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OPMANTEKNETWORK MANAGEMENT AND IT AUDIT SOFTWARESoftware License Auditing with Open-AudIT - v1.0, June 2018
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Topics for TodayYou see it every day, another large company was fined by a major software vendor fornot complying with licensing requirements. Don’t be that guy! Join us for this 45-minutesession while we discover: How to leverage Open-AudIT’s software auditing system to provide License auditingand reporting How quickly create and manage new Licenses in Open-AudIT Options for creating detailed live dashboards and scheduled reports to keep youabreast of License usage
IT Service Management Maturity ModelnoiLevel4tazinagrOoteVALUEulaLevel3V&ec rPgnisae ITasaserviceproviderr IT and business metriccnILevel 1PROACTIVE Define services, classes, linkageAnalyze trendsREACTIVELevel 0Set thresholds Fight firesPredict problemsCHAOTIC InventoryMeasure application Ad Hoc Desktop softwareavailability Undocumenteddistribution Automate Unpredictable Initiate problem Mature problem Multiple help desksmanagement processconfiguration, change, Minimal IT operations Alert and eventasset and User call notificationmanagementperformance mgmt. Measure componentprocessesavailability (up/down) pricingUnderstand costsGuarantee SLAsMeasure and reportservice availabilityIntegrate processesCapacity Mgmt. IT/business collaborationimproves business process Real-time infrastructure Business planningManage IT as a BusinessService & Account ManagementService Delivery Process EngineeringOperational Process EngineeringTool Leverage
Architecting a SolutionOpen-SourceOpen-AudIT CommunityCommercial SolutionsOpen-AudIT Professional/Enterprise
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SOFTWARE AUDITING WITH OPEN-AUDIT
Open-AudITSoftware Auditing WHY? A contractual audit clause is part of most End User License Agreements (EULA) In the US, liability for each willful infringement can be up to 150,000 Tracking where your licenses are expended can help identify licenses that can be repurposed
Open-AudITSoftware Auditing Audit scripts query installed software on all supported OS Discover - AudIT Scripts - List AudIT Scripts How? Completed as part of discovery Can be run from OA login screen Scripts can be deployed and run via cron job or Windows Task Scheduler Scripts could be sneaker netted to air gapped machines, output files saved and manuallyuploaded (Manage - Devices - Import Devices from Audit Script Result)
Open-AudITSoftware Auditing - Reporting Audits compare previous results to current and identifies new installed packages; reported in: Dashboard – New Software Discovered per Day widget New Software reports (left menu on Dashboard, also Report - Discovery) All Software reported in Summary: Report - Software - Software Hint: You can search horizontally across dB for installs using the Search field of Adv. Filter
MANAGING LICENSE USAGE IN OPEN-AUDIT
Open-AudITManage Licensing Licenses are managed in the License Collection Manage - Licenses - List Licenses Process Find a device you know has the software on it you want to track Identify how the software is listed (name), then how you want to track (version #, depth?) Create New entry in List Licenses Accepts percent sign (%) as wild card character
CREATING CUSTOM DASHBOARDS
Open-AudITCustom Dashboards for Software Dashboards and Widgets can be customized in the Enterprise Edition Manage - Dashboards - List Dashboards You can edit, but not delete, a shipping dashboard Manage - Dashboards - List Widgets
CONTACT FOR FOLLOW UPCommercial enquiries:Technical enquiries:Tom WiriAccount Executive 1 (512) 430-4450usa@opmantek.comMark HenrySenior Engineer 1 (207) 951-2428markh@opmantek.com
Software Auditing. Open-AudIT Audit scripts query installed software on all supported OS Discover - AudIT Scripts - List AudIT Scripts How? Completed as part of discovery Can be run from OA login screen Scripts can be deployed and run via cron job or Windows Task Scheduler
