Vector IT Asset Management Solutions
Asset Discovery, Inventory and Mapping
Creating the foundation for successful IT asset management

Call (800) 330-5035 now to discuss your requirements
Outside the US and Canada? Call +1 (770) 622-2850

Business Needs Answered

Organizations use this solution to -

  • Generate a foundation of asset information on which to base all IT Asset Management activities.
  • Generate and maintain information to be used in real-time to support IT Service Management activities.
  • Establish, possibly for the first time, an accurate audit of network and desktop assets.

Call +1 770-622-2850 now to discuss your requirements

Customer Perspectives

Few organizations have the luxury of totally standardized platforms of desktop and network connectivity devices. Most experience continuous growth resulting in a heterogeneous environment.

Managing such an environment efficiently needs a foundation of accurate, detailed and continuously updated information that describes the organization's assets.

The more accurate the information, the more comprehensive, successful and productive will be the program of asset management activities that can be undertaken. Conversely, every reduction from the maximum of asset data accuracy progressively undermines the asset management role.

It is preferable to generate and maintain that information for as many significant classes of asset as possible using one integrated tool.

Solution Essentials

  • The solution automatically discovers and interrogates your networked PCs, and populates and refreshes a SQL-compatible database with rich and accurate information on each system's hardware and configuration.
  • The solution analyses the installed software in each PC using a unique 'Triple Pass' method to maximize recognition accuracy and scope.
  • A Web-based version of the Client software enables remote PCs to be inventoried too. And the network Client can be deployed in a one-shot mode or installed permanently for frequent refresh of the database.
  • The solution discovers SNMP-enabled network hardware and creates a map of the network, including correlating PCs to particular ports on the relevant network device.
  • The solution's Web-based Reporting Portal provides drill-down reports, organized in sets around your business needs. Output is available in all popular formats (.PDF, .XLS, etc) and can be emailed from within the report interface.
  • The reports provide operational and strategic decision support information, drawing on both current status and change history data, and answer a wide range of practical and commercial asset-related questions. Examples -
    • Which PCs would support upgrade to Vista?
    • Which PCs are running below 1G of free disk space?
    • Have any PCs had a change of memory size in the last week?
    • What application software do we have installed?
    • Do we have sufficient licenses for all our Microsoft/Oracle/Adobe/etc software?
    • Are all my installed copies of Application X of precisely the same version?
    • When was Application X last updated on the PCs in a particular department?

    If these are the sorts of questions you need answering, then why not explore the Report Suite on-line.

To explore Vector's Discovery and Mapping Solution, Download a Free 30-Day Trial

Available for MSDE, SQL Server and Oracle

Out of the box, this solution will automatically create an initial evaluation database using MSDE, enabling you to evaluate the capabilities without needing to allocate managed SQL Server resources. Conversion over to SQL Server is simple and automated. Some larger organizations have standardization of all database applications around Oracle, and these customers should consult their Vector Solution provider for information and guidance on configuration of their Oracle database.

Complementary Solutions

The most commonly requested complementary solution is Software Inventory, Compliance and Optimization, which adds continuous software usage monitoring and the Application Package Policy Manager (PPM). PPM facilitates estimation of your application license requirements and then compares the ideal with the reality of your current deployed software. Compliance and Optimization is tightly integrated with Asset Discovery and Mapping in Vector's Asset Management Pro Solution.

If efficient (re)deployment of applications and application updates is a separate problem that you would like solved with a tightly integrated extension to your foundation asset management tool, then we invite you to evaluate the combination of conventional software distribution and advanced application streaming in Vector's Application Provisioning Solution.

Further Information and Resources

If you prefer to review information before downloading a trial copy of the Inventory, Compliance and Optimization solution, the following resources are available to you -

  • On-line Screenshot Gallery of the Asset Management Console.
  • On-line Screenshot Gallery of the Reporting Portal.
  • On-line Reporting Portal with sample data - unlimited access time.
  • White Paper on Software Identification Methodology.
  • For a no-obligation review of your business needs and Vector's solutions family, call now on +1 770-622-2850.

Or download the fully functional 30-day trial.