Comments on: INTERVIEW: Steve Klos “Revolutionising the Identification and Management of Software” http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2009/06/16/interview-steve-klos-revolutionising-the-identification-and-management-of-software/ Independent News, Reviews and Resources for ITAM and SAM Professionals Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:37:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Stephen White http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2009/06/16/interview-steve-klos-revolutionising-the-identification-and-management-of-software/comment-page-1/#comment-3258 Stephen White Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:19:07 +0000 http://www.itassetmanagement.net/?p=1429#comment-3258 A member of WG21 this week delivered a briefing which indicated that 3 years of effort from many is now close to reaching the significant milestone of -2 ratification (a single round of voting remaining). What's more, as mentioned in the article, the content is being treated as a defacto standard by some vendors as they advance efforts to comply and thereby support their customers SAM programmes in years to come. A member of WG21 this week delivered a briefing which indicated that 3 years of effort from many is now close to reaching the significant milestone of -2 ratification (a single round of voting remaining). What’s more, as mentioned in the article, the content is being treated as a defacto standard by some vendors as they advance efforts to comply and thereby support their customers SAM programmes in years to come.

]]> By: Jeff Kelsey, Express Metrix http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2009/06/16/interview-steve-klos-revolutionising-the-identification-and-management-of-software/comment-page-1/#comment-2257 Jeff Kelsey, Express Metrix Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:08:04 +0000 http://www.itassetmanagement.net/?p=1429#comment-2257 This is a terrific article. Software tagging has the potential to bring about a monumental leap forward for software management. In the meantime, until software tagging becomes not only a reality, but also universal among both software publishers and end-user software estates, software identification will remain a complex task. As it stands today, the primary options for identifying installed software are registry analysis, file header analysis, or using a software identification database. For anyone interested, we recently published a paper explaining the various methodologies for identifying software installed across corporate networks. (Our own software inventory technology relies on a software identification database that utilizes a combination of file information and registry entries.) http://www.expressmetrix.com/products/software-inventory/ This is a terrific article. Software tagging has the potential to bring about a monumental leap forward for software management. In the meantime, until software tagging becomes not only a reality, but also universal among both software publishers and end-user software estates, software identification will remain a complex task.

As it stands today, the primary options for identifying installed software are registry analysis, file header analysis, or using a software identification database.

For anyone interested, we recently published a paper explaining the various methodologies for identifying software installed across corporate networks. (Our own software inventory technology relies on a software identification database that utilizes a combination of file information and registry entries.)

http://www.expressmetrix.com/products/software-inventory/

]]> By: Craig Wilson http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2009/06/16/interview-steve-klos-revolutionising-the-identification-and-management-of-software/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 Craig Wilson Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:41:42 +0000 http://www.itassetmanagement.net/?p=1429#comment-2244 Great article, really looking forward to when this becomes a reality! Great article, really looking forward to when this becomes a reality!

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