While Christmas and New Year are that close, and the whole our team cordially sends our congratulations to all our clients, today we are releasing a few minor and major improvements to Network Inventory Advisor.
We added the ability to inventory Linux software. Along with many internal improvements in Linux scanning, this brings Linux machines support to a new level. Now you can scan Linux nodes natively with Network Inventory Advisor. Though, by default the option to include Linux software in network-wide “All software” report is not enabled, as Linux machines are known to have hundreds of software titles different in just minor versions, which leads to multiple inclusions in the report and making it really hard to manage. So unless you really need that, you can keep the option disabled.
Linux software audit
Second, we added license status and edition details collection for all MS Office versions - another great option for license compliance experts. Additionally, we devoted some time to better Macs scanning, specifically MS Office detection on Mac OS X nodes. Since the latest update Network Inventory Advisor will not only collect MS Office details on Macs, but will also correctly position it in “All software” report for your whole network.
MS Office Editions and License Status
Third, as you know there’s a filter in “All software” report that helps you easily filter out Allowed, Prohibited or Unclassified applications. We were always missing Must-have apps there, though this type of software was always available. Corrected!
Must-have applications filter in "All software" report
#4 - Data on SNMP-devices is also available in Tabular reports. The following fields can now be included in a report: Device Name, Description, Contact, Location, Object ID, Uptime
SNMP-devices now share their data in Tabular reports
#5 - Node reports on running Services now include “Log on as” data. Convenient to track access rights a specific service has, helps to troubleshoot software issues network-wide.
Services now list the user account they are running under
Sixth, we enhanced network mapped drives audit, especially for Windows 7 nodes. Now, mapped drives are listed for each user logged on in the scanned system.
Finally, we applied the following fixes along with a number of bugs found, isolated, neutralized and wiped off for good:
We hope you like these simple changes. Follow us on Twitter @clearapps or give us feedback on our ClearApps Forum.
Happy holidays!
