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Whether your requirement is license
compliance,
operating system
migration, network mergers
or improvements to your technology management,
the key
to any IT project's success is knowing
what you have to
work with.
FrontRange
Discovery: the KEY to building an
accurate view of your IT assets!
FrontRange Discovery
(formerly Centennial Discovery) includes a
unique software recognition engine and LANProbe
technology to discover installed software and hardware
that reside on your network. Also key is
FrontRange
Discovery's
ability to perform full system audits as frequently
as
you need them, with virtually no impact on network
performance.
Know exactly what you’ve got,
where it is & how it is being used.
Implementing
FrontRange Discovery
doesn't require weeks or months -- many organizations
are up and running in only a day or two. And there are
over four
million licenses installed around the world --
a true testimony to market acceptance!
Key Features of FrontRange Discovery:
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Hardware discovery (includes all IP-addressable devices,
such as PCs,
servers, switches, printers, etc.)
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Software discovery
- software recognition engine identifies more
applications
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File type discovery
- search for and identify unauthorized and
potentially harmful files
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Physical location tracking and
reporting - monitor location of hardware resources
and be alerted when moved
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“What if” wizards
- planning tools enable accurate planning and
costing of changes, now including templates for upgrading to Vista!
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Multi-platform
support (includes Windows 98 - XP,
Windows NT, Windows CE, Vista, Unix, Linux, Mac OSX, Citrix)
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Network-friendly
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Software
usage profiling
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Software compliance monitoring
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Change
management
planning tools
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Remote
auditing
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Secure
communications
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Reports via Secure Web Access
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Integrated software knowledge base and sharing tool
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Easy
integration with help desk systems
The following are the
core
components of FrontRange Discovery:
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Control Center: manages the asset data as well as creates
audit schedules for
the Administrator.
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Discovery.Dashboard: also known as the "Web
Control Center," is the easy-to
use view
of live asset data from the web
interface. Reports and queries are
easy to perform,
export to Microsoft Excel and print.
The following are add-on tools
or services for FrontRange Discovery:
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Discovery.Portal: significantly aids in
identifying and discriminating between what software
is licensable,
non-licensable, potentially malicious and other titles.
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Discovery.Visual: allows
Microsoft Visio 2003 Professional Edition users to
see graphical, dynamic reports with their own live
asset data.
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Security.Advisor: helps equip your organization
with the tools to make improvements in IT management
as well as to identify the risks inside your
network. (The Security.Advisor Summary feature comes
standard)
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New
Release! License Manager:
allows for detailed proof of
entitlement documentation, with full audit trail, to be collected and shared
between multiple software asset managers.
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 The
Control Center is where the administrator of
FrontRange Discovery will label, group and "drag-and-drop"
the
collected
asset data into organizational units (OU) as
well as create audit schedules. An
administrator will also have the ability to enter
software licenses and purchase data for valuable
regulatory compliance analysis.
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 Discovery.Dashboard
is the easy to use, web-based view
of all the data
gathered into the repository and then organized
by the
administrator. Configurable levels of access
security
may be set by the administrator to limit what
asset data the
logged in user may or may not see.
In many situations this
may be a preferable alternative
to allowing users, other than
the administrator, access to the
main Control Center.
This type of security allows other
members of the organization to access data, such
as key stakeholders,
asset management teams or IT support staff, who may have
interest in or a need to view this data. Reports and
queries on live asset data from
the web interface are
easy to perform, export to Microsoft Excel and print.
Change management planning tools are built-in to quickly
allow users to determine the estimated costs of upgrades
and locate the specific machines needing the changes.
The Discovery.Dashboard web interface is one of the many
unique features which
may benefit many levels within
your organization.
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 Discovery.Portal
lists vendor, software description
and licensable
status information on more than 10,000 software titles -
with many more being added every
week! It is the
only dynamic software repository in
the world to be
linked directly to an IT asset discovery solution.
You can look up information on the
software found in your organization without ever leaving
the FrontRange Discovery Control Center - no more manual
investigations needed!
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Discovery.Visual...because sometimes the easiest way to understand
something is to see it with your own eyes. Discovery.Visual is an
add-on tool which enables users to graphically and quickly
assess the relationships between PCs
and switches;
compare the status of machines; determine the extent of
software deployments and much more.
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 Security.Advisor
automatically compares known software vulnerabilities
relating to commercial applications
(e.g. Microsoft)
while separately defining 'greynets'
(the unapproved
software that poses a potential threat to
your network).
Security.Advisor is an add-on service for
FrontRange Discovery and
holds an important role in equipping your
organization to better understand both the opportunities
to make improvements in IT management as
well as to
identify the risks inside your network.
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 License
Manager* is a web-based module that pairs the
discovered software asset data from
FrontRange Discovery
to help organizations
track and manage software entitlement. License
Manager guides users through four processes that relate
directly to key requirements of the ISO 19770-1
standard.
No more missing purchase records. License Manager
includes features such as the ability to
allow for scanned or electronically captured documentation
(such as PDF or other file formats) to be directly attached
to
an entitlement record for easy reference.
* FrontRange Solutions recently announced the
latest release of License Manager 3.1. This
new version features a number of enhancements designed
to help customers improve the speed, accuracy and scope
of their software license management activities.
Learn More.
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FrontRange Discovery & HEAT Service and
Support
SMA has a unique integration between
FrontRange Discovery &
HEAT Service and Support, our world-class
help desk/service management application from
FrontRange
Solutions!
Now the
two solutions are
housed under one roof!
FrontRange
Discovery provides IT executives with the information you
need to make
the right decisions about
your organization’s IT needs, which in
turn can help you:
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Decrease on-site
engineer visits to PCs by 80%
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Double the speed of
help desk problem resolution
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Cut the cost of
major projects by as much as 40%
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Ensure compliance on
your installed software products
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Reduce expenditure
on hardware and software by up to
25%
SAM
Essentials
FrontRange SAM Essentials is a unique tool that combines
SAM best practices and project management software.
It provides a project management framework that
identifies the workflow and processes for a SAM program,
based on Microsoft's four
step approach to software
management. The logical format enables someone
with no prior experience in the SAM field to organize
and properly plan & resource a successful SAM project.
It includes a number of document templates, including
those for creating
a business case for SAM and many of
the required polices.
Key Features of SAM
Essentials:
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Best practice framework and business processes for a
SAM initiative
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Template for SAM business case, processes and
policies
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Key checklists for project requirements
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Uses MindManager Pro workflow software
For
more information, download the SAM Essentials brochure.
(This will take you to our
downloads request page.)
Using Microsoft Systems Management
Server (SMS)?
Learn
how FrontRange Discovery and Microsoft SMS complement
each other.
(This will take you to our downloads request page.)
Have questions regarding
FrontRange Discovery?
Contact SMA
to learn more and for a personalized demo.
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