netOctopus Enterprise Systems Manager (Includes software for Windows XP, 2000, 9x & NT, plus Mac OS, OS X & Jaguar) | Evaluate Now! | Turn Your Network Into a Strategic Asset With its power, versatility and ease of use, netOctopus is the premier systems administration tool for the multi-platform enterprise. Use netOctopus for: Asset Management In today's business environment, people need to choose the best operating systems and applications to be effective in their jobs. Keeping track of all these assets, applications and software licenses throughout a LAN, WAN, or global distributed enterprise is a full time job in itself. With netOctopus, over 500 standard hardware, software and system details can be at your fingertips instantly - stored in a database for searching, sorting and reporting. Information-gathering should be a tool, not an obstacle. Using netOctopus, you can remotely inventory more than 500 hardware and system software items, storing them in netOctopus's own relational databases, or in a standard ODBC backend database such as MS SQL, Oracle and others. Use netOctopus to inventory: Detailed hardware information, including manufacturer, model and serial number All software installed and active on client machines, including vendor, application name and version All active fonts on end user systems TCP/IP Information You can easily create custom reports by simply dragging and dropping the information items you wish to track into the report window. Sort the data quickly using simple or compound filters. Use standard logical operators on any of the 500 information items to create filters, and further customize your reports. Reports can be exported into a variety of formats, including HTML, so that information can be shared with management. Best of all, once you've saved them, all of your standard reports will be only a mouse-click away. With this kind of detailed information at your fingertips, you'll be able to make appropriate strategic decisions on asset allocation, and enforce local policies. If you are notified of a software audit, you'll be prepared with detailed, complete lists of all installed software on your network. In addition, netOctopus can detect changes (authorized or unauthorized) such as: Software installations or removals Hardware changes, such as RAM theft, PCI card removal or Processor upgrades Hard disk capacity issues – and netOctopus alerts you to predicted hard drive failures IP configuration changes Display changes You might manage a few dozen computers, or thousands of them. Wouldn't it be easier if they were all on your desk? With netOctopus, they can be Remote Configuration Even within a single building, it takes time to send technicians around to every workstation, checking and adjusting system and network settings, or ensuring compliance with company policies. For help desk technicians to talk end users through these adjustments on the phone may take even longer. netOctopus allows you to check and adjust system settings remotely, saving time, and making your IT staff more productive. netOctopus gives you all the information you need to help you identify and fix configuration problems remotely. You can quickly identify out-of-date software or drivers, disable extensions, change system parameters, assign or modify network IP addresses...even synchronize all system clocks. netOctopus also allows you to: Scan which user is on a particular OS version, using which software, with how much system memory Restart/shut down machines Remove unauthorized applications (such as MP3 swapping software) Fully configure/change user TCP/IP settings - for example, move a group of users onto a new DHCP server Edit the Windows registry Change RAM settings Change application memory allocation Scan for viruses using software deployed by netOctopus Move, copy and delete files and folders Create aliases Browse workstation's directory structures, and install or update files or folders Software Distribution With netOctopus, software updates, or new software roll-outs can be scheduled and run from a centralized location, using custom installer packages you create. But the hard part of software distribution comes long before the applications are installed. Use netOctopus to determine whether your company is in compliance with software licensing agreements; to determine which systems need upgrades; to find out what machines may need OS or hardware upgrades before you can even install the new software. netOctopus can dramatically reduce your preparation and planning time for every software roll-out. If you used only netOctopus' remote software installation, it would pay for itself with your first major software roll-out or upgrade. netOctopus enables you to install software throughout your network, on all computers, either immediately, or on a schedule. Using the included copy of Installer VISE, you can create custom installers using comparative, before and after, snapshots of folders or entire drives. Drag and drop installs, from your machine into the directory structure of client computers Install or update single files or folders Execute native Installers Update virus definitions Execute installers as with root privileges, bypassing authentication screens Perhaps more importantly, netOctopus can determine in advance which workstations have the required memory, disk space, processor or any other requirement for the application that you are installing. Using netOctopus's comprehensive asset management capabilities, you can easily create a template of your software's system requirements, and create a list of those computers which will require upgrade prior to installing that software. In this way, you can prepare a more accurate cost estimate prior to purchasing software, and fully prepare hardware before beginning to install.   Free 30 Day Trial Evaluation   Pricing       Home - Broadband Equipment -Timbuktu - Contact Us