ManageEngine AssetExplorer is asset management

Fixed assets management

Fixed assets management is an accounting process that seeks to track fixed assets for the purposes of financial accounting, preventive maintenance, and theft deterrence....

 software which manages IT

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 assets. It was developed by ManageEngine from ZOHO Corporation

ZOHO Corporation

ZOHO Corporation founded in 1996, is located in Pleasanton, California, United States of America. The company started as a network framework provider for telecom equipment vendors. In 2003, ZOHO Corp diversified into IT Management software with ManageEngine...

. It scans and audits workstations across a network (connected by LAN, WAN and VPN) available in each of the workstations. It requires an initial license fee and annual maintenance fees based on the number of assets and nodes. The free edition has fully functional features but is restricted to 20 nodes.

Features

ManageEngine AssetExplorer scans all Windows and Linux workstations, and other network devices such as printers, routers, and switches. The scan provides details about installed hardware and software. It uses focused asset groups for better management and control, which allows asset ownership details to be tracked (to get a clear picture of who owns what). AssetExplorer also manages group licensed software and tracks total number of actual installations versus purchased software licenses.

Summary

ManageEngine AssetExplorer provides a single interface to track and view all your assets, audit hardware/ software & track asset ownership with integrated purchase and contract management. Its features also includes software license compliance and usage tracking, Asset tracking, IT asset scanning, asset ownership tracking, hardware & software inventory, maintain audit history, software asset management, software license management, maintain software compliance, software usage tracking, PO & contracts, maintain asset contracts and PO with approvals.

See also

• ZOHO Corporation
  ZOHO Corporation
  ZOHO Corporation founded in 1996, is located in Pleasanton, California, United States of America. The company started as a network framework provider for telecom equipment vendors. In 2003, ZOHO Corp diversified into IT Management software with ManageEngine...
  
  
• ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
  ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
  ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus is a complete web based and ITIL ready service desk software package with integrated asset management. It is developed by ManageEngine of ZOHO Corporation...
  
  
• Zoho Office Suite
  Zoho Office Suite
  The Zoho Office Suite is a Web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, customer relationship management , project management, invoicing and other applications developed by ZOHO Corporation , a US-based company. It was...
  
  
• Software Asset Management
  Software Asset Management
  Software asset management is a business practice that involves managing and optimizing the purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of software applications within an organization...
  
  
• IT Asset Management
  IT asset management
  IT asset management is the set of business practices that join financial, contractual and inventory functions to support life cycle management and strategic decision making for the IT environment...
  
  

External links

• IT Asset Management Software - Official Website