New services that provide strategic and tactical guidance through short, focused services have been announced by a vendor-neutral provider of IT asset management and service management consulting, Animus Solutions. These offerings, as stand-alone engagements, discern choices that lead to best practice and identify the path that best fits the organization's strengths and interests.

The Program Review service focuses on Process-to-Automation Match, Software Asset Management, Hardware Asset Management or Shelfware Evaluation. Experienced Animus consultants, with the Animus Solutions' methodology, assess resources, data and systems to deliver practical best practice recommendations.

Offering executives an intense knowledge update to empower strategic planning for the business of IT, an Executive Briefing has also been added. Both offerings are ideal for organizations seeking guidance with a limited budget.

Animus Solutions also announced that Walter Darrough is now Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Being most recently a Knowledge Executive and Program Advisor for IAITAM, Mr. Darrough, has twenty-five years of IT experience focused on the Financial, Retail, Health Care, Energy, Government, Services and Transportation industries. Walter is an advocate for business practices within IT and has participated in the development and implementation of effective ITAM strategies.

President and CEO of Animus Solutions, Phara McLachlan, also announced that current Animus Solutions' executive Jenny Schuchert has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications.

Ms. McLachlan declared: "Rolling out these changes is an important statement for Animus Solutions." She added: "The mission for this company is to implement practical solutions through experience-rich professionals. With this leadership team, we have experience at all levels as well as a strong customer focus. I am proud to say that our services catalog is the most flexible and diverse set of offerings in our segment of the industry."