Alloy Navigator

Asset Navigator is an integrated Network Asset Management, Inventory and Help Desk suite that delivers an automated deployment of network audit. It provides hardware and software inventory, software license compliance, software recognition, tracking of contracts and purchase orders, and help desk support. In addition, Asset Navigator will track contact information for vendors, users, departments and offices.

Asset Navigator tracks existing hardware configurations and installed software over the network. It also allows the export of asset data in CSV, XML, HTML and MS Excel Worksheet formats. It features data manipulation capabilities, custom sorting, grouping and filtering.

After analyzing the information, Asset Navigator allows the user to generate standard and customizable reports. Asset Navigator can run across a LAN/WAN and is compatible with Win32 platforms (Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP). The 4.0 release added support for large businesses with Asset Navigator Enterprise Edition. This edition is based on MS SQL Server 2000 platform.

Other features in the 4.0 release:

- Supports NT Integrated Authentication for managing access to the database

- Integration with Active Directory

- Knowledge Base feature

- Increased control over the configuration of audit settings from within Asset Navigator

- Integration with external tools, such as VNC, PC Anywhere and Netmeeting