Business Challenge

Companies must ensure that they are compliant with software licensing and need accurate records of their hardware and software. IT environments are constantly changing and IT organizations are heavily challenged to collect and maintain accurate hardware and software information. Gathering this data can be an expensive time-consuming manual process. IT organizations need an efficient way to get accurate hardware and software information.

Business Need

• Obtain information automatically about hardware and software in the IT enterprise
• Create a repository of data that can be interrogated and leveraged
• Maintain the hardware and software repository in dynamically changing environments
• Analyze and identify out-of-compliance assets
• Report on hardware and software

The Solution

BMC® Discovery Express (DEX) manages all of the typical tasks you would expect from an Auto-discovery tool, including collection, analysis, maintenance, and reporting. DEX offers true multi-platform discovery to collect asset information on servers, desktops, network devices, etc., and can auto-discover SNMP enabled devices. The DEX information is detailed and useful, and can be leveraged with asset management products or corporate databases. DEX achieves all of this using a lightweight agent-less technology that is controlled through a Web-based interface.

Key Features & Benefits

• Utilizes an agent-less architecture that gathers enterprise asset information without installing software on every device
• Supports data collection for devices running on major OS platforms including Windows®, Unix®, and Linux® for expansive discovery coverage
• Accumulates asset information into a central database for easy reporting and exporting
• Reports on installed software to facilitate license management
• Saves money by eliminating manual asset record keeping through automated discovery
• Facilitates the sharing of asset information for IT service modeling and asset management

Documentation

Article

BMC Paves The Service Desk Road Map: CMDB At The Heart Of Integration Strategy ( pdf )

Brochure

Business Services Management: How fast can you get there? ( pdf )

Datasheet

BMC IT Discovery Suite ( pdf ) BMC Discovery Express Datasheet ( pdf )

White Paper

Swing into Business Service Management - Seven Strategies ( pdf ) Raising the Bar for ITIL and CMDB Implementations ( pdf )

For more information, please contact us at 1-866-590-0846 or sales@nashcosolutions.com.