Equipment Management

Equipment includes workstations, printers, servers, network devices, .... 

• They are identified in the equipment inventory :
  • by automatic insertion, if they are detected by an inventory tool;  manually if the tool can not detect them.
• They relate to the models defined in the equipment catalog. Each equipment has model characteristics.
   

Available Features

• Report of anomalies for equipment detected by the inventory tool but not found in the inventory .
• Reports of equipment financial monitoring. 
• Monitoring of equipment regarding Green IT: assessment of the computer equipment power consumption, equipment recycling management.

Software and Licenses Management

A license is linked to a software, but these are 2 different concepts.

• Software: set of programs / processes / rules running instructions on the computer.
  • Software are managed in a catalog, to be updated automatically by an inventory tool, or manually if they are not detected.
  • Each software is physically installed on a desktop or related to a user through light client type environment application (web application or Citrix).

• License: Contractual document outlining the terms and conditions of use and dissemination of a software, and conferring the right to use a version of the latter.
  • Licenses are managed manually through inventory.
  • They relate to a reference in the software catalog.  Each license has characteristics of the reference.
     

Available Features

• Definition of the rules for software detection used by the inventory tool: search from a combination of executables and/or components, with keys stored in the registry database, ...
• Management of license types: licenses packages, licenses covered, licenses, servers, ...
• Definition of installation types: list of the required software on a desktop based on usage requirements.
• Decision-making reports to reduce the operating costs of computer equipment licenses.

Contracts Management

Contracts are managed manually in an inventory.

• Only the contracts relating to computer equipment are identified.
• They relate to a reference in the contracts catalog. Each contract has the
  reference characteristics.
   

Available Features

• Management of contract categories: subscription, insurance, maintenance, leasing, ...
• Reports to monitor the renewal dates and monthly payment amounts for current contracts.

Life Cycles

• Equipment life cycle

• Consumable life cycle

• License life cycle

• Contract life cycle