Provides inventory management; collects, stores, and maintains hardware, software, and asset information
- Provides inventory and asset management capabilities for PC environments.
- Has Web-based interface aimed at SMB customers.
- Has an upgrade path to IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express
Small to medium-sized business (SMB) customers desire easy-to-use software distribution, patch, inventory, and asset management solutions for their PC environments. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution V4.1.0 and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory V4.1.0 are solutions with these capabilities.
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory is a subset of IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution, and an entry-level, information management solution that offers hardware and software inventory reporting capabilities for your PC assets. This easy-to-use solution consists of a client agent to collect software and hardware information, a centralized data repository, and a Web-based console that lets you quickly and easily manage and view the collected information. Software distribution and patch capabilities are not included.
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Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory
IBM Software Subscription and Support is included in the product price for the first year.
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Priority code: 109HJ03W
Features, advantages and benefits
| Features | Advantages | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Easy-to-install and use for on demand tracking, controlling and managing PC and server hardware and software assets. | Can be installed, configured and conducting first inventory report in less than 30 minutes. | Realize a rapid time to value and improve operational efficiency. |
| Web-based reporting. | Includes 140 standard reports including custom query capabilities. | Easily customize, save, and schedule reporting. |
| Automatic collection and inventory of asset information. | For distributed or remote users – whether users are logged on or not. | Replaces slow, costly manual inventory methods. |
| Collects security patch inventory information. | Identifies non-compliant users. | Helps measure and improve security compliance across your organization. |
| Provides accurate ongoing identification, tracking, and reporting of hardware, software and owners. | Know what you have and where it is. | Prevents over-purchase or underutilization of software licenses and hardware. |
Business benefits
Understanding what hardware and software assets your business has, how much you have and where it all resides is vital. In today's complex computing environment, tracking and managing an organization's hardware and software is extremely difficult and time-consuming. Few businesses have accurate, efficient methods for identifying, tracking and reporting on hardware and software assets. As a result, they expose themselves to potential security vulnerabilities, because the configurations of their systems do not align with their standards.
To help your small or midsize organization efficiently and cost-effectively automate inventory and asset management, IBM has developed affordable, powerful IBM Tivoli® Provisioning Manager Express software. Not only is this software easy to install, use and manage, it also helps you maximize employee efficiency and lower costs.
IBM Tivoli® Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory is an efficient, low-cost, lightweight inventory management solution that collects, measures, stores, and maintains hardware, software (including security patches), and asset information. The Web-based interface makes it easy to access information, track assets and generate reports. It delivers over 140 standard reports that can be easily customized, saved and regenerated on a schedule you set. Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory can also be used to generate target lists for needed updates and report compliance with IT security policies to help protect your data and improve security.
Are in need of a solution that provides combined inventory management and software distribution? See how IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution can help.
Page last updated on February 20, 2007.
Supported platforms
Client:
Windows 9X and Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows 2000 Data Center Server
Windows XP Pro and Windows XP Pro w/SP2 or later
Windows 2003 Enterprise/Standard R2, Windows Server 2003 Standard, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2003 Data Center
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and later
Server:
Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows 2000 Data Center Server
Windows 2003 Enterprise/Standard R2, Windows Server 2003 Standard, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2003 Data Center
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and later
IBM Cloudscape 5.1 database with embedded IBM WebSphere Application Server Express 6.0.2 is required and included
Windows 9X, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 no longer in mainstream support by Microsoft, as such clients requiring support on these platforms will receive best effort support.
Page last updated on June 26, 2006.
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