Know The environment

To manage information systems one must know in detail the integrality of the resources composing the environment.

All details pertaining to the environment must be stored in a reference frame capable of restoring at demand the following type of queries:

Security

• Detect installations of unauthorized software
• Know if the latest patches have been applied
• Know which resources have outdated antivirus signatures
• Know who opened a session on a specific resource at a specific time.
• Know the permissions applied to a folder and/or share
• Know when a server was illicitly rebooted

Management

• Know how many desktops and laptops there are to monitor
• Know how much free disk space is still available
• Find out if the Service Pack level is identical throughout the network
• Detect error generating applications on a server
• Know the active services on the servers
• List all resources equipped with a specific video adapter
• Count the installations of a specific application
• Know the version of installed software
• List all devices connected to a resource
• Detect the printers used by a resource

Evolution

• Follow the evolution of hardware configuration
• Determine if a server will support a workload increase
• Detect if a resource needs a memory upgrade

WinReporter is a solution developed essentially to meet this requirement.

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