RE: Network inventory/patch system suggestions?

[Rimbert Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

I've been trying out E-Z Audit, http://www.ezaudit.com/, and I like its
simplicity and ease of use.  It only does inventory (hardware and software)
of Windows machines, though, and no patch management.  It's really cheap (as
little as $80 US for 50 machines) but has decent features for the price.
Nothing needs to be installed on the machines being inventoried - a command
line utility just needs to be run on it which can be set up as a scheduled
task or inserted in a login script.  The admin tool to access the info can
export to CSV, tab delimited or MS Access formats.  Some big names are
apparently using them: IBM, Dept. of Education, NASA, and various
universities.  I think it's good for smaller companies who can't afford
pricier solutions or really big companies that may need something fast and
simple to inventory a lot of machines.  I did ask them if they have plans
for Linux support and they said they don't have any plans for it right now.


- Rim

Rimbert Rivera
Product Support Team
Comtex
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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Thomas Lesh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent:	Thursday, April 29, 2004 3:00 PM
To:	Patch Management Mailing List
Subject:	Network inventory/patch system suggestions?

In the very near future we are looking to do an IT audit of over 100
computers.  I know it doesn't sound like that many, but they are spread out
around 25 or so different locations.  The workstations are Windows 95, 98,
2000, and a few have XP installed.  Our PDC is Windows Server 2003 and we
have three Windows 2000 Servers for other tasks.  We need to find out what
applications the workstations have on them and also the license data to make
sure we're legal.

So my question to the list is, does anyone have any recommendations and
experience with a network audit/inventory system?  If the inventory
application has any kind of patch management built-in that is definitely a
plus, but the license compliance features, reports, etc. are the main focus
here.  So far my favorite is Kaseya (http://www.kaseya.com/) but I am
totally open for suggestions.

Thank you for any help you may be able to offer!

Tom Lesh

[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.atgservices.com
(989)797-0284


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