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| LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Manager 4.0 Announced LANDesk Software, a division of Emerson Network Power, has announced LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Manager 4.0. Amid a sharp increase in software and compliance audits, and the need for better control of IT assets, Asset Lifecycle Manager 4.0 uniquely delivers complete software asset management, data center readiness and increased integration and control so organizations worldwide can more easily discover, track and manage software licenses. Asset Lifecycle Manager enables organizations to control proactively IT software assets with comprehensive software discovery, entitlement tracking and recovery capabilities. Asset Lifecycle Manager acts as a catalyst to drive immediate return on investment (ROI) and decrease risk by recovering costs from unused licenses, proving license ownership, identifying and reporting exceptions to entitlement programs. The solution also increases productivity by automating tasks such as license recovery. These attributes enable organizations to better prepare for an audit, as well as gain and demonstrate control. Also new in Asset Lifecycle Manager is a wide range of enhancements, which deliver standards-driven planning, operational monitoring and control for the data center by leveraging process automation, catalog-based device reservation and the asset repository. Asset Lifecycle Manager also boasts integration with VMware that allows users to automate VMware actions through the vCenter architecture. This enables the request-driven, policy-enabled IT asset management control needed to address VM sprawl and the potential license and security problems that can result. Asset Lifecycle Manager also includes a connector for Avocent's datacenter planning and administration tool, Avocent Mergepoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE), which extends the reach of the asset repository into the datacenter infrastructure. This ensures consistent data is maintained between asset, finance and IT operations, breaking down data silos. The automation and process control embedded in Asset Lifecycle Manager increases efficiency and centralized control with the delivery of automated responses to requests or events. This allows customers to keep stakeholders informed of changes, and connect tasks across operational silos and their unique applications. For example, an automated patch process can detect new patches made available in LANDesk Management Suite, immediately notify IT and security teams, and automatically initiate a test deployment to lab computers pending approval for general deployment by the change advisory board. By connecting people, processes and tools through automation, Asset Lifecycle Manager increases the efficiency of business and operational processes and enables more effective response for key stakeholders. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Computing News :: home page |