Creating a network inventory is a need borne by many different reasons, such as for identifying exact requirements in order to plan for an upgrade, asset control and for identifying actual utilization of available resources. Total Network Inventory, a solution offered by Softinventive Lab Inc., offers a highly automated approach for creating and maintaining precisely such an inventory.

So how does this software work and what does it have to offer? Total Network Inventory acquires all the data it requires by scanning your whole local area network and identifying all of your network elements, whether that be hardware or software, along with their information. Doing so manually, would take so much time that it would be impossible for even medium-sized networks; on the other hand, this application can handle any LAN, regardless of size. Even maintaining such a network inventory would be more than a full-time job for an actual person, while Total Network Inventory does such automatically, updating the inventory automatically whenever a new device is connected to it.

Able to locate servers, workstations, routers, web pages, services and even more, this application has the ability to also record details considered useful for each one of these elements. This way, a complete inventory can be made considering the network items, along with their characteristics, regardless of the size and complexity of your network. All that without the hassle of manually checking each particular device, or even requiring you to install client versions of the software on any of the devices.

So, are you planning for your next upgrade and wondering what precisely your network contains, whether it's useful or compatible in the next version of your network? How many computers are still running outdated operating systems and need to be renewed or replaced? How are you going to get all that data you need to calculate the upgrade elements and money required? Are you bothered and need to monitor which computers are kept up to date with the latest security or hot-fix updates? Total Network Inventory can retrieve all this data for you, providing comprehensive reports for each and every element; storing and organizing all this data to easily provide you with custom-selected reports in an easy to follow manner.

Hardware information is drilled down even to include elements such as CPU processing speed, motherboard model and manufacturer, as well as peripheral information regarding VGA processors, random access memory (RAM), network adaptors, system devices list and other. Software information drill down includes operating system (O info such as type and version, service packs and updates installed, third-party applications installed and running on system boot (start up), user accounts as well as running processes that are present, and other.

Prioritize your upgrades based on a well-informed diagram of your network, identify security threats such as outdated OS and missing updates, spot un-used equipment and many more, all these using easy step-by-step wizards, creating valuable reports in seconds and without worrying about leaking such information outside the network. If you're prepared for this, visit http://www.softinventive.com/products/total-network-inventory/ now!

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