Centennial Discovery's
hybrid agent technology ensures that, no matter
where in the world IT assets are located, or
which platform they are running on, IT and
business managers have full visibility of the
entire network. Any new hardware or software
added to the network is automatically recognized
and added to the asset repository.
Whether the aim is to take control of
software licensing, drive down IT costs or
ensure that projects are brought in on time and
under budget, Discovery provides a baseline of
dynamically-updated asset information across the
entire network.
Why Centennial Discovery?
- No other IT audit solution offers the
breadth and depth of auditing features
required maintain full visibility and
control of the network:
- 100% visibility –
discover all IP-addressable hardware on the
network, including PCs, servers, switches,
network printers and other devices
- Network visualization -
graphically map the network to understand
the distribution and dependency of IT assets
- Dynamic – know about
changes to the network as they happen,
without the need for scheduled audits
- Multi-platform – track
hardware and software across all major
enterprise platforms, including Windows,
Linux, Unix, Mac OSX and AIX
- Remote auditing – keep
tabs on all IT assets anywhere in the
organization, whether in an office or
remotely-connected to the network
- Collaboration working -
share audit information with multiple
colleagues and create personalized web-based
views of key reports
- Increase Knowledge of Your
Software
- Drive Down Costs
- Achieve and Maintain
Compliance
- Improve IT Governance
Achieve Software Asset Management (SAM) and
license compliance goals by reconciling license
entitlements against installed applications.
License Manager radically simplifies the task
of managing software entitlements with a single
solution for the discovery of software on the
network, recording and validating license
entitlements, and creating a dynamic best-fit
reconciliation.
License Manager Benefits:
- Increase knowledge of your software
estate and its usage – remain informed
on the volume, patch status, location,
licensing position and usage of your software
assets installed on your network.
- Drive down costs – prevent
unnecessary purchases or inflated
maintenance agreements by accurately
reconciling usage against entitlement.
- Achieve and maintain compliance –
ensure that software usage does not exceed
licenses held. Prove compliance with
accurate reports.
- Improve IT governance – manage
the complete lifecycle of software assets,
from procurement to disposal
Why Centennial License Manager?
License Manager is the most intuitive,
flexible solution for managing desktop license
compliance across the organization:
-
NEW! – Bulk import
of licensing data – save time with
automatic uploading of licensing information
from Microsoft CLP reports
-
NEW! – Integrated
software discovery – License Manager now
includes the Centennial Discovery solution
to provide timely and accurate software
inventory information from across the
network
-
NEW! – Support for
Microsoft license models – License
Manager supports Microsoft CALs, including
per device, per user and per processor
licensing
- License capture wizards – simply
follow on-screen instructions to provide a
full audit trail of your software license
entitlement and cross reference to the
physical evidence.
- Direct Software audit data import –
import asset data directly from
Centennial Discovery™ with no
need for third-party data cleansers or
converters
- Automatic Vendor SKU recognition –
no need for manual matching of invoice items
to vendor SKUs (where applicable) reducing
the risk of transposition errors or other
inaccuracies.
- Upgrade & downgrade rights management
– intelligent rules for automatically
calculating software upgrade and downgrade
rights
- Multiple OU’s and sites – manage
multiple organizational units and office
locations through a single system
- Enterprise role-based SAM –
create
multiple data entry users to
capture proof of entitlement in the field
while ensuring only the approved
compliance manager/s are able to
access the current license compliance
position for each vendor.
- Easy export options – populate
Licensing Statements and other forms quickly
with live data from License Manager
