LicenseWatch Framework
The framework is the foundation in the LicenseWatch suite
of products. LicenseWatch FrameWork ensures that the IT-
organization has the complete overview of all software and
hardware assets in the organization. With LicenseWatch FrameWork,
the basic knowledge of software, hardware and infrastructure
is centralized within a single management console. This
will free up resources for other projects and save money
at the same time.
Software Inventory
The LicenseWatch FrameWork delivers out-of-the-box information’s
about the whole software installation in the organization.
The Software inventory data can be collected within preset
time intervals or anytime a user logs on. All data are collected
in real-time, which enable the administrator to search for
relevant software installation on the fly.
LicenseWatch FrameWork software inventory benefits:
Software and software version installed on every single
desktop or server – Advanced hyper features for scanning
software which are installed in Windows Registry, on CD-ROM
drive, floppy drive and on the hard disk or any applications
running as a process.
Configurable file scanning – Scanning for all types of files
(by name, extension, date, time, size and attributes).
Patch level on every desktops or servers.
Supports ITIL based software groups
Difference between installed software and the actual purchase
– Compliance (See LicenseWatch Software License Manager)
Advanced alias rules to secure that the company only pays
for the installed amount of software licenses.
Multi segmentation of all software on organizational level,
geographical level and by Active Directory (See LicenseWatch
Integration for Active Directory).
Recognizes more than 200.000 applications.
Advanced software inventory reporting.
See LicenseWatch integration with Microsoft System Management
Server 2003 – LicenseWatch SMS Option.
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Basic Hardware Inventory
Hardware information will be collected from all desktops,
servers, printers and other peripheral equipment in your
organization. This information is very useful when the company
is upgrading/migrating desktops or servers with new software
and wants to ensure that all necessary hardware requirements
are met. The information can also be of great help in the
daily support where LicenseWatch FrameWork is an effective
support tool for quick diagnostics of all desktops or servers.
LicenseWatch FrameWork integrates with most of the industry
leading remote control solutions.
All hardware can be assigned to segments; this will help
the administrator to organize desktops and servers into
groups. This ensures that the actual installation can be
displayed on a divisional/departmental or geographical level.
By using these advanced features the organization gains
an effective administration of department divided budgets.
LicenseWatch FrameWork reporting facilities will quickly
show the complete overview of the organizations hardware
configuration.
LicenseWatch FrameWork hardware inventory benefits:
Configurable and 100% adjustable hardware inventory - full-blown
Microsoft WMI support – Information about all workstations
in your organization (Processor/CPU type, clock frequencies,
memory, graphics cards, free space on hard drives, network
cards, BIOS, PC name/hostnames, models/manufacturers, serial
numbers, etc.) More than 70 predefined hardware information.
User defined fields – Enables complete customization of
input fields for matching the organizations needs.
Hardware segmentation on divisional level, geographical
level or by Active Directory.
In combination with the module LicenseWatch IT Asset Manager
registration of any type of IT assets (handheld devices,
local printers, monitors, etc).
Advanced security and scanning options for all organizational
levels.
Effective tool for migration and upgrade projects.
Advanced hardware inventory reporting.
See LicenseWatch integration with Microsoft System Management
Server 2003 – LicenseWatch SMS Option.
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Segmentation
LicenseWatch FrameWork comes with an industry leading method
of visualizing complex segmentation structures. Many organizations
use Active Directory for grouping desktops into structures
for easy access to data (desktops, users, departments, etc.).
The LicenseWatch segmentation structure supports Active
Directory, but the LicenseWatch does not limit the administrator
to only work with one segmentation structure. LicenseWatch
support multi segmentation structures for easy access to
software and hardware information on fx. organizational
levels, geographical levels or any other way the administrator
whish to group desktops and users.
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Reporting
LicenseWatch FrameWork includes 100’s of reports for software
and hardware analysis.
LicenseWatch advanced reporting capabilities includes:
Hardware reports – 100’s of reports
Software reports – Software compliance on any level in the
organization
Software reports – Software usage (Metering Passive)
Software reports – Software – Concurrent usage (Metering
Active)
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Exporting
All reports and data including software, hardware and workstations
can be exported for further manipulation in other solutions
including:
Data warehouses
Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
Enterprise Resource Planning systems
Microsoft Excel
Other database types Oracle, DB2, etc.
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Administrative Users and Configuration
LicenseWatch configuration engine controls more than 3000
different ways to manipulate the complete LicenseWatch suite
(The LicenseWatch FrameWork and all 8 LicenseWatch modules).
From the configuration engine the administrator may control:
Access rights for all administrative LicenseWatch users
System Settings
Controlling the LicenseWatch agent
Definition schemes for software and hardware
General overall system settings
Software License administration
IT Assets administration
WEB interface administration
Compliance configuration
Alarm and email configuration – See LicenseWatch Notification
Packages handling (Collected data)
Error log
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LicenseWatch Agent
The LicenseWatch agent is the smallest on the marked with
a size of less than 180K of memory and the overhead is 3-5%
when scanning hardware and software. The agent is installed
on all desktops and servers or can work as an agent less
technology without implementing the agent.
LicenseWatch FrameWork integrates with Microsoft System
Management Server 2003. When integrating with SMS 2003,
LicenseWatch FrameWork will use Microsoft SMS agent, but
also supports multi agent collectors in the same enterprise
environment (SMS agents and LicenseWatch agents).
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