Discovery (SmartCollect)
Turn software and cloud data into SAM strategy
Aspera is now USU!
The leading provider of software asset management solutions is now part of USU.
Benefit from an even broader range of solutions and services in software asset management and IT & customer service management.
Collect, clean and calculate with discovery
From data center to cloud services, USU Software Asset Management (formerly Aspera SmartCollect) gathers the essential data to calculate your software licences. The solution collects, consolidates, and cleans your data, showing you the big picture for vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAP, and cloud services like Azure, AWS and Oracle Cloud. Now you can harness the power of deep scanning and inventory collection from physical and virtual devices across your entire network.
Top benefits of data discovery and inventory
Gathers your cloud data
Talks directly to your SaaS, PaaS and IaaS services to pull data about consumption and subscriptions
Discovers your data center
Whether it's 100 servers or 100,000 desktops, you get one integrated solution for all devices and systems
Easily scales with your IT
Specially designed and field-tested for big data centers and highly virtualized IT environments
Built for flexible and scalable integration
Your IT environment is constantly changing, so our solution is built to be flexible. USU Software Asset Management knows what data collection is essential for managing your software licenses. It changes along with your IT needs, always gathering all the details about product installations, operating systems, running services and hardware assets.
Our Discovery solution is closely integrated with our License Management solution, so you can quickly calculate what software products and cloud services are used, and if they’re being used correctly.
Successfully manage all scenarios
3,500+
kinds of devices
Covers network stations, virtual servers, desktops, laptops, and hardware assets such as printers, scanners, and audio devices.
7,500+
software assets
Gathers important details about your servers and software such as installations, versions, editions, and usage.
Unlimited
software vendors
Collects data about every vendor such as Oracle, Microsoft, Azure, SAP, IBM, Adobe, Amazon AWS, and VMware.
Designed for cloud discovery
Cloud services require special attention for data collection. You’re looking for data about how a vendor’s services are consumed, rather than if a vendor’s software is installed or running.
Is the cloud software owned by your company, or rented under an agreement? Can you see past the network and security roadblocks? Do the cloud models let you bring your own licenses (BYOL), or allow a “hybrid” use of the cloud and on-premises? USU Software Asset Management gathers data for all of these scenarios, and is closely integrated with our Cloud Optimization solution.
Container Discovery & IBM Cloud Paks
Container discovery and hybrid cloud storage delivers agility, mobility, and operational efficiency. IBM has taken a new, more flexible approach to licensing with its Cloud Paks.
New technologies often bring changes in licensing requirements, so it’s more important than ever to understand your licensing options for IBM Cloud Paks.
S/4HANA & Digital Access: Mastering the SAP® Licensing Challenge
According to current surveys, 80% of SAP customers have either already transitioned to SAP S/4HANA, are in the process of doing so, or are planning a migration.
Finds all devices and details in your data center
USU Software Asset Management sets up and monitors its connections to all relevant sources, managing their data quality and handling every transformation.
Full range of data
Get details such as server name, host name, parent system, running services and open ports, and operating system.
Network scanning
Automatically scan your network with options that include picking the IP addresses and ports, or excluding IP ranges.
Server infrastructure
Get a full inventory of host, guest, and storage machines by connecting directly to Hypervisors or physical servers.
Consolidated unified data
Our solution compares data, removes duplicates, and identifies and eliminates errors – so you know the data is accurate and consistent.
Gathers virtual settings
Find all Virtual Machine (VM) details including virtual CPU count, capping, CPU pinning, partition mobility, and hosting machines.
Server details
See where to cut costs with server data and usage metering information such as CPU, RAM, and disk usage.
Scan fast or scan deep
Run a Quick Scan for fast results or a longer Advanced Scan for even more detail.
Agent or agentless
Stay flexible by using both agent and agentless connections to deliver complementary results for optimal coverage.
On-premises or cloud
Supports both perpetual and SaaS solutions, and works with your industry requirements and security concerns.
