Centennial Announces Centennial Discovery; The First Network-Based Inventory Tracking Tool to Utilize Patent-Pending LANProbe Location Detection Agent.Business Editors & High Tech Writers BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000 Centennial Software today announced their new network-based inventory tracking tool, Centennial Discovery(TM). This software, based on Centennial's award winning year 2000 product, Centennial 2000, details what IT assets a company has, where they are physically located, how they are configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: , and when changes are made to them. Centennial Discovery has a number of significant features that differentiate it from other network inventory products, starting with the company's patent-pending Centennial LANProbe that will help determine the physical location of network PCs, printers, routers and other network devices. Network managers can use Centennial Discovery to audit networked PCs, stand-alone computers See stand-alone PC. , PCs at remote sites and even mobile computers. This gives organizations the best possible visibility of their IT assets, combining the advantages of both a physical and network inventory while saving time and money. The Discovery product tracks all changes made to a PC, such as when new software is installed, when hardware is removed and even when the PC moves locations, and sends alerts to the network administrator. This enables organizations to maintain better control over their IT assets. "Discovery was created in response to requests from our Centennial 2000 customers for more auditing features" said Suzanne Sliter, General Manager, Centennial Software. "Access to a current inventory of hardware and software, combined with a history of changes made to the PCs is crucial for help desk problem resolution, asset management and software licensing compliance." Using Centennial Discovery, companies can quickly and easily inventory PCs, identify their physical location, determine if they have the appropriate hardware configuration to support new software upgrades, identify all configuration changes made to PCs over any given period of time and share the data with other applications. Centennial Discovery enables companies to gain control of their IT inventory, reduce total cost of ownership, achieve and maintain legal software license compliance and obtain greater security of company assets. Supported Platforms For client PCs the supported platforms are DOS, Windows 3.x Windows 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
For network environments the supported platforms are Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. 3.51 and higher, Novell NetWare (operating system, networking) Novell NetWare - Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. versions 3.11 or higher and IntraNetware. The LANProbe requires the IP protocol on an Ethernet Ethernet Telecommunications networking protocol introduced by Xerox Corp. in 1979. It was developed as an inexpensive way of sending information quickly between office machines connected together in a single room or building, but it rapidly became a standard computer based network. Pricing and Availability Centennial Discovery is currently in beta and will be commercially available in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. in April 2000. Centennial Discovery will be available through Centennial Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Resellers in the Americas for a suggested list price starting at US $24 per PC. Volume discounts are available. Upgrade pricing from Centennial 2000 is available upon request. About Centennial Centennial Software, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. subsidiary of Centennial UK Ltd., a privately-owned British software organization that develops solutions to assist companies in managing, controlling and reducing the costs of their technology assets. Centennial's products include the Centennial 2000 Enterprise Editions for corporate PCs, Centennial 2000 Lite Editions for home and small businesses and now Centennial Discovery IT inventory management tool. Centennial 2000 Pro received the SC Magazine Best Buy Award in January 1999. Centennial products are available through authorized Centennial resellers worldwide. For further information visit our Web site at www.centennial.co.uk. Copyright 2000 Centennial Software. Centennial Discovery and Centennial Discovery Control Center are trademarks of Centennial UK Limited. All other brands, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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