Hands off my assets: 6 asset management packages tested

Specifications

Product Altiris Asset Management Suite MAXIMO Asset Tracker AuditWizard Microsoft Distribution and Asset Management Services Track-It
Vendor Altiris MRO Software Layton Technology Microsoft Intuit/Pacen
Phone 02 8925 4500 02 9463 7734 02 9211 9955 13 20 58 02 9816 1294
RRP price range (inc GST) Pricing at 100 nodes is $22 per node Pricing at 250 nodes is $7850 Standard Edition Pricing at 250 nodes is $1995 Enterprise Edition Server Pricing is $1019 + $72 per node Standard Pricing at 5 Users, 100 Audits/ Nodes & Crystal Reports $1835
Asset Management          
Assets details: category, make, warranty Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Location details: company, site, room Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
User details: Name, phone, e-mail Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Software          
OS: Name, version Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Applications: installed applications, usage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hardware          
Hardware: motherboard, CPU, memory, HD, graphics Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network: MAC, IP, protocols Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Peripherals: modem, printer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Internet Data          
Internet history (sites visited) Yes No Yes No No
Cookies received Yes No Yes No No
Other          
Web add-on Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Alert monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reports Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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    Geez you guys, do you think yo ...Anonymous -- 15/04/04

    Geez you guys, do you think you could have included appropriate candidates for this topic? Where is Marimba, Landesk, Paradigm, Tivoli?
    The fact that these were not included make this inaccurate!

    Guess Mike in previous comment ...Anonymous -- 18/08/04

    Guess Mike in previous comment does not see the difference in IT asset management and device management. Bigger issue in the items listed is these are all legacy software solutions. Difficult to integrate, upgrade headaches and very intrusive to your environment. Look at products that will grow and support you in the future and link easily to enterprise systems. Look at incontroltechnology.com

    other options Stuart McDonell -- 10/11/05

    Some others to think about include Centennial and Opsware. This doesn't end the list by any means. BMC-Marimba and Tivoli do ITAM also. The Opsware solution ATE (originating in Tangram) was the leader for desktop inventory. It supports all major platforms and allows Lifecycle management. Ask vendors to do a proof of concept, some won't. A proven track record of integrating to similar systems to your own is also important. Regards.

    Sofware Asset Management Review Petar -- 15/03/07

    We have 2 software packages BAM (Biomedical Asset Management) and NAMES (naval asset management ).
    We would like to be reviewed. How can we have you review our software?

    New Player 250 nodes per second Trevor Smith -- 16/04/09

    We are just releasing a competing product that is agentless ie requires no deployment. In appearance is similar to Altiris, does what most of the others do and some things that none do and analyses nodes at the rate of 250 per second and returns data at 2000-3000 nodes per minute. Installation takes 5 minutes and 1 minute later you have the results from 2000-3000 nodes and its cheaper than the rest. 1.5% hit on 10 base network, fragmented data so hi security. Functions from a wireless laptop and over VPNs. You can scan global networks from a single wireless acces point and send the data in real time to a server at another location. Picks up all remote users and anything that connects to the network even internet enabled mobile phones. an extreme example : provided that you have a wireless connection and the relevant access rights you can sit in a restaurant in the UK, scan a distributed enterprise across America and stream the data to a server in Rusia in real time; while eating your lunch and by dessert you will have scanned approximately 100,000 - 150,000 nodes .

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