Novell ZENworks Asset Management
Complete, Integrated Asset Management for Novell ZENworks Configuration Management
Novell ZENworks® Asset Management allows you to track and manage all of your license agreements—along with all the associated entitlements, costs, consumption, and compliance issues—as a fully integrated piece of your ZENworks Configuration Management solution or as a standalone product.
Overview
Novell ZENworks Asset Management provides a single repository for all platforms and types of licenses. It can record and report complex license scenarios and adjustments in the license repository (versus cumbersome spreadsheets). It gives your organization comprehensive visibility into under-utilized and unused entitlements and can record and consolidate summary license data from acquisitions. Finally, it provides that all-important "complete view" of metrics and status reporting for proving license compliance.
Features and Benefits
Know what assets you have
ZENworks Asset Management is ready to help you get a handle on every IT asset in your company. This includes a powerful new ZENworks Reporting Server that integrates licensing, installation, and usage data. It also includes flexible license allocation capabilities that allow you to assign software licenses across specific departments, sites, cost centers or workstations. Learn More +
License management
With ZENworks Asset Management, you can now track and manage all your license agreements and related entitlements, cost, consumption, and compliance regardless of the platform license model or term. Replace all those spreadsheets, gain unprecedented visibility into unused entitlements, and make all your licenses pull their weight. Learn More +
Informed purchasing
Knowing exactly which software assets are being used—and how frequently—gives you enormous power when you negotiate with vendors. With ZENworks Asset Management, you'll know exactly what you need or don't need from them. And you'll know whether it's worth anything to you for them to throw in another software license. Learn More +
Recognition technology
ZENworks Asset Management features a sophisticated recognition engine that goes far beyond simply scanning hard drives and displaying a list of raw executable files. Instead, an advanced auto-discovery process carefully analyzes the software on your hard drives and checks it against an extensive application knowledgebase to accurately identify all the software running on your systems. Learn More +
Software reconciliation
ZENworks Asset Management can tell you exactly what software is running in your organization, give you a complete, accurate view of all your software licenses, reveal how software inventories and licensing data relate to each other and automate the complex process of reconciling installed products with purchased licenses. Learn More +
Control your IT budget
ZENworks Asset Management helps you improve the accuracy and timeliness of the IT budgeting process. A powerful new ZENworks Reporting Server provides a flexible custom reporting interface with powerful filtering and formatting capabilities and more than 1,500 reporting objects. These reporting tools can help you identify trends and accurately assess which licenses and contracts need to be extended. This sophisticated trend analysis also makes it possible to accurately plan for expenditures and reduce help desk costs. Learn More +
