Express Software Manager

 

Software Inventory

If you're like most IT professionals, you may have limited insight into what software is deployed within your environment—much less whether it's properly licensed. Express Software Manager discovers and identifies all the software installed on your Microsoft Windows desktops, laptops, and servers, taking the guesswork out of what's installed across your network. Better yet, it automatically reconciles discovered applications with purchasing details, so you know where you're underlicensed and at risk in the event of an audit.

 

Unlike most other IT asset management products, Express Software Manager uses a propriety software identification database to recognize the countless executables found on your network, and turns that raw data into complete and reliable reports. With a unique emphasis on software licensing, Express Software Manager's software inventory reports give you exactly the information you need to prepare for software audits, ensure license compliance, and make informed decisions about your software investments.

 

With Express Software Manager's software inventory reports, you can:

- Discover and identify the software installed across your network

- Stay compliant with license agreements by uncovering unlicensed copies of installed software (learn more)

- Identify what's newly installed—and potentially harmful—on your network

- Track purchasing details related to software licenses (learn more)

- Maintain compliance in virtual environments by easily identifying virtual operating systems and, in Microsoft environments, their hosts (learn more)

 

Hardware Inventory

Express Software Manager offers rich hardware inventory functionality to help you track and manage your PCs and servers thoughout the hardware lifecycle. With Express Software Manager, you can rapidly inventory all the machines in your network and obtain both summary level and detailed reports on their attributes, configurations, and capabilities. Express Software Manager also makes it easy to assign and allocate hardware assets to individuals and organizational groups, as well as track purchasing data corresponding with your deployed hardware.

 

With Express Software Manager's hardware inventory capabilities, you can:

- Discover all the PCs and hardware deployed across your network

- Analyze machine characteristics such as processor type and speed, memory, disk space, network card address, manufacturer, serial number, and more

- Track unlimited purchasing information associated with deployed hardware such as PO details, lease numbers and expiration dates, location information, and more

- Manage the hardware refresh cycle by determining which systems needs to be upgraded or replaced

- Plan for technology migrations by evaluating PC configurations and capabilities

- Troubleshoot remote PC issues by extending machine configuration data to support staff

License Compliance

Express Software Manager offers comprehensive license compliance capabilities to help you prepare for software audits and monitor your compliance status in an automated fashion. Express Software Manager discovers and identifies the software installed across your network, reconciles those applications with purchasing data and license counts, and pinpoints exactly which installed applications require more licenses—so you can correct your license deficits before you get audited. Unlike most other software license management products, Express Software Manager uses a propriety software identification database to recognize the countless executables found on your network. That's why you'll find that Express Software Manager's license compliance reports are more complete and reliable than technology that relies on other methods such as file header identification or registry analysis. (Learn more about software identification.)

 

With Express Software Manager, you can:

- Stay compliant with license agreements by uncovering unlicensed copies of installed software

- Calculate true-up costs associated with your current compliance status

- Enforce peak usage limits for concurrently licensed applications

- Maintain compliance in virtual environments by easily identifying virtual operating systems and, in Microsoft environments, their hosts

 

Software Usage Metering

Express Software Manager provides comprehensive and detailed software usage statistics so you can avoid purchasing and supporting applications that aren't being utilized. By identifying unused software, you can reallocate copies to users who truly need them, or renegotiate software contracts so they reflect actual usage—saving your organization significant amounts of money.

 

With Express Software Manager's software metering capabilities, you can:

- Determine how often (and by whom) specific applications are being used

- Identify unused and underutilized licenses * Monitor the use of unauthorized, harmful, or "nuisance" applications

- Collect detailed software usage statistics including start time, stop time, idle time, and peak usage

- Track usage statistics for applications launched via Windows Terminal Server or Citrix XenApp server