Software inventory management is among the foremost priorities for network and asset management in an organization. It is an essential part of IT infrastructure. System inventory is gaining popularity because it reduces the overall IT spending on software licensing, auditing and network infrastructure. Windows Software Inventory Viewer facilitates auditor’s task with time saving digital measures. This is detailed and comprehensive software inventory management tool which activates after asset identification process because it display software information gathered through Secure Win Auditor discovery process.
Software and system inventory facilitates network administrator and control professionals in keeping track of licensed product on their network. It is a very effective tool in identification of illegal or unauthorized software on the network. Windows software inventory viewer requires a user to have access to the machine it is planning to conduct audit.
Windows inventory viewer is a free tool available in the Secure Auditor™ suite that provides facility to add or subtract default allowed software on the network. Auditors can easily edit list of authorized software according to the company's policy. It clearly provides a list of extra or not allowed software installed on the system which was not allowed in the software list. Windows software inventory viewer list down all software allowed compared with all software installed on the machine. It gives a very clear idea to auditor regarding breach of security and control policies of an organization. It allows user to add new software in the allowed list of software on the network. It can also scan mobile and remote users until they have connectivity with the network.
User can easily scan the entire network without installing windows inventory viewer on multiple machines over the network. It also preserves results in the form of multiple reports that could be saved in multiple users friendly formats like csv, xml, pdf etc.
