xAssets Announces Hosted IT Asset Discovery Service for Fast , Accurate Discovery Without the Overh

Feb. 9, 2010 - PRLog -- Wiltshire, United Kingdom February  9, 2010 – xAssets (www.xassets.com), a privately held corporation with offices in the United Kingdom, United States of America and Australia, provides IT and software management, fixed asset management software and helpdesk software tools to medium and large scale enterprises, announced today that it is introducing an automated hosted service focused on discovering physical IT assets.

xAssets’ hosted equipment discovery service provides organizations with the fastest and least complicated route to precisely identify and record all of their IT assets, including a detailed breakdown of the configuration of each device. It requires no server acquisition, no software or agent deployment and minimal setup. A very small collection server tool is placed on the user’s network and the system is typically up and running in minutes. The hosted service allows discovery for 30 consecutive days and reporting for an additional 30 days. Users can then choose to continue with the hosted service as needed.

According to Paul Lambert, xAssets Chief Technology Officer, “xAssets’ IT Asset Discovery Service is the fastest route to developing a comprehensive IT Asset inventory. It combines the xAssets Enterprise Network Discovery toolset with a hosted service, enabling organizations to quickly create a complete IT hardware inventory report with no impact on ongoing operations. The solution is accessed from a web browser and is able to scale to large networks.”

“Organizations frequently do not have a discovery tool that is implemented across the enterprise,” stated Jenny Schuchert, Educator at the International Association of IT Asset Managers, Inc.  “The option of a low-impact solution such as the one xAssets is providing would be extremely helpful, especially when practitioners are dealing with the 2010 issues of new operating systems, data center/server reconfigurations and a plethora of virtualization and cloud computing options.”

Barry Long, the company’s Director of US Sales, noted that, “This new service is exactly what is needed when planning software and hardware upgrades, rolling out server virtualization or (who have recently acquired another firm) completing an acquisition. We also see great potential demand from consulting organizations, accounting firms and computer and network equipment vendors. Our new equipment inventory service will assist IT organizations worldwide to improve their overall equipment planning and management functions.”

The xAssets IT Asset Discovery Service performs an agentless scan of each device and creates detailed records of each device’s configuration, including listing the processor type, available RAM and disk space, disk capacity, communications ports and boards as well as the number of monitors and printers attached to the device. Being fully browser-based, data and reports can be viewed and downloaded using any device with internet access.

For more information about xAssets, its products or how to become a reseller go to www.xassets.com.

About xAssets

xAssets is a  privately owned company headquartered in Wiltshire in the  United Kingdom. It is focused on developing flexible, affordable and easy to deploy IT asset management and fixed asset solutions.  Its subsidiary companies provide distribution and support in the United States and Australia. A fast growing company, xAssets has major corporate and government customers worldwide. xAssets is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a member of the SIIA.

xAssets’ core product, the Enterprise Network Discovery toolset, enables organizations discover their IT and software assets without degrading their network or end-user performance and without the need to deploy agents. Utilizing a single database, the integrated software suite provides users with full a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). In addition, users can perform IT Asset Management, Software Asset Management and Software License Compliance operations using a single browser based application. xAssets offers its software as a hosted SaaS (Software as a Service) solution or as locally installed software.

For more information contact: www.xassets.com  or Barry Long 732-967-5794  barry.long@xassets.com

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xAssets (www.xassets.com) with offices in the UK, US and Australia, provides hosted (SaaS) and installed IT and SW management, SW license reconciliation, fixed asset management software and helpdesk software tools to medium and large scale enterprises.