A cornerstone of a good SAM solution is the maintenance of a complete and current knowledge base of the installed software on the IT infrastructure and a comprehensive profile and understanding of the licence contracts and the organization’s entitlements and benefits under those contracts. A thorough knowledge of the hardware and operating system environments on which the software operates and the usage thereof is required to correctly interpret the most Effective Licensing Position for an organization.

ScanTrack’s product and services are geared towards organisations who want to better manage their IT and software assets. Solutions are scalable and may be simple once off discovery and compliancy reviews, to comprehensive ongoing solutions that encompass automated inventory processes together with policies and procedures to facilitate all SAM activities.

The SYNCPro suite provides organisations with the tools to fully discover all IT assets operating on the networks and to provide a comprehensive and current knowledge base on both hardware and software elements and a usage profile of those assets. 

 

The SYNC Pro Licence Manager component provides a unique profiling tool of contracts, entitlements and benefits to accurately assess compliancy. Our team of certified licensing specialists with practical knowledge in the field enables us to develop a practical set of tools and provide comprehensive SAM solutions.

ScanTrack solutions are suited to any organisation that has an asset base of computers that are stand alone or connected to a network whose operating systems are Windows or Linux based.

The benefit to the customer is that ScanTrack's SYNC Pro IT asset management suite is a purpose built framework designed to facilitate the quick and efficient extraction of IT infrastructure and software inventory information with the least possible impact on both network and customer resources. Simple and easy deployment, with a very low impact on networks makes SYNCPro an ideal tool for quick discovery and review processes.

The unique SYNC Pro Licence Manager module allows for the capture of a structured profile of the organization’s licence contracts and automated comparison to the extracted installed software profile to enable proactive management of the organization compliancy position.

A questionnaire based SAM assessment tool together with a thorough knowledge of the environment and complete inventory of IT assets is used to identify weaknesses and maturity level of SAM processes at a customer site. A report identifying areas for improvement in SAM processes or policies is produced and used to prioritise projects for the implementation of an effective SAM process.

Once deployed, the continuous, unobtrusive, network efficient, automated, accurate collection of data, provides management with real decision making capability based on current information on hardware and software deployed on their computer infrastructure and networks.

ScanTrack’s  phased approach to SAM of (1) perform a software inventory, (2) Match software to licences, (3) review policies and procedures and (4) stay on course, is the basis for our engagement strategy with customers and should be part of any organisation wishing to improve IT corporate governance.

ScanTrack has developed a several collaborative engagement strategies to enable us to work with Large Area Resellers, Value Added Resellers and Microsoft directly to deploy our SAM offering.