This article is intended for IT managers or application administrators.
Software refers to any program installed on a computer, server or other IT devices. Companies use a variety of software, from operating systems to security software to various business applications that serve users and employees for business processes and decision-making. They are sometimes called information systems.
Software and license overview in your company
This organizer is intended to keep records of any software and applications in your company. The system helps you with license management and an overview of where and how you bought the software. You can also record cloud apps or services you are using. The organizer is predefined to record useful and required information you can use during a software audit or sustain the continuity of your business activities.
Keeping track of software, changes and licenses
- Maintaining information on acquisitions, acquisition documents, suppliers
- Lease, rental, subscription, or maintenance information
- Software support contact information
- Overview of purchased software and cloud services
- Maintenance of user, administrator, or security documentation
- Change management and all activities over the software
The software Organizer contains all practical operating information
- Software name and type for easy sorting and orientation
- Version information, software updates
- Link to the manufacturer or software provider
- Acquisition, license information, including the ability to save or reference the contract
- Who uses the software or where it is used
- Support contacts from the software vendor or manufacturer
- Detailed technical information about the software
Software Operation Log
- For each software, you keep information about performed maintenance, updates, and all service interventions.
How does Aptien help you with software management?
Central overview of software
- CMDB (Configuration Management DataBase) is a central repository, where you store information about your software, and it also serves for software configuration management
- CMDB provides a common place for storing data associated with hardware activities
- Software inventory can include many specifics of each hardware.
Maintenance and operation log of software
- Keeping an operation log of software
- Monitoring software warranty terms
- Monitoring regular software replacement
- Keeping an operation log of performed maintenance, updates, patch management
- Monitoring regular penetration tests
- You can easily set up and monitor all the mentioned activities for different software