•  IT asset management is a critical function that delivers insight into computing environments so organizations can ensure software license compliance, make better use of existing software licenses and make more informed software procurement decisions.

• Solutions are needed to simplify and automate asset management across distributed enterprise IT networks with tens of thousands of software applications, all in various licensure stages.
• Solutions are needed to track how often applications are being used in order to ensure software licenses are purchased and allocated correctly.
• Solutions are needed to consolidate IT asset information into a single location, in order to view real-time information about the assets and generate pertinent reports.

• (Intuitive Operation) Prism Asset Manager features an intuitive Windows-style interface, making it easy to learn and use, and virtually eliminating the need for training.
• (Internet-Based Administration) Prism Asset Manager makes controlling assets across widely distributed environments and mobile workforces simple and easy, allowing secure administration from any remote location with an Internet connection.
• (Simplified Data Consolidation) Prism Asset Manager makes it easy to import non-scannable assets, discover all connected IT assets and edit asset information - delivering administrators a complete picture of assets under management to make smart and timely decisions.

• (Automatic Discovery) Prism Asset Manager automatically discovers every connected device within a given environment. Asset information is continuously updated - allowing administrators to act on information changes in real time and appropriately keep required and/or unauthorized applications off desktops.
• (Network Discovery) Prism Asset Manager automatically discovers all IP connected devices (computers, printers, routers and switches) across a network, regardless of whether the Prism client is installed - enabling administrators to automatically keep or remove applications.
• (Automatic Software Recognition) Prism Asset Manager identifies all software installed across a network using a software knowledge base that recognizes more than 10,000 commercial software applications and their component files. Administrators also can add to this knowledge base with information about custom applications.
• (Automatic Hardware Discovery) Prism Asset Manager scans managed computers on a scheduled basis or on-demand, providing detailed knowledge of a computer’s current hardware configuration.
• (License Usage) Prism Asset Manager provides critical insight into how often applications are being used on the individual level. This functionality allows administrators to remove and reallocate licenses accordingly to limit or eliminate overspending on software licenses.
• (Comprehensive Reporting) Prism Asset Manager's dynamic reporting engine provides standard or customized reports - such as software license compliance, installed software summary, installed hardware summary, etc. - that can be matched against organizational processes to help administrators make more informed decisions.
• (License Management) Prism Asset Manager accurately identifies all software that is installed and automatically determines compliance with available licenses, so administrators and business groups can better plan for software procurement and migration, as well as software audits.
• (Dynamic Configuration Management) Using Prism Asset Manager's patented configuration groups, administrators can automatically monitor for specific software and hardware changes that require remediation.
• (Mobile Workforce Support) A proxy server enables computers to securely communicate with Prism Asset Manager, enabling complete management of mobile systems.

Granularity

• (Granular Reporting) Powered by the Prism report engine, Prism Asset Manager lets users build custom reports and templates based on timely and pertinent information.
• (Application Knowledge Base) Prism Asset Manager maintains a knowledge base of more than 10,000 software applications and component files, ensuring full asset management recognition.
• (Prism Console) Prism Asset Manager is highly configurable, letting administrators make the Prism Console interface as granular as needed, including customized views, simplified client installation and changing polling intervals.
• (Security Roles) Prism Asset Manager's security roles allow administrators the flexibility to specify pre-defined roles and customize permissions to allow or deny access to specific functions in the Prism Console.
• (Standards Compliance) Prism Asset Manager's detailed inventory information helps administrators create standard server, desktop and laptop configurations to drive improved IT, help desk and organizational efficiency.
• (User-Defined Fields) Prism Asset Manager supports user-defined fields, which allows administrators to customize and extend the solution by adding new information fields about computers and applications that have been inventoried.

Savings

• (Rapid ROI) Prism Asset Manager typically pays for itself after its first few uses by significantly improving IT productivity and quickly enhancing knowledge about computing environments to speed return on hardware and software investments.
• (Lowers TCO) Prism Asset Manager's "efficiency impact" from initial install through daily use drives down the cost of managing a Windows environment.
• (No Training Required) Prism Asset Manager features an intuitive Windows-style interface, making it easy to learn and use, virtually eliminating the need for expensive training.
• (Minimal Infrastructure Costs)  Prism Asset Manager can generally reside on existing hardware without the need for additional capital expenditures.
• (License Compliance) Prism Asset Manager delivers regulatory and software license compliance and maximum IT asset utilization to reduce operational costs and organizational risk and comply with corporate standards - taking the anxiety out of software audits.
• (Regulatory Compliance) Prism Asset Manager helps organizations achieve regulatory compliance by providing IT asset information related to financial reporting systems and financial exposures from equipment leases and licensing agreements.
• (Improved Planning/Budgeting) Prism Asset Manager comprehensive functionality and reporting capabilities helps organizations better control existing assets and plan and budget for software and hardware procurement and migration.
• (Help Desk Efficiency) Prism Asset Manager improves IT department and helpdesk efficiency by providing detailed system configuration information in real-time. Having detailed configuration information on affected computers can cut help desk call times in half.
• (Improved Security) Prism Asset Manager improves IT environment security by discovering and reporting on unauthorized software, spyware and other non-standard applications. Prism Asset Manager supports IT security processes by providing detailed information on mobile computing assets that contain confidential information.