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

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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