This diploma thesis deals with registration of hardware in the banking environment which is typical of its limitations. The goal of the thesis is to design a system for automated hardware management that complies with all aspects of this environment. The first step to achieve the goal is a selection of development methodology and its adaptation to the nature if the project. The chosen methodology helps to understand and to define the system requirements in terms of future users. According to the requirements there is performed analysis of the market. The result of this analysis confirms the need for designing of a custom solution. For its development is mainly used scripting language PowerShell 2.0, supplemented by SQLite database system. Fully functional system which should decrease the time overhead and improve the quality of the services provided to our internal customers, is the main contribution of the thesis. Finally, after deployment of the system to the operation, is assessed suitability of the chosen methodology and evaluated success of the whole thesis.

This thesis is a study about the difficulties managing software assets within larger organizations.Software Asset Management (SAM) is a fairly new practice which has started to be used byorganizations in order to track and manage software assets throughout their life cycle. Existingliterature states that organizations have challenges with the increasing complexity, which comesalong when buying software products from manufacturers. However, the lack of academicresearch, due to the rapid development of technology has been limited. The purpose of this paperis to explore the challenges that large organizations are confronted with when managing softwareassets. A mixed study approach was conducted with main focus on a qualitative approach,where five persons with mainly long experience in Software Asset Management, whereinterviewed. In addition, a survey was sent out to employees who work with IT, to capture ageneral aspect on the topic. The findings of the study include the identified challenges of SAM,which are divided in four main areas. Further, the paper highlights the importance and success ofSoftware Asset Management.