Network Inventory & IT Audit
Software Asset Management
Endpoint & USB Security
FrontRange SAM Suite
Software Asset Management: network discovery, desktop licensing and software automation
A complete Software Asset Management solution to help organizations achieve and maintain total control over their software estate.
With the new FrontRange SAM Suite, staff across the enterprise can work collaboratively to:
- Plan and manage the entire SAM initiative with interactive project management tools
- Automatically discover all software assets installed on the network
- Accurately track software usage
- Capture evidence of, and establish an audit trail for, software license documentation
- Reconcile software usage against license entitlement
- Automate critical tasks such as software deployment and configuration management
FrontRange SAM Suite combines the power of interactive project management tools with integrated market-leading Discovery, License Management and Client Lifecycle technologies. FrontRange SAM Suite is designed to be compatible with industry best practice standard such as ISO 19770-1 and the Microsoft SAM Optimization Model.
How FrontRange SAM Suite benefits you
Reduce IT expenditure
With around 20 percent of the total IT budget being spent on software, better management of available resources can yield significant savings. FrontRange SAM Suite can also address rogue purchasing – dramatically reducing unnecessary and unauthorized software purchases.
Furthermore, having a complete view of software usage, organizations can negotiate better licensing programs as well as support and maintenance contracts with vendors.
Achieve license compliance
FrontRange SAM Suite enables organizations to keep on top of software installations, usage and entitlement and, therefore, avoid crippling compliance fines and associated damage to the business (negative publicity, lost customers, reduced share price etc.) due to vendor audit failures.
Improve IT planning and management
By tracking the status of currently-deployed assets and understanding the organization’s licensing position, FrontRange SAM Suite helps managers plan and track IT initiatives with greater accuracy – avoiding costly delays and unwelcome surprises. What’s more, the SAM Essentials component helps plan and manage the complete SAM initiative and helps organizations make further changes across IT operations to support SAM goals.
Reducing the need for Licensing Experts in the field
FrontRange SAM Suite uses an intuitive web interface to provide distributed role-based access to the solution. Coupled with Centennial's unique hosted software catalog, the result is a simplified data entry activity which mitigates the need to transfer licensing knowledge to staff in remote offices (who can capture proof of entitlement from local purchases). Only the assigned Compliance Manager gains a company wide overview of vendor compliance positions ensuring confidentiality and audit control at all times.
Free up IT budget for re-investment in critical projects
By automating complex and time-consuming tasks such as application deployment and configuration management, FrontRange SAM Suite can help organizations increase IT productivity and realize cost savings that can be re-invested in other areas of IT operations. Gartner suggests that automation of PC lifecycle management can save as much as $578 per PC.
SAM Suite components:
SAM Essentials
Centennial SAM Essentials is a unique solution that combines expert SAM processes and workflows with recognized industry best practices and guidance. The intuitive and interactive project management tool will guide any organization through the complete SAM initiative, even if those charged with managing the project have no specialist license management training.
Discovery
This multi-award winning technology is foundation for success in any SAM initiative – automatically finding and identifying all software assets across the network.
In addition to finding software to reconcile, Discovery can also track software usage to ensure that under-used assets are re-allocated or that support contracts can be re-negotiated. Discovery also features a wealth of pre-canned and customizable reports designed to improve IT management and decision-making.
License Manager
Centennial License Manager is the key to understanding an organization’s entitlement against current software usage. The multi-user web interface enables finance and IT staff to work together to capture and reconcile license information against vendor-recognized software titles.
NetInstall
NetInstall sets new standards in all areas of software and configuration management, enabling you to save time and manpower and respond more quickly to changing requirements. NetInstall automates even the most complex installation tasks-from applications to drivers for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.
Products
- Discovery
- License Manager
- DeviceWall
- Enterprise.Suite
- FrontRange SAM Suite
- Security.Suite
- Discovery.MSP
- SAM Essentials
- MicroAUDIT
- NetInstall