Novell ZENworks Asset Management includes:

Asset Inventory for Windows and Linux Devices Workstation Inventory Network Discovery Asset Management Software Usage Tracking & Reporting Software Management Contract Management

Novell ZENworks Asset Management automates and accelerates the process of asset identification of all your hardware and software assets. Asset identification features include:

	Automatic recognition of tens of thousands of products and devices.
	Advanced auto-discovery that checks software against an application's knowledgebase.
	Monthly asset knowledgebase updates
	Recognition of software suites. This makes it possible to report usage, compliance and discovery of IT software assets that are a collection of independent products licensed as a single unit by the software vendor, as a software suite, or as a special license provision.
	A fast, convenient mechanism for adding proprietary and legacy products.
	The ability to inventory Windows, Mac, Linux and UNIX machines.

Hardware & Software Inventory Report for Windows 7 Migration	Software Discovery Summary with Services Pack & Roll up Release Information	Software Compliance Report with License Reconciliation
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After ZENworks Asset Management has created accurate inventory and normalized licensing data from across your organization, the license management features come into play. An advanced set of reconciliation capabilities allows you to match products discovered on your network with purchased licenses. License management features include:

	The ability to automatically reconcile purchased and discovered products.
	Tools that link software inventory to proof of purchase and installations.
	The ability to drill down from compliance reports to underlying purchases and installations.
	A complete, immediate picture of over-and under-licensing.
	Automatic e-mail alerts that notify you of potential licensing problems.