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DATACENTERDISCOVERYFORSOFTWAREASSETMANAGEMENTTheincreasinglycomplexdatacenterenvironmentnowaccountsformorethan80%ofoverallsoftwarespend.Limitedvisibilitycouldleadtosignificantriskandcostexposureinareassuchas:
o LicenseComplianceo OverprovisioningVM’s
iQSonartakesSoftwareAssetManagement(SAM)intothedatacenterwhereitseesthroughlayersofvirtualizationandclusteringtomakesureyoureconcileproperlyandonlypayforthelicensesyouneed.ThedepthandscopeofiQSonarscanninganddatacollectionwilloptimizeyoursoftwarelicensepositionandensureyoustayuptodateforongoingcompliance.Becomeproactiveandmitigatetheriskofvendorauditsthatendinhugepenalties,sometimesdrainingmillionsfromITbudgetsanddamagingreputations.Outdeepandaccuratedatacanbepassedonandsharedwiththird-partySAMsolutionsandoperationalmanagementtoolsforpowerfulinsightsthatprovidefoundationforcontinuoussoftwarelicenseoptimization.
ACCURATEDISCOVERYFORSAMINTHEDATACENTERIMMEDIATELYONDEPLOYMENTKEYBENEFITS
n Savetimeandresources.n Performdiscoverywithminimalmanualefforteveninlargemultipledatacenterlocationsn Minimizetheriskofhumanerrorandmissinginformationwhenusingmanualscriptsn Reducethenumberoftoolsrequiredtoservemultipledatausecasesandvendorsn Minimizetheimpactofvendorauditsn Reduceperformanceimpactonyourenvironmentwithoutadditionalagents
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”WithoutiQSonarthereisnowaywecouldknowourlicensingposition.WenowareontopofourITestateandareabletoavoidbothunder-licensingandover-licensing.Wearefullyoptimized-SAMDirector,AutomotiveIndustry
FEATURESDISCOVERY
n DiscoveryofhighvalueinfrastructuresoftwareassetsincludingdatabaseandmiddlewareproductsfromvendorssuchasOracle,MicrosoftandIBM
n Dynamicdeepscanningofdatabasetechnologiesincludingdetailsonoptionandpackusage
n Automaticcreationofdatabaseconnectionstrings
n Discoveryofonpremiseandhybridcloudvirtualizationenvironmentsincluding:
o VMwareo Hyper-Vo OracleVMo IBMPowerVirtualization
n Agentless.NoTemporaryagentsorthirdpartysoftware
n Usesonlyprotocolsmadeavailablenativelybyoperatingsystemsandtargettechnologyproducts.
o SSH,WMI,SNMP,etc.n Supportforallmajoroperatingsystem
variantsofWindows,LinuxandUnixn Capturesawiderangeofinformation,
including:o InstalledSoftwareo RunningProcesseso Portsinusebyeachprocess,
includingtheremoteIPAddresso ServicesRunningo UserConfiguration
n Projectbasedapproachtodiscoveryallowingforfocuseddiscovery
DATAINTEGRATIONSn RESTAPIallowstheconsumptionof
datadirectlyby3rdpartysystemswithouttheneedtounderstandtheunderlyingdatamodel
n OutoftheboxintegrationsintoServiceNow,Ivanti,SNOW,andAspera
ORACLEDISCOVERYn VerifiedbyOracleLMSn AutomatedOracleServerWorksheetn OracleDatabase,Weblogic&iASn Automatediscoveryof
o Version&Editiono Options&Packs(installation
usage)n User&sessioninformationn Deepconfigurationinformationn Deployedapplications&componentsn Clusteringinformationn Customizetrackingrulestoyourneeds
MICROSOFT&IBMDISCOVERYn Discoveryanddeepscanningof
Microsoftproducts:SQLServerinstances,ActiveDirectoryandSharepointServers
n DiscoveryanddeepscanningofIBMproducts:DB2,DataStage,andWebsphereamongothers.
n VersionandEditionn Deploymentconfigurationn Licensesinstalledandinusen Userandsessioninformationn Deployeddatabasesandcomponents
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