Maintain Your Company’s Software

When there are many different computers and other devices on your network, it can be overwhelming to manage all your different software needs. It is a chore to keep track of the different types of software, dates you purchased them, the cost of the software, any licensing summaries you need to be in compliance with, and which computers have what software on them. If you are trying to do this all by yourself with a simple spreadsheet, it would not only take up all of your time, but it is also very easy for you to miss something. This is why a software inventory tool is a necessary application for any business.

Functions of the Inventory Tool

A Software Inventory Tool has many functions that will make managing your company’s software much easier. It has the ability to gather information from computers on your network that runs on both Windows and Mac OS. This means you will only need one piece of software to gain any information you need about the software on all of your computers. In addition, it will let you browse, star important items, add comments, organize your data, and discover any software and installations that are present on the computers in your network. It also helps you manage your different software licenses to ensure that you stay within the compliance agreements for each different piece of software.

Maintaining Your Software

After the Software Inventory Tool has run a scan, it will organize and present your data in a very convenient way. You can easily search your applications either by title or by version. In addition, you can apply different filters to present your software in a different manner. For example, you can see all your software from a certain publisher, all of the software that is installed on one of your devices, or more. This makes it very easy to maintain your software because you can easily search through it to find just what you need.

In addition, another way the Software Inventory Tool helps you manage your software is by helping you keep track of your different licensing agreements. Any time you add software to your devices, you have to store the licensing agreement along with it. This will help you monitor the price, purchase date, and expiration date of each piece of software. These are important things to know because like knowing the number of activations each software allows, it helps you stay within your compliance agreement. The Software Inventory Tool even has the ability to tell you what your compliance status is for each different piece of software in your network. This will help you stay even more organized and prevent any audits.

Tracking Your Software

Once you have all of your software organized into an easy to understand management system, you can better monitor what software is on what device. By tracking software installations, you can see what software is already installed on the different devices in your network and mark the software as either must-have or forbidden for certain devices. This helps you save money by only having different pieces of software on the computers that need it.