Prefix IT Ltd., the leader in Total PC Management, has added fully automatic, real-time licence tracking to its software asset management function within PrefixNE. This new innovative feature enables small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) to efficiently track software downloads and installations, and prevents inadvertent or unlawful under-procurement of software licence
LONDON, ENGLAND, November 22, 2005 — Prefix IT Ltd., the leader in Total PC Management, has added fully automatic, real-time licence tracking to its enterprise software asset management function within PrefixNE. This new innovative feature enables small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) to efficiently track software downloads and installations, and prevents inadvertent or unlawful under-procurement of software licence.
PrefixNE is a Total PC Management tool that provides IT professionals with complete control over their PC network environments. Incredibly powerful, yet simple to use, PrefixNE is designed to meet the highly specific requirements of SMEs. A recent swell of research into the subject shows that SMEs are having great difficulty tracking software compliance in the office. Software installation is now so simple, and software packages are so widely available that it is increasingly difficult for IT managers to keep track of what licences the company owns, and almost impossible to know what has actually been installed.
In direct response to customer requests, Prefix IT has enhanced the latest version of its Prefix NE solution, providing IT managers with a rapid real-time view of all software installations anywhere on their corporate networks. PrefixNE’s Licence Tracker feature, available in the latest version of the solution, keeps a real time log of all software installed, warns IT managers of potential and actual breaches of licensing rules and provides a constant and accurate guide to software ownership within the organisation, as part of a full software and hardware asset management suite.
“Our SME customers insist that they must remain software compliant, as demanded by their company directors, yet keeping track of software downloads and installations has become a huge headache for IT managers,” explained Darren Rockman, managing director of Prefix. “Licence Tracker enables IT managers to keep track of every installation of each software package within the network and immediately alerts the IT manager of any new installations. By tracking the actual, real-time status of each PC in the network, SMEs can avoid costly fines while maintaining accurate and legal ownership of their software assets. Total PC Management means giving IT Managers a complete picture of their network, and this includes the practical, financial and legal ramifications of the PC and laptop installed base, in a single unified and comprehensive solution.”
PrefixNE offers IT managers a cost effective, comprehensive suite of powerful tools to take control of all of the PCs in their network from a unified console. This saves the IT manager’s time and can almost eliminate journeys between multiple offices to fix often simple, network-related problems. PrefixNE provides the IT department with warning every time new software is installed and provides a simple way for the IT department to report to company management regarding licence compliance. Prefix provides this as part of its packaged Total PC Management solution which solves the myriad of difficulties associated with managing PCs in the SME.
PrefixNE enables IT professionals to control all the PCs in the network from a single point of administration. PrefixNE combines a broad array of functionality, including:
- Group Management – IT managers can instruct PrefixNE to modify any group of PCs in a single keystroke, including software uploads, patches and registry fixes.
- Real Time Alerts – an Alert Bar provides real time notification of software of hardware modifications, or repeated system alerts. These alerts can be set to automatically notify IT managers of critical problems with SMS messages to mobile phones, beepers or via e-mail.
- Policy Enforcement – PrefixNE prevents the opening of hazardous or unwanted applications (like P2P software), applications from being mistakenly or intentionally closed and can stop shared folder creation.
- Online Assistance - support queries are logged and dealt with in a structured fashion through PrefixNE’s simple but effective, network-wide helpdesk system.
- Inventory - PrefixNE provides IT managers with real-time hardware and software inventory, and software license tracking.
About Prefix IT Ltd.
Prefix IT Ltd develops and markets Total PC Management software to IT professionals and Managed Service Providers. Prefix products offer small and medium sized businesses (SME) with the broad functionality only available until now to large enterprises. Prefix products adhere to three key values to suit the SME environment: simplicity, power and professional excellence. The company was founded in 2004, in order to provide powerful PC Management software to IT professionals in SMEs and already includes UK and US publicly traded companies among its growing customer base.
Prefix IT is backed by a group of investors advised by Goldman Investments. The antecedents of Goldman Investments go back to the late David Goldman, founder and Executive Chairman of The Sage Group plc (LSE: SGE). In more recent times, Goldman Investments has been closely involved in the development and, in 2004, listing of Invu (AIM: NVUK), a leading European document management software company. For more information, please visit www.prefixit.com.
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Company Contact:
Darren Rockman
Prefix Ltd.
+44 (20) 7404 8629
Press Contact:
Daniel Epstein
Summit Advantage
+44 (20) 8150 6851
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