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Pavlína Krajčíková

ALVAO Inspiration Day 2026: Clarity in Everyday IT Operations

On April 16, 2026, we came together once again at Microsoft’s Prague headquarters. Nearly 200 IT professionals—customers, partners, and peers—met to share what truly works in everyday IT operations.

Pavlína Krajčíková

10.5.2026

3 minutes of reading

Top 5 ITSM Alternatives to ALVAO in 2026

Whether you’re comparing tools or considering a switch, it helps to see what the market offers and where the differences really matter. In this article, we take a closer look at five popular ITSM solutions and show how ALVAO stands in comparison.

Pavlína Krajčíková

31.5.2026

1 minute of reading

ALVAO + Microsoft 365: Complete Integration Hub for ITSM & ITAM

Microsoft 365 gives you the foundation, but IT processes often remain disconnected. Tickets, devices, assets, and workflows run side by side, leading to more manual work and less confidence in your data. This guide shows how ALVAO connects everything into one consistent flow, so your IT stays...

Pavlína Krajčíková

28.5.2026

3 minutes of reading

Best Free IT Asset Management Software (2026): Free Plans Compared

This guide focuses specifically on free ITAM plans: what they actually offer, where they help, and where they fall short. We compare tools like ALVAO Free Plan, and others, and explain when a free plan is enough.

Pavlína Krajčíková

14.6.2026

5 minutes of reading

Signs Manual IT Asset Tracking No Longer Works

Your IT team tracks every laptop, monitor, and license in a spreadsheet. The data looks fine until someone asks where a specific device is or who owns it. That's the moment the cracks show. If you're running IT asset management on spreadsheets and manual processes, certain warning signs tell you...

Pavlína Krajčíková

2.8.2026

5 minutes of reading

9 Things to Know Before Automating Hardware Inventory

Spreadsheets have a way of multiplying. One tracker becomes five, then ten, and suddenly your IT team spends more time cross-referencing Excel files than actually managing assets. If you're considering the switch to automated IT asset management, you're already ahead of the curve.

Pavlína Krajčíková

1.9.2026

5 minutes of reading

What Is IT Asset Management for Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials certification asks you to account for every device and piece of software on your network. That means you can't answer the assessment questions accurately if you don't know what you have, where it is, and who's responsible for it. IT asset management for Cyber Essentials gives you...

Pavlína Krajčíková

5.7.2026

5 minutes of reading