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Data Sheet: Endpoint Management
Altiris™ Asset Management Suite 7.0
Track
Track
Easily discover and track comprehensive hardware
information, installed software packages, and OS settings
for all IT assets throughout their lifecycle.
• Effectively manage enterprise assets
Effectively manage enterprise assets—You need an
accurate and current inventory of the hardware and
software environment to manage your assets.
• Organize software
Organize software—Intelligent software management
organizes all software in a comprehensive software
catalog with a combination of smart discovery, pre-
populated commercial software data, and manually
entered custom software.
• Import existing data
Import existing data—Asset Management Suite also
supports importing existing data from other sources.
• Track costs—
Track costs—Track costs of hardware, software, and
services and associate assets to cost centers.
Once assembled you can now manage and gain visibility
into real-time asset information from a single source. This
single source Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
manages hierarchical relationships of assets, including
assets to other configuration items, users, locations,
departments, cost centers, and associated contracts.
Resource association diagram
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Act
Act
With all IT assets organized Asset Management Suite allows
asset managers to accomplish everyday tasks as well as
prepare for future initiatives. Every managed asset is
actionable from the asset reports. Right-click actions
include:
• Deliver software
• Uninstall software
• Request the user to confirm ownership
These quick tasks avoid the need for frequent desk-side or
physical audits.
Flexible security views enable multiple departments and
users to view or block access within their responsibility.
Update common data that includes: software and hardware
details, fixed asset information, contracts, and
entitlements.
Reduce the risk associated with change by knowing the
impact and providing the service desk with valuable
information to accurately resolve incidents. With the costs
associated and assets tracked, asset managers can
articulate detailed cost analysis of each asset you own,
further lowering TCO.
Actionable tasks
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