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PHP: Querying Dell AssetService webservice to retrieve asset information

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If you are reading this article because you stumbled upon my blog looking for information on a completely unrelated subject, you'll probably wonder what this is about. On the other hand, if you were specifically looking for information on how to query Dell's AssetService via PHP, this post will tell you exactly what to do! Sept. 2015 update: this tutorial no longer works since Dell have updated their systems. If you manage to make it work please let us know what you did! Dell is one of the top IT hardware supplier for professionals. The organization I currently work for has been working with Dell for over a decade: we have hundreds of Dell laptops, desktop PCs, screens, videoprojectors and whatnot. As it turns out, Dell makes use of a particular serial code that is assigned to each of the products they manufacture: it's called the "service tag". The service tag can be found in at least three locations: - on a label physically stuck on the item (see