Workstation Manager

Auditing Features

Workstation Auditing is all about finding out as much as possible about a given machine and user as possible, Lanboss has made sure that the product extends well beyond the expected. For example, we count the number of PC (Ghost or similar) images used across the entire estate. We even detect where the same image was used across different machine types, or where two identical workstations were built separately to the same specification. This information is absolutely vital when it comes to preparing for a new workstation image build.

With Lanboss, the trick with auditing is using the information found in both a logical and a lateral manner to enhance the information to better support IT decisions.

Gathering Information

The Workstation Auditor delivers over 300 decision supporting workstation statistics for every PC on your network. A tiny agent gathers a broad variety of information from machines at variable intervals and transmits it to the console. The workstations and users are audited individually so that it is possible to track user activities separately, if desired. The

• Machine Hardware
• Windows
• Applications
• Printing Configuration
• Network Configuration
• Network Relationship
• UNC references across the workstation configuration
• Workstation storage usage categorised into over 120 categories

The product conforms to industry standards like Perfmon, SMBIOS and WMI.

You will get a clear picture on how the workforce utilise their workstations. A unique feature is that the product details each PC's relationship with the network and can report on any machine that requires either a hardware upgrade or replacement prior to system rollout.

The Lanboss Workstation Manager Console has an Advanced Reporting Engine that allows you to query, filter, group, select, chart, and export the information to suit your needs. Apart from the built in reports, you can create your own customised reports. The query system is SQL based and follows industry standard selection methods, giving you the ability to find the information you need, without needing to be an SQL expert.

Auditing for IT Change Risk Management

• Find out what you are dealing with… before the event
• Base decisions on fact, not assumptions
• Be able to plan ahead

Vital Decision Support Information

• Workstations that will be affected by a change of service
• UNCs per workstation, workstations per UNC
• Workstation Network Configuration
• Network Clients installed
• Who is mapping where

Licensing & Assets

• Tracking software maintenance costs
• Removing unused applications
• Correlation of what purchased against what is installed
• Estate hardware summarisation
• Insurance (growing need for detailed info)
• Asset Tracking & Retirement

System Changes

• Workstation upgradeability
• User activities and ‘hotdesking’, ‘Footprint’ on local machines
• Applications in use, core services being accessed
• USMT & UNC management
• Shared storage space usage
• Network Printing environment

Software Asset Management (FAST & BSA)

• Locating all software implemented in the PC’s and laptops that a company uses
• Providing a structured way to organise the applications and record all proof of ownership of software licenses
• Helping the company find their software license deficiencies or over purchases
• Delivering the necessary proof of compliance for organisations like the Federation Against Software Theft or the Business Software Alliance
• Ensuring that company directors do not fall foul of the copyright theft laws