Personal Investment Guide

I'm looking for a asset management solution for our school network. Our main concerns are keeping track of PCs and what sofware/hardware is installed.
It would be great if these came in the same app, but price is a concern, since we are a school and free would be the best option.
I'm familiar with Spiceworks, [...]

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U.S. Treasury to Hire Up to 10 Asset Management Firms (Update1)
By Rebecca Christie and Robert Schmidt
Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. plans to hire five to 10 asset-management firms as Secretary Henry Paulson establishes the government’s new office for handling the financial bailout, a Treasury official said.
The department will also add about two dozen new [...]