asset management software

xAssets Network Discovery enables organisations of all sizes to discover their network quickly without side effects. The product includes a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) allowing Hardware Inventory, IT Asset Management, Software Asset Management and Software Licence Compliance from within a single browser based application.

IT Professionals including Network Managers, Security Specialists and Software Asset Managers benefit from the comprehensive discovery and centralised CMDB that is provided by xAssets Network Discovery. The central repository can load data collected by xAssets Discovery technologies, allows manual data entry of non-discoverable assets, allows the import of data from any other systems or documents and also includes Integration to Microsoft SMS, Active Directory and some other discovery and ITAM tools in the "out of the box" package.

This gives a holistic view of the entire network.

xAssets Network Discovery is unique because it is not limited by the restrictions of traditional agentless technologies and yet does not deploy resident agents on network devices. This allows the product to achieve the benefits of agent based discovery tools without the need to deploy an agent on every desktop and server. The product uses a combination of advanced discovery technologies including WMI, Remote Registry, Local Discovery Processing without Resident Agents, SNMP and customised client side scripts.

For SMEs the product offers the fastest route to a complete network inventory including the Software Licence Compliance position. Often this can be achieved within a few hours of installation.

Large Enterprises benefit from the configuration options and scalability offered by the product. Complex and unusual requirements can be met, new business functions can be added to the product. Access to the "nuts and bolts" of the discovery engine allows a strategic and balanced approach to network discovery in large and complex networks.

The latest Microsoft.NET technology is used to provide a Browser Based Application running on Windows 2003 Server with an accessible Microsoft Sql Server Database. The product is available as a Hosted Installation or as a Local Server based Installation.

The discovery process uses a wide variety of discovery techniques to collect Hardware and Software information from assets across the network including the following:

Software Recognition in xAssets Network Discovery is complemented by a manual recognition process. We receive unrecognised software lists from customers on a regular basis, and these items are manually investigated by our staff and added to the software recognition database. xAssets feeds software recognition data to your local installation or hosted installation on a regular basis, so unrecognised software is always dealt with in a timely and efficient manner.

xAssets Network Discovery is priced per discovered node with a base number of users included. Additional licensing for concurrent or named users is available. The pricing is designed to make the software accessible to companies of all sizes and our current user base ranges from companies with 200 computers to companies with over 30,000 computers.

xAssets Network Discovery is based on the xAssets Enterprise Framework, which is the most configurable and scalable Asset Management Software on the market. Menu items, queries, profiles, integrations, data movements, triggers, business rules, reports, forms and processes can be configured from within the user interface. This flexibility makes the software ideal for large enterprises with complex requirements, whilst also providing the flexibility for SMEs to adjust the system to meet their exact requirements.

SMEs choose xAssets Network Discovery for the following reasons:

In addition to the points above, Large Enterprises and Public Sector choose xAssets Network Discovery for the following reasons: