Information asset placer

A method for placement of information assets within an information technology (IT) environment, the method comprising:

• discovering, via a networked IT infrastructure of the IT environment, a first piece of information about an information asset within the IT environment;
• determining, based at least in part on the first piece of information, a first characteristic of an ideal location for the information asset;
• determining, using a first locational schema for IT environment locations, a first characteristic of a first location in the IT environment;
• determining compatibility of the information asset with the first location by comparing the first characteristic of the ideal location to the first characteristic of the first location;
• reporting the compatibility to a user;
• determining, using the first locational schema, compatibility of the information asset with a second location in the IT environment;
• and
• suggesting, based at least in part on the determined compatibilities, a placement of the information asset as between the first and second locations;
• wherein:
• at least the determination of the compatibility between the information asset and the first location is performed by computer software running on computer hardware.