Discovery

itmc10.2
Announcing IT Management Center (ITMC) Version 10.2.13
News
Eracent is pleased to announce the release of IT Management Center™ (ITMC) version 10.2.13. This version enhances and streamlines Eracent’s Software Asset Management (SAM) functionality and also expands functionality that directly contributes to endpoint and network security.
March 8, 2018 Read more
cloud-licensing
Oracle Licensing in the Cloud
Blog
As an end-user of Oracle software, your organization is considering moving to the cloud. What are the considerations when making this decision? If you move to the cloud, how will you track, manage and optimize the software licenses? It’s important to know what to do in terms of software licensing and tracking deployments, and have access to supporting data that will enable your organization to make good decisions about optimization.
October 11, 2017 Read more
Better Business Decisions or the Wild West Effect?
Better Business Decisions or the Wild West Effect?
Blog
When managing computer hardware assets, it’s critical to have controls in place and access to accurate data on the status of your assets. This enables you to make the best business decisions on how to manage them…otherwise, you can end up with chaos, or the Wild West effect.
September 1, 2017 Read more
Data Normalization
Is Your Discovery Data Good Enough?
Blog
Effective Software Asset Management (SAM) begins with the collection of data – data on your IT hardware and software assets as well as specific attributes about them. Ideally, this raw data is collected via an automated discovery tool and then fed into a normalization engine that transforms the data into software license titles. The normalization process can be done through a SAM tool or manually…regardless of how it is accomplished, the discovery data needs to be complete and accurate in order to gain the most value from your SAM program.
March 23, 2017 Read more