Layton Technology’s AuditWizard Provides Advanced IT Asset Management With New On Demand Auditing Feature
New Functionality Enables Administrators with Greater Ease, Efficiency and Accuracy in Real-Time
TAMPA, Fla (July 18, 2005) –
Layton Technology Inc., a global developer of IT auditing and helpdesk software solutions, today announced the immediate availability of AuditWizard 6.3, the company’s flagship auditing and asset management solution. The latest version features “on demand auditing” functionality that is designed to provide IT administrators with better control and management when conducting audits of IT assets across the enterprise on a real-time basis, as opposed to having to wait for scheduled audits.
AuditWizard provides comprehensive auditing and management functions that allow network administrators to monitor virtually every type of IT asset across the enterprise including hardware, mobile and removable devices, and software, as well as providing the data to help remain compliant with all of the software licenses in use on the network. By doing so, AuditWizard minimizes time spent trying to figure out what assets exist on the network, enabling IT administrators to utilize their time and resources on other mission critical activities and eliminating business risk to potentially costly external audits due to software license agreement violations.
“Organizations, whether large or small, all face the similar challenge of being able to manage the rapidly growing number of IT assets throughout their computing environment be it hardware, mobile and removable devices, or software and compliance with the corresponding licenses,” said Robert Ward, president and CEO, Layton Technology. “The need to perform audits in an easy to use fashion that is practical for the end user, as well as from a fiscal standpoint for the organization, is crucial. AuditWizard provides a simple to use, cost-effective means of accomplishing each of these important objectives.”
Within less than one hour of installing AuditWizard, an organization can audit hundreds of PCs across its network. AuditWizard’s speed is attributed to the fact that it relies on an intelligent registry scan, as opposed to the more cumbersome techniques that other audit software products utilize via executable searches, which tend to create a high level of redundancies, thereby slowing down performance.
Beyond the newly added on demand auditing capabilities, AuditWizard has proven its value to over 10,000 organizations worldwide by encompassing a rich set of features that include:
* AlertMonitor Module notifies administrators of software, hardware and Internet activity on all or selected PCs
* Audits all mobile and removable devices such as PDAs, Blackberry, Smartphones, USB devices, etc.
* Audits PCs using WMI and SNMP technology
* Customizable reports and graphs can be generated for any eventuality
* SQL Server version available for greater scalability
* Integration with Layton Technology’s HelpBox solution
As if the challenge of managing IT assets across the enterprise wasn’t enough, with software piracy at an all-time high, organizations today face the possibility of being audited, a process that may yield very costly penalties if they don’t meet the requirements of their software licensing agreements.
According to a recent global software piracy study conducted by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), in 2004 more than $59 billion was spent on commercial packaged PC software, yet over $90 billion was actually installed, meaning that more than one-third of all software in use on PCs worldwide is pirated.
In addition to knowing exactly what devices and applications are going in and out of the environment, AuditWizard enables organizations to easily manage their assets and remain in compliance with their software licenses through the use of customizable, detailed reports.
“As SI International has offices at 28 locations throughout the US and more than 2,300 PCs and laptops in use, compliance and reporting was very challenging especially when trying to determine the status of operating system upgrades or verifying software license compliance,” said Steve Hunt, vice president and CIO, SI International. “AuditWizard has made our inventory tracking much easier, and with the new on demand auditing capabilities, we don’t have to wait for a scheduled audit to be completed and my staff can perform audits on all or part of our network at any time without user intervention.”
“Ease of use, low total cost of ownership and optimal levels of performance have been the hallmark of AuditWizard since its inception in 1997,” added Ward. “In this competitive marketplace, our development team is always looking for ways to help our customers achieve greater levels of efficiency, and in this latest version we have done just that by adding real-time auditing capabilities, making the user experience even better.”
Pricing and Availability
AuditWizard 6.3 offers superior auditing and management functionality at an entry point of $295 for 50 PCs, which includes 60 days of email and phone support, plus any updates or new versions that are released.
AuditWizard 6.3 is available directly through Layton Technology and from Layton Technology’s global network of authorized distribution partners.
About Layton Technology Inc.
Layton Technology, a global developer of IT auditing and helpdesk software solutions, delivers solutions designed to optimize the management and efficiency of IT environments across SMB and large organizations. Founded in 1997, Layton Technology is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and serves more than 10,000 customers across the globe. For additional information about Layton Technology and its products, services and partners, please contact Layton Technology at (813) 319-1390 or visit www.laytontechnology.com.
Layton Technology is a global developer of IT auditing and help desk software that is easy-to-use, comprehensive and affordable. The company’s windows-based products enable organizations to manage and internally support their technology assets enterprise-wide, to ensure software license compliance and operate more cost-effectively.
Source: Layton Technology