Which IT Asset Tracking Software???
24 January 2003, 11:02 AM
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I'm looking for a software package/solution which will remotely log installed applications and PC names for each PC on my domain. These include 95/98/2000 and XP machines.
The most important requirement is it must be executed remotely, even on 95/98 machines. We don't have the resources to visit each machine individually.
Anybody help?? Or know of a package? Budget of around £3,000 - £4,000.
The most important requirement is it must be executed remotely, even on 95/98 machines. We don't have the resources to visit each machine individually.
Anybody help?? Or know of a package? Budget of around £3,000 - £4,000.
24 January 2003, 02:29 PM
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Have a look at http://www.richmondsys.co.uk/richmon.../assetdesk.htm
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24 January 2003, 06:30 PM
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Sounds like you need an application logging tool rather than a full asset management system. OpenView will do it but costs a lot, alternatively we deploy SMS for software inventory. For some reason I seem to remember that there's a way of using the AD to track applications, I think the guys at my customer in Holland use this method and it cost the very little to create.
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25 January 2003, 01:09 AM
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Rik, we provide an asset manager package that will do what u r after and more (hardware inventory, fault logging etc), mail me off line if you are interested and i will give u the details
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27 January 2003, 09:32 AM
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The fault logging isn't necessary. The only reason we haven't already bought one of the systems we've looked at already is because they do too much, and therefore cost far too much. One quote was for £70 per PC!!!
1500 x £70 = £105,000!!! LMAO when he quoted me that.
1500 x £70 = £105,000!!! LMAO when he quoted me that.
27 January 2003, 03:29 PM
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One cheapy solution, utilised widely the world over, is to employ a monkey to do it for you. Give them a clipboard and a pen...
Joolz
[Edited by jbryant - 1/27/2003 3:29:51 PM]
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[Edited by jbryant - 1/27/2003 3:29:51 PM]
27 January 2003, 03:36 PM
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Presumably the price of a PC literate monkey, or even that of training a monkey to be PC literate would far surpass that of a cheap automated software package.
Wouldn't it?
Wouldn't it?
27 January 2003, 04:20 PM
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We use Visual Audit pro. if I recall correctly it was cheap. The audit runs in our nt login script. The program is customisable so that it only runs every x days and if its not one of those days it just terminates, does not need installing anywhere and once setup properly runs like a charm. Download an eval 5 pc demo version from www.visionsoft.com
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