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Just launched: Network Inventory Advisor 3.7

Monday, February 8th, 2010

After several betas and unofficial announcements we are finally happy to confirm the full release of Network Inventory Advisor 3.7! Automatic update notifications will start rolling out to all of our users over the next few minutes. Registered clients will get a separate email with some exclusive offers.

3.7 boasts plenty of new enhancements, including…

Totally new software audit module/report with almost all of your requests implemented

- license compliance

- software statuses: allowed, prohibited, must-have, unclassified

- software titles grouping: manual and automatic

- software titles management: hiding, searching, filtering, sorting, etc.

- notes adding

More advanced tabular reports

- include almost any data into your reports

- build extremely flexible reports to present, analyze and manage your network software and hardware

Quick reports navigation

…and more enhancements:

search current report on the ribbon
Italian interface language now available
now you can hide agent console window when scanning your network automatically from the logon script
network tree navigation improvements
scanning statuses are now more detailed
speed improvements when working with high numbers of nodes
scanning process cancelling is smoother
support of more SNMP-powered devices

Thanks to everyone who helped us test and improve this version of Network Inventory Advisor!

To sum it up:

Download the new release and upgrade instantly

Get acquainted with the new software audit features by reading the updated User Guide

Purchase a license

Visit our new and refreshed local websites: Italian, German, French, Spanish and Russian

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Build 3.6.1101 & being business-friendly…

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

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You probably noticed the reminder by your copy of Network Inventory Advisor about the new version available. That is generally a bugfix release, you can check the what’s new section of the user guide for details or this forum post. We improved the algorithms that resolve your hard drives’ names, and added a small notification panel that reminds you of the number of nodes you can still add in your current license.

In the past we sent so many demo extension codes to our potential clients, that finally we are glad to announce that everyone demoing Network Inventory Advisor now has the option to extend the free trial if there’s a need.

Thanks for your support.

P.S. We also invested our efforts into making the purchasing process smoother and more business-friendly. Hope you like the improvements. Let us know

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Network Inventory Advisor… version 3.6

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Many of you may have noticed that we omitted the minor upgrade to version 3.5.967 at our blog. Still if you look in the version history of the user guide, you will find the details of that release dated July 8. I won’t dig into the details of both releases actually, as I just wanted to highlight the real changes.

In 16 months since the original release of Network Inventory Advisor 3.0 we are presenting the new major update. Here’s what you will find under the hood:

Multiple nodes manipulations

#1. Batch editing and management of your nodes: select 2 or more nodes, or groups in the network tree and change their details with one click, re-group multiple nodes, scan selected, assign and edit custom fields easily.

Detect hardware changes and get notified

#2. Automatic hardware changes tracking and reporting for Windows and Mac OS nodes: there’s a new report added called Hardware Changes, as well as a new alert type which will notify you when hardware is changed, removed or added on every node.

#3. More improvements in hardware inventory: now you can easily detect and decode monitors Plug’n'Play IDs and manufacturer into readable format.

Build reports on how much RAM your computers have

#4. Network summary has been enhanced: “All network hardware” report now also shows nodes grouped by RAM size

You will also find more than 100 new (less important) fixes and improvements in the new version. It can be downloaded here. Please, comment if you want to share your thoughts or ideas, or send us an e-mail. We are working on new ideas and new features now. Please, stay tuned.

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Network Inventory Advisor 3.5 is here!

Monday, June 1st, 2009

After more than 2-month delay, we are changing everything. PC Inventory Advisor is now Network Inventory Advisor (thanks amb). Yesterday we uploaded the totally new version of our network inventory toolkit, which has a new name now. We added long-awaited features and fixed more than 200 bugs both reported by our users and found by our test lab. We will be sending a newsletter to all registered clients shortly, and automatic updates notification will be fired. Please, download Network Inventory Advisor 3.5 now, install it and let us know what you think of the new release. This update is totally free for all users of version 3.x.

Among the top features we added you will find:

SNMP devices inventory support

Since now on Network Inventory Advisor will automatically discover all your network devices having IP assigned. You will be able to easily scan and obtain technical data from WiFi access points, modems, multifunctionals, printers, IP phones, etc. SNMP v1 and v2c are supported, so you can easily customize ‘community’ setting as well. Moreover, with version 3.5 you can add your own information to any node on your inventory list… check this:

User-defined fields (screenshot)

Now you can add any searchable and sortable data to your nodes, and later on use these data fields in your reports. It’s quite a useful feature, which we received a very positive feedback on from all of you who tried the beta version before the release. You can use custom fields to denote whether a node has a UPS or scanner attached (or needs one), asset acquiring date, service tags and much more! Custom fields can be managed on a higher level in Settings, and used in Tabular or Detailed reports, so it’s really simple to build analytics and inventory reports with your own data accompanying technical information collected from your IT assets.

