RTO Software Discover: Asset Management Video Podcast

About this Show

In the following DABCC Virtualization Video Podcast, Douglas Brown interviews Kevin Goodman, CEO and Founder of RTO Software. Doug and Kevin discuss RTO Software's Discover software solution that allows deep discovery of applications, network devices, servers and clients in your IT infrastructure by tracking application dependencies, application inventory, configuration changes and licensing information.

About RTO Software Discover

Discover is an agent-less network discovery, application asset inventory, and configuration inventory and auditing tool for IT organizations. Discover installs on any Windows XP Professional or Vista workstation, Windows 2000 Server or 2003 Server, and discovers all IP-addressable devices on the target network or Windows domain of the device it is run from. Discover installs in minutes, does not require a database installation, and will scan a network of 700 IP addresses in approximately one hour.

Key features of RTO Discover that delivers on these customer needs include the following:

Simplifies Asset Management - Allows users to identify differences from standard software and hardware configurations and take corrective action as necessary. Helps IT managers circumvent some of the problems associated with maintaining hundreds of applications in a typical infrastructure.
Manages Software Licenses Efficiently – Maintains comprehensive and up-to-date information about application software licenses including deployment locations, number of licenses, when they expire, the users who have been assigned the licenses and more. This helps IT staff to obtain near real-time information about license usage to meet compliance requirements in the event of an audit.
Tracks Every IT Asset in Detail – Tracks assets and provides the ability to drill-down to identify and annotate the asset as applicable and obtain multiple views by running queries as the situation demands. This allows IT users to view the complete details on a software or hardware asset and export/report the results as needed.

For more information please visit: RTO Software - Discover

To download an evaluation copy of Discover please visit: RTO Software - Discover - Download Free Trial

About Kevin Goodman

Kevin Goodman founded RTO Software in 2000 with a mission to improve the performance, throughput and scalability of applications throughout the enterprise. A 20-year veteran in the software industry, Goodman has had successful management roles in a number of private and publicly held high-tech companies including Digital Communications Associates, Automated Design Systems and Softblox.

Goodman is the author of two books: "Windows NT: A Developer's Guide" , and "Building Windows 95 Applications", and has been a frequent contributor to several computer industry magazines. He has been awarded two patents on application scalability and is the co-author of the "Citrix Logon Process" chart with Brian Madden.

About Douglas Brown (Host of DABCC TV)

Douglas Brown worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 at which time he was voted Systems Engineer of the Year 2002 by his peers and management at Citrix. He was awarded the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) by Microsoft Corporation in 2005 - 2008 for his contributions to the industry. He was also a charter award winner of the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) for his continued support of the Citrix community.

Mr. Brown authored the popular “Methodology in a Box” book covering best practice project management in a Citrix deployment and developed Advanced Print Manager, a software application for the management of printers in a server based computing environment.

Mr. Brown has earned worldwide recognition for his dedication to providing server-based computing and virtualization professionals with proven solutions for implementation, infrastructure design, time-saving utilities, performance tips and best practices. DABCC.com is one of the most frequently visited sites internationally for virtualization and server-based computing information and networking opportunities.