Network Auditing Software
Many organizations need to know what do their LAN's contain and how do they function. This looks funny; however, there is certain sence in this curiosity. The problem is that the corporate IT infrastructure is developed and supported by the IT team leader, and the management rarely sink into the network architecture principles used by the professional who designed the network.
If the chief IT specialist leaves the company, i.e. the company hires another professional to develop the network infrastructure of the organization, that new professional starts developing the network using his own rules or architectural efforts. Finally the organization might come to a situation when nobody actually knows in detail how is the company IT infrastructure designed and what are the network design principles. In this case the organization should do the full audit of the entire network, and this is the situation when the network auditing software is used.
What software programs should be chosen as the network auditing software? The very first product that should be used in this case is a network inventory software. This program inspects the network for workstations, servers and devices connected to it and gets all possible information for each item, for example, CPU model and speed, OS name and version, amount of physical memory, etc. installed on each individual machine.
After retrieving this information, the software saves it in a centralized database, helping the network guy not only access the database later, but also creating a basis for the network configuration change history that can be build after multiple scans of the network. It also helps the network guy to build consolidated reports including detailed characteristics of all networked items found.
One of the best software titles of this kind is Asset Tracker for Networks. Please use the links below to get more information about this software or download the free evaluation version of this application:
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