Best Asset Management Solution

Awards the software solution that best audits and manages software assets. This award includes all solutions designed to audit software assets across a network environment.

Products nominated here are eligible for the Best IT/Network Management Solution supercategory.

Aspera.com - Aspera GmbH The first technology developed specifically for software license management came from Aspera. In 2000 Aspera introduced the "entitlement-centric" approach to the market. It was the first company to place the entitlement and license at the center of its processes, services, and technology. Unlike physical assets such as tables or laptops, software is much more intangible and fluid in nature with specific and distinct usage rights. If a solution is not specifically architected to understand these differences then it cannot adequately manage the unique entitlement based model under which software is sold and licensed. SmartTrack is designed to ensure both legal compliance and optimum license procurement strategies. With automatic generation of license data, the most comprehensive SKU (stock keeping unit) catalog, and service oriented architecture, SmartTrack is the most sophisticated software license management solution on the market. SmartTrack is available as a purchasable license with maintenance, as an ASP service (SaaS) or as a software lease with implementation on client premises. Effective software license management relies on the information provided, therefore it is driven by data management. The majority of organizations already have the necessary ITAM tools in place to act as data sources for software license management. For this reason, Aspera works with its customers to improve the return on investment for these tools, by adapting and improving existing processes to account for the limitations of the ITAM tools and to enable high quality data. SmartTrack is designed with standard connectors to to external software scanning, discovery, CMDBs, and other software data collecting systems; as well as with electronic shopping carts, ESD and ERP solutions (SAP, Oracle, and more), scan and metering tools as well as IT asset, contract, and service management systems. Go To Aspera GmbH's Web Site Go To Product Site
Express Software Manager - Express Metrix LLC As a veteran in the IT asset management space for over a decade, Express Metrix is proud to be one of few technology providers to focus on serving mid-sized organizations whose needs for accurate, comprehensive IT asset reporting and trouble-free management aren't met by enterprise-oriented framework products or less sophisticated inventory tools. On the surface, Express Software Manager looks like a lot of other asset management products. Hardware and software inventory? Check. License management? Check. Software usage? IT purchase tracking? Application control? Check, check, check. But under the hood, we're different. One thing that separates us from the rest of the pack is that we stake our reputation on the accuracy and reliability of our software recognition. Without accurate software identification, it's virtually impossible to rely on application and license information presented by an asset management tool. At best, poor application recognition results in the need to establish time-consuming, error-prone manual processes for reconciling discovered data with licensed applications. At worst, it results in a misapprehension of one's license position and stiff financial penalties in the event of a vendor audit. Express Metrix has developed the world's most extensive and accurate database of commercial applications, enabling end users to Go To Express Metrix LLC's Web Site Go To Product Site
The MaaS360 Platform - Fiberlink Communications MaaS360 (Mobility-as-a-Service) is a cloud-based platform providing enterprises with a single, cost-effective way to manage all elements of a growing mobile workforce, regardless of where users, devices or data are located. MaaS360 tracks and manages remote desktops, laptops, mobile handhelds, USB devices and netbooks. More than 700 organizations use MaaS360 to manage mobile devices in the cloud. Go To Fiberlink Communications' Web Site Go To Product Site
FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises - Flexera Software FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises is a comprehensive and proven solution for Enterprise License Optimization and license compliance management. It enables organizations to reduce ongoing software license, maintenance and audit costs for software assets from the desktop to the datacenter, ensuring that the value of the software in use today will be maximized resulting in optimized purchasing. Go To Flexera Software's Web Site Go To Product Site

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