Command-line interface

Network Inventory Advisor can be easily manipulated using command-line instructions and calls. It’s another great way to integrate Network Inventory Advisor into your current auditing solution, accounting system or CMDB.

Among the rest of new features, I’d highlight the following ones:

ENHANCED: now Network Inventory Advisor lets you specify more than 30 various device types identified by individual icons

ENHANCED: data collection on processors when scanned with the agent utility

ENHANCED: device type is detected automatically (when possible)

ENHANCED: more detailed status messages in the scanning dialog

ENHANCED: “Owner” field is no longer custom, it is automatically collected when scanning remote nodes

ENHANCED: user interface localizations (Spanish localization added)

ENHANCED: device factsheet has been re-designed in all nodes’ reports

ENHANCED: export to MS Access SQL is now available as a separate option

ENHANCED: scheduler was slightly enhanced and now provides more details on the actual status of its actions

ENHANCED: network tree state is now saved when moving and re-grouping nodes

ENHANCED: pre-configuration wizard now lets you include network device into scan right away

ENHANCED: nodes’ prices can be specified with currency now

ENHANCED: new pre-defined “Users” report, it now reflects the list of users logged on in the network

ENHANCED: demo limitations are less severe now, you can export and print all the data on your localhost while you are within a free trial period

ENHANCED: better support of all versions of MS Office when collecting their product keys and serial #’s

ENHANCED: grace scan cancelling

ENHANCED: Windows 7 RC was added to the list of supported OS and to the network summary report

and some fixes:

FIXED: domain nodes scanning via WMI

FIXED: some export issues for SQL format

FIXED: some issues in Settings

FIXED: several crashes within Chinese and Japanese localizations

FIXED: data export for Macs

FIXED: some critical fixes when running Network Inventory Advisor in Windows 2000

FIXED: other bugs

We are sure you’ll like the new release. Still as it is a major upgrade, please, backup your current installation folder of PC Inventory Advisor (just in case). Other than that it’s absolutely safe to install Network Inventory Advisor replacing your current copy of PC Inventory Advisor, your current data is secure and will not be removed.

Thank you

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Build 3.2.791: better scanning process, multiple logins, Windows Updates, localized user interface and 50+ other enhancements

Friday, March 13th, 2009

PC Inventory Advisor 3.2.791 is available now. As some of you may have noticed, we are putting a lot of effort into scanning quality now, so your network inventory experience is the smoothest and most reliable ever. With this new update, actually there was an intermediary one (build 3.2.743), we introduced several “big” features and a long list of minor improvements which polish the scanning process and guarantee much better experience collecting your network details.

New in 3.2.791:

Multiple Network Logins

PC Inventory Advisor - Multiple logins configuration

We got so many requests for this feature, that we couldn’t miss it. Now you can easily specify specific logins for groups and individual nodes, so there’s no need to split scanning process into several stages to get all your network assets inventoried.

Customizable alerts

Now you can tune several parameters in network alerts collected by PC Inventory Advisor.

Windows Automatic Updates status

Windows Automatic Updates in the reports

Whenever you scan a Windows node now, you will get all the details on Windows Updates status, detection, download and installation date and time, as well as corresponding alerts in your network or node summary.

Remote desktop connection

Remote Desktop Connection in PC Inventory Advisor

Now you can easily connect to any node remotely via RDP, simply right-click the node in the tree, and select the corresponding option. Windows Remote Desktop will be launched and connection will be established, wait for more RDP software solutions to be supported in the nearest future.

Better detection of logged on users

Currently active user in a node's report

We also spent quite some time on polishing the detection mechanisms of currently logged on users on workgroup and domain nodes. You will now find the new User Account field in every node’s factsheet, as well as correctly listed logged on user in tabular reports. Direct domain nodes scanning via WMI is also improved.

Fast & Stable Scanning

Now you can achieve much better scanning results by configuring connection and scanning methods utilized by PC Inventory Advisor with the help of new options in Settings: Connection and Performance.

First GUI localizations

We now speak your language! Among the first localizations which we added into build 3.2.791 you will find German, French, Chinese, Japanese & Russian. More languages are coming soon.

Also:

Nodes that were not scanned for some reason (access denied, etc) may not be added to the network tree, optionally
The option to show only logged on domain user accounts
Network summary compilation is 20 times faster now
Much better support for 2000+ nodes networks
Custom and pre-defined reports generation on Macs
Export into different databases is completely separated now
Nodes counters for groups
…and more than 50 other enhancements and improvements in total

Download PC Inventory Advisor 3.2.791 now and let us know if you like it, and what else you suppose should be added! Thanks

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