TS.Census 1.3 Helps Unwitting Software License Violators Get Legal; Tally Systems Accurate Recognition Helps Keep Software Piracy Enforcers At Bay.Business/Technology Editors LEBANON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 In a bid to help legitimate businesses fend off recent software piracy The illegal copying of software for distribution within the organization, or to friends, clubs and other groups, or for duplication and resale. The software industry loses billions of dollars each year to piracy, and although it may seem innocent enough to install an application on a enforcement activity by Microsoft Corp. and organizations like the Business Software Alliance (BSA 1. BSA - Business Software Alliance. 2. BSA - Bidouilleurs Sans Argent. ), Tally Systems today announced the release of TS.Census 1.3, the latest version of its software auditing and asset tracking software. Features in TS.Census 1.3, such as the new "suite" recognition, are designed to assist companies to keep better track of software installed on their network, and verify that software is legally licensed and legitimately purchased. Other new features include new capabilities for managing leased PCs, improving the process of managing data collection, and support for Microsoft SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. 2000. The BSA, a leading software trade association and anti-piracy advocate, has collected over $44 million from organizations around the U.S. over the last six years as part of its anti-piracy activities, and has recently ratcheted up its anti-piracy activity, reaching settlements in March 2001 with companies in California and Colorado totaling more than $500,000. Civil copyright infringement Noun 1. copyright infringement - a violation of the rights secured by a copyright infringement of copyright plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy, plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own can result in fines of up to $100,000 per title, and criminal violations can result in fines of $250,000 per title and up to five years imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. for the violator, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. U.S. Law. "The aggressive enforcement action by the BSA is leaving companies vulnerable to prosecution not because of deliberate acts of software piracy, but because they don't have an accurate count of their installed software," says Karen Horvath, Director of Product Management at Tally Systems Corp. "Many companies don't realize that by not proactively managing their 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. , they are often unwittingly violating anti-software-piracy laws," said Horvath. "Without effective desktop asset management practices in place, it's very easy for large enterprises to lose control of where software is installed, who is using it and whether the software is being used in compliance with existing software license agreements. Companies that aren't prepared to produce a complete, accurate and up-to-date software inventory on demand are vulnerable." New license compliance features of TS.Census 1.3 include: Suite Recognition Software recognition has been improved so that it can now recognize software suites in addition to individual applications. For example, if TS.Census detects an installation of Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. 9.0 SR-1 that is a component of Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. Professional 9.0 SR-1, it will also report the Office installation, matching the official nomenclature used by Microsoft to describe the packaged product. This technique, always using the official manufacturer's nomenclature, simplifies the process of reconciling purchasing and accounting records with an actual inventory of installed software. Clients Can Run as a Service TS.Census Clients can now be installed as an NT Service or as an application, or run without any client installed at all. This enables scanning to occur when users are not logged in, simplifying the process of auditing software licenses quickly and efficiently with a minimum impact on corporate productivity and network resources. Automated PRU PRU Prudential Financial PRU Pupil Referral Unit PRU Photographic Reconnaissance Unit PRU Potomac Rugby Union (Washington, DC) PRU Provincial Reconnaissance Unit PRU Projets de Rénovation Urbaine PRU Pruhonice Retrieval The process of downloading monthly Product Recognition Updates (PRUs) from the Tally Systems web site has been automated for ease of use. Users will now have the choice of letting TS.Census automatically download, expand and apply the PRU or doing those steps manually. Recognition Enhancements TS.Census 1.3 has improved the software recognition algorithm to capture more software products with even greater accuracy, as well as enhancing hardware recognition to include AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Duron and Intel Pentium 4 chips. Other new features include: New Leasing Fields and Report New leasing fields were added to the TS.Census workstation data to help users track their leased PCs. These fields track the lease expiration date Expiration Date The day on which an options or futures contract is no longer valid and, therefore, ceases to exist. Notes: The expiration date for all listed stock options in the U.S. and lease contract. A new lease report has been added that identifies workstations under lease contracts and their lease status. Collection Editor Timeout Capability TS.Census 1.3 administrators now have the option of shutting down the Collection Editor after a set period of time if there is no user intervention or if the user is unavailable, allowing for more complete and accurate collection of demographic information when scans are run in 'interactive' mode. SQL 2000 Support TS.Census now supports using Microsoft SQL 2000 for the inventory database, in addition to existing support for Microsoft SQL 7.0. Pricing and availability TS.Census 1.3 is available immediately, and is priced based on the number of clients scanned. TS.Census is $22 per client in the 1,000 client range. About Tally Systems Recognized as a technological innovator, Tally Systems dedicates its global resources to closing the loop on integrated IT lifecycle management, understanding that financial and operational issues are inextricably in·ex·tri·ca·ble adj. 1. a. So intricate or entangled as to make escape impossible: an inextricable maze; an inextricable web of deceit. b. interdependent. A leader in the asset management for over 10 years, Tally Systems' products - including TS.Census and TS.Ready - are currently licensed on over 9,000,000 PCs at more than 12,000 client sites worldwide. Visit Tally Systems on the web at: http://www.tallysystems.com |
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