FrontRange Solutions, a leading provider of
IT Service Management, IT Asset Management and Customer Service Management
solutions for both premise and cloud environments, today launched FrontRange
Discovery™ 9.1, the latest in a distinguished line of network inventory and
auditing solutions.
Building
on a successful history, FrontRange Discovery 9.1 offers the widest breadth of
auditing capabilities across multiple device types, platforms and locations,
enabling organizations to track all IT assets across and beyond the corporate
network.
- New
features for Discovery 9.1 include:
- WMI Data Query Engine & Reporting
- New-look Web User Interface
- Improved software management reporting views in Web User
Interface
- LANprobe enhancements
- MSI client deployment options
- Enhanced access control security (Web User Interface)
- Silent installation support (for DSM)
- New Active Directory integration for OU structure &
asset location
FrontRange
Discovery 9.1 has been developed to meet a wide variety of requirements, so no
matter if organizations use Discovery primarily to feed asset information into
the Service Desk, to identify software installations, or to manage the
deployment and configuration of PCs, customers will find the solution offers
flexibility and value, regardless of the application.
For
example, with the new WMI querying capabilities, IT managers can now report on
over 4,000 different configuration items, which can dramatically cut the labor
involved in upgrading or replacing IT assets. New software reports make it
easier to see what applications have been recently installed on the network in
a set period of time, reducing the administrative effort involved in managing
software usage and licensing.
“Having an accurate idea of what
hardware and software is installed in the environment is a necessity to being
able to manage it,” said Patricia Adams, Research Director at Gartner.
“Essentially, if you don't know what is installed, then it is impossible to
keep track of or manage it…By selecting a tool that is ‘better than average’ at
hardware and software inventory, the [user] can be confident that the tool will
meet its needs as it matures, rather than having to replace it after a few
years.” – Gartner Report, What You
Need to Know About Inventory Tools for IT Asset Management, June 2010.
In
addition to the features above, FrontRange Discovery 9.1 also boasts of wealth
of user-driven enhancements, such as increased security, new client agent
deployment options and support for newer networking protocols such as SNMP v3.
“FrontRange Discovery provides the foundation
of all our IT Asset Management practices,” said Mark Campbell, Group IT Asset
Manager at publishing house Hachette. “With the launch of Discovery 9.1, we’re
looking forward to getting even greater value from the solution as we take
advantage of the more granular reporting and fast access to software management
reports.”
The product is available with immediate effect and existing users with a support
and maintenance agreement can upgrade to FrontRange Discovery 9.1 at no extra
cost. The release of FrontRange Discovery 9.1 complements the recent launch of FrontRange License Manager 3.2, which integrates with
Discovery to provide an effective Software Asset Management (SAM) solution
designed to help organizations reduce software spend and achieve license
compliance.
For
further information, please visit www.frontrange.com.