Software Auditing

Servers, workstations and computer software play an important role in the life of a modern corporation. Businesses now use (and buy) a lot of programs, and managing installed products and bought software licenses sometimes might be a pain.

Luckily there are programs that simplify this process. One of the recommended software auditing software titles on the Net, Asset Tracker for Networks, is designed to audit software installed on organization's computers, build the list of installations count and compare it to the number of licenses for each software title the company has purchased.

The software auditing routine in Asset Tracker for Networks is completely automated. You download this software from the Internet, install it to your workstation and click the Inventory Network menu item. After that the software inspects your network, finds all PC's connected and inventories each computer found for the list of software installed. For each software program found Asset Tracker finds out it's title, version, installation folder and in some cases other information, e.g. vendor name and support contacts. The total routine takes approx. 15-30 minutes for an average LAN and is fully automated, so Asset Tracker doesn't need any assistence from a human when working.

After all the data described above is gathered, the Asset Tracker shows it to the user in the human-readable way so the network administrator can see what software is installed on what PC's, compare it to the number of licenses the company has bought and output the results to the printer.

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