring adds the operational layer — catching failures and performance issues early — so problems are fixed before they become outages or breaches.
Yes. We provide round-the-clock monitoring of networks, servers and systems with proactive alerting, so issues are detected and escalated as they happen rather than discovered after the fact. Monitoring is paired with reporting and dashboards so you have both real-time awareness and the trends to plan capacity and investment.

Related services

Works hand in hand with

Visibility feeds everything else. These are what most clients pair asset management and monitoring with.

Cloud Services

The full cloud practice this sits within — migration, DR, DevOps, FinOps and AI infrastructure across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Cloud Managed Services

Hosting is part of a wider managed cloud estate — monitoring, security, patching and cost across everything you run.

Licensing & Procurement

Software asset data feeds licensing — accurate inventory means the right entitlements, bought and renewed right.

Get started

Get eyes on every asset and every system.

Tell us how you track assets today — if it's a spreadsheet, we already know — and we'll show you what full ITAM and 24/7 monitoring would surface.