ComplianceConsole’s Data Center Edition builds on the capability of Professional Edition, but takes the management of complex server based applications to the next level. Enhanced capability allows a clear audit trail to be constructed for vendors, including:
Data Center Edition’s easy to use interface and options allows products to be identified, reconciled and tracked:
Virtual Machines – Virtual Machines are linked to physical assets to allow the correct licensing rules to be applied.
Audit Scripts – An extensive library of audit scripts is available to pull the necessary information required for auditing applications. These can be used in conjunction with existing inventory technology to build a complete picture of product usage which can be measured against the correct licensing metrics.
Server/ Application Administrator Panel – Developed to support compliance reporting, where electronic scanning is not possible, Data Center Editions user interface allows administrators to log-in and manage their own servers on a manual basis making it possible to reconcile software with entitlement in even the most secure environments.
Knowledge Library – An extensive Knowledge Library is available to users, cataloguing ‘How to’ approaches for a large number of vendors and products. These step by step guides take the local administrator though how to audit servers, and which scripts to use, in order to gather the information required needed to establish a compliance position and deliver better Software Asset Management.
Consolidated View –Data Center Edition brings all servers together for a consolidated view on data centre software making it easy to identify unused applications and overpayments for maintenance. Vendor audits are no longer as time consuming, with readily available reports demonstrating the compliance position for traditionally difficult to establish vendors, and a clear audit trail showing how results were achieved.
Using this service has allowed us to rationalise our software assets and we now no longer worry about vendor audits.
Markus Grad - CEO, StockshiftersCopyright © 2009 Concorde.