Resource list: Network inventory tools

Effective asset management helps you make the best use of your organization's IT resources and stay on top of the information you need for meeting user needs, planning upgrades, and ensuring licensing compliance. Luckily, the headaches of auditing and tracking those assets can be greatly lessened if you use a good inventory tool. This list offers a feature summary of 10 popular products designed to audit hardware, software, and networked devices, along with cost and platform information and a look at the tracking and reporting capabilities of each tool.Join the discussion of this download.