Software Metering

Software metering, combined with software inventory, helps your company to remain compliant to the number of licenses you have purchased.
 
Software metering tracks the usage of software applications and controls the number of licensed copies for each application.  One of several business rules can be selected, by application, to respond to the user when the numbers of licenses are exceeded.

Business Rules:

Track software usage and set alert if licenses are exceeded.
Track software usage and licenses but do not set alert if licenses are exceeded.
Queue user and send a message to oldest queued when a license is available.
Queue user and send a message to newest queued when a license is available
Queue user and send a message to all users when a license is available.
Do not allow the use of the software if licenses are exceeded.
Key Features
Real time and historical software utilization tracking.
Retains a log for each start, end, duration and actual time used for every user and system.
Software is tracked no matter where it is installed included shared applications installed on a server.
Software can be tracked by version or by all versions.
Can reserve a license for VIP users.
Flexible strategies, by application, when software is exceeded .
No network changes to run software
Information can be reviewed by software application or by workstation.
View and print system utilization reports or create your own.
 
   


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