Features Summary

On-Demand Audit

Using the On-Demand Audit, you can remotely audit Windows, Mac, and Linux workstations and servers on the internal network for up-to-the-minute hardware and software information. There is no need to deploy the inventory agent or make any configuration changes on remote computers. The audit is carried out in real time, and the snapshots are delivered directly to the central repository.

Other Audit Methods

Alloy Discovery enables you to implement agent-based audit for computers on external networks or even for standalone computers.

SNMP Support

Alloy Discovery supports the discovery and identification of networked devices (printers, scanners, network routers, hubs, switches, etc.) using the SNMP protocol.

User-Defined Fields

Using user-defined fields you can maintain cutom information about computers and devices in your inventory. For example, user-defined fields can be used to track the physical location, vendor/support information, your notes, etc.

Unicode Support

Alloy Discovery implements Unicode support for entering, capturing, and displaying data using national characters.

Data Analysis

Flexible data filtering, grouping, and sorting enables you to conveniently analyze your inventory data. With the point-and-click interface of the advanced filter you can create complex filtering criteria to achieve the desired level of detail.

Reporting and Charting

Alloy Discovery is packaged with a comprehensive set of standard reports and charts for general use (such as “Assets by Operating System”, “SNMP Devices”, “Top 10 Software”, etc.). The layout of any standard report can be customized, or a new report can be created from scratch by using the integrated Report Designer feature.

Web Publishing

This feature enables you to access your inventory data from the convenience of a web browser. You can export audit snapshots in the form of interactive, drill-down HTML pages, ready for publishing on your Intranet. Alloy Discovery includes a web report utility, which can be implemented as a scheduled task to regularly update and publish your inventory data.

External Tools

Simply select any record in the Computer List and launch an external application from a configurable menu. The external tool launcher will pass the name or the IP address of the selected computer into that application as a parameter. This way you can ping, open the Computer Management console, or initiate a remote management session with any computer on your list in just a couple of mouse clicks.

Snapshot Pruning

The configurable pruning feature automatically cleans the Computer List of redundant information resulting from computers no longer being audited.

Data Reporting

Just apply the necessary filtering or grouping rules to any data grid, and you can easily print out the entire contents of the grid as an on-the-fly report.

Data Export

Alloy Discovery can export all the details of your audit snapshots to XML. You can then easily import the XML format into all types of databases, or integrate it with third-party tools. You can also export audit data in HTML, CSV, or Excel formats.

Quick and Flexible Deployment

Alloy Discovery offers multiple configuration options for its audit agents to support a wide array of deployment scenarios:

• single and multi-domain networks
• workgroup networks
• external and isolated networks (DMZ)
• standalone computers