Express Metrix Improves Corporate IT Asset Management with Release of Express Software Manager Professional.SEATTLE -- Company Adds Enhanced Application Control, License Allocation, Custom Hardware Fields and Web-Based Reporting Capabilities to Flagship Product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. Express Metrix today announced the availability of Express Software Manager Professional, the company's powerful IT asset management software tool that integrates software license inventory, application usage data, application control, hardware inventory and comprehensive reporting (both web-based and Crystal-generated reports) into a single interface. Express Software Manager Professional takes advantage of the latest Microsoft .NET See .NET. framework technology to provide business customers with an easy-to-deploy discovery tool that enables them to more effectively manage their IT assets. Available immediately through Express Metrix, Express Software Manager Professional is designed to lower IT costs and make IT administrators' jobs easier by providing the basis for strategic management of IT assets. The new version underscores the critical role of complete and accurate licensing and usage data in IT decision-making by offering the industry's most comprehensive and customizable reporting features. With Express Software Manager Professional, IT administrators can: Discover --Discover all software installations and usage patterns, PC hardware configurations, and file types in an organization--saving time, ensuring accuracy and guaranteeing completeness Recognize --Recognize over 50,000 software applications and associated support In naval air operations, assistance provided by a force or unit to another force or unit that is under independent tactical control, neither being subordinate to the other. See also direct support; support. files installed and used in an organization's environment quickly and accurately Report --Report data needed to make well-informed investment, compliance and usage decisions through customizable, comprehensive and intuitive reports "Express Software Manager Professional provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use, automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. solution to help organizations regularly monitor the breadth of their PC assets. It provides access to corporate software usage statistics, which can help to drive more efficient purchasing and business decisions," said Kris Barker barker a term for an animal that does not usually bark which makes a violent respiratory effort, often during a convulsion, accompanied by a sound which roughly resembles a dog's bark. , Express Metrix CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "With the growth of technology, IT asset management has become a critical application to help organizations better understand their overall hardware and software consumption, software licensing exposure, and plan hardware and software upgrades. It is also an important component in an overall desktop security strategy. Express Software Manager Professional is based on feedback from the thousands of Express customers around the world, and is now a complete software asset management solution that can improve security by locking down the desktop, manage software upgrades, reduce time and cost for helpdesk support, and ensure licensing compliance to reduce legal and financial risk." The following features have been added to Express Software Manager Professional: --Application Control - IT administrators can prevent applications from launching based on 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: users/machines or licenses available for concurrent applications --License Allocation - Organizations can allocate software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications. to specific departments or organizations depending on user need or for managing concurrent licensed applications --Custom Hardware Information - IT administrators can create custom machine attributes to associate specific hardware data such as lease information, computer location, employee identification number, etc. to each machine --Custom Hardware Information Import - IT administrators can import into Express Software Manager Professional Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. spreadsheets The following is a list of spreadsheets. Freeware/open source software Online spreadsheets
--Discovery Enhancements - IT administrators can specify domain, child domain or Active Directory organizational unit In computing, an Organizational Unit (OU) provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name (John Doe in OU "marketing" versus John Doe in OU "customer they want to use for each computer and individual user discover processes --Web Report Filters - IT managers and purchasing managers A Purchasing Manager is an employee within a company, business or other organization who is responsible at some level for buying or approving the acquisition of goods and services needed by the company. can now generate Web- or Crystal-based reports using any filter created in the Express Software Manager Reports Console "With Express Metrix Software Manager Professional, we've saved $30,000 to $40,000 just by not having to buy software we don't need," added Keith Phillips of Attorney's Title Insurance. "Express paid for itself within a year with the reduction of software costs." Using state of the art technologies, Express Software Manager Professional has been architected to simplify deployment and administration and to improve performance and flexibility in a variety of network environments. Express Software Manager Professional was developed using Microsoft's .NET framework providing a web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. interface to facilitate data transfer between client and database. The Administrative Console provides a flexible, easy to use interface to administer PC assets and to help IT professionals manage their overall software and hardware asset management program. Express Software Manager Professional includes several integrated components for data collection, consolidation, administration and reporting. These components reside on the system administrator's workstation, server and user workstations. The software components can be installed on one server or each component can be installed on separate computers. Express Software Manager Professional is compatible with 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. or newer operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . For a complete list of Express Software Manager Professional components and functionality, please visit http://www.expressmetrix.com. About Express Metrix Express Metrix has proven its leadership in software license metering and asset management software during more than 10 years of experience focused on this field and through its installed base of over 1,100 active customers. Express Metrix offers a suite of asset management tools that provide the streamlined solutions that companies need to conduct in-depth analyses and management of desktop PCs and application usage. The Express product line includes Express Software Manager Professional, Express Software Manager, Express Inventory, and Express Meter. More information on Express Metrix can be found on the company's web site at http://www.expressmetrix.com. |
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