RE: Software Auditing Tools

2008-04-07 Thread David Lum
quot;When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Software Auditing Tools On 28 Mar 2008 at 11:35,

Re: Software Auditing Tools

2008-03-31 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 31 Mar 2008 at 7:13, David W. McSpadden wrote: > You can use Belarc on each system. For a small company it is fairly easy to > compare the number of installs in Belarc to the licenses. I thought BelArc was free for home use only ,... -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290

RE: Software Auditing Tools

2008-03-31 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 28 Mar 2008 at 11:35, David Lum wrote: > For my clients I use Ilient SysAid (www.ilient.com). You can track your > software (and hardware), enter how many licenses you have and compare that to > what's actually installed - it even had a link for "show systems with this > software installed".

Re: Software Auditing Tools

2008-03-31 Thread David W. McSpadden
ut of business. Everything was 'licensed' on the box but of course we don't have paperwork to back it up. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 2:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Software Auditing

RE: Software Auditing Tools

2008-03-30 Thread Osama Salah
all depends on your size. If simple tools don't work you need to look at companies that specialized in software asset management from companies like managesoft, express metrix, IBM, CA, BMC etc. they do have neat whitepapers that can give you a blueprint of the process. The trickiest part is probab

RE: Software Auditing Tools

2008-03-28 Thread Benjamin Zachary
on the box but of course we don't have paperwork to back it up. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 2:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Software Auditing Tools For my clients I use Ilient SysAid (www.ilient.com). You

RE: Software Auditing Tools

2008-03-28 Thread David Lum
u keep track of CAL's, Office, Adobe etc... __ Stefan Jafs -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 17:41 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Software Auditing Tools I have been using

RE: Software Auditing Tools

2008-03-28 Thread Stefan Jafs
Adobe etc... __ Stefan Jafs -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 17:41 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Software Auditing Tools I have been using spiceworks at several locations for the past few months

RE: Software Auditing Tools

2008-03-27 Thread Benjamin Zachary
I have been using spiceworks at several locations for the past few months and it has gone pretty well. One of my clients just got contacted by the BSA and so I will be doing a full audit for them. I guess I will see how well this software really works in comparison to the BSA tools :) ~ Upgrad

Re: Software Auditing Tools

2008-03-27 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Compliance for me mostly comes down to my foot and what it will connect to. But honestly, I work in a smaller shop so everything here in regards to auditing is paper and spreadsheets. I know what's installed since it was installed by me and no one else has permissions to do otherwise. We are as