IT Asset
Any financially valuable component that can contribute to the delivery of an IT product or service.
Impact
Managing assets prevents theft, waste, and license compliance fines.
Weinto take
Don't confuse Assets with Configuration Items (CIs). An Asset is about Ownership (Cost, Depreciation, Contract). A CI is about Operation (Relationship, Status, Impact). We track Assets for the CFO and CIs for the SRE. They are different views of the same reality.