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DATA CENTER DISCOVERY FOR SOFTWARE ASSET MANAGEMENT The increasingly complex data center environment now accounts for more than 80% of overall software spend. Limited visibility could lead to significant risk and cost exposure in areas such as: o License Compliance o Overprovisioning VM’s iQSonar takes Software Asset Management (SAM) into the data center where it sees through layers of virtualization and clustering to make sure you reconcile properly and only pay for the licenses you need. The depth and scope of iQSonar scanning and data collection will optimize your software license position and ensure you stay up to date for ongoing compliance. Become proactive and mitigate the risk of vendor audits that end in huge penalties, sometimes draining millions from IT budgets and damaging reputations. Out deep and accurate data can be passed on and shared with third-party SAM solutions and operational management tools for powerful insights that provide foundation for continuous software license optimization. ACCURATE DISCOVERY FOR SAM IN THE DATA CENTER IMMEDIATELY ON DEPLOYMENT KEY BENEFITS n Save time and resources. n Perform discovery with minimal manual effort even in large multiple data center locations n Minimize the risk of human error and missing information when using manual scripts n Reduce the number of tools required to serve multiple data use cases and vendors n Minimize the impact of vendor audits n Reduce performance impact on your environment without additional agents www.iquate.com Copyright © 2017 iQuate Ltd Without iQSonar there is no way we could know our licensing position. We now are on top of our IT estate and are able to avoid both under-licensing and over-licensing. We are fully optimized -SAM Director, Automotive Industry

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Page 1: DATA CENTER DISCOVERY FOR SOFTWARE ASSET ... › ...DATA CENTER DISCOVERY FOR SOFTWARE ASSET MANAGEMENT The increasingly complex data center environment now accounts for more than

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

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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

www.iquate.com Copyright©2017iQuateLtd