Main image: © Kevin Shine, Flickr.com Above from left: Software and device list, Search and queries, and Object details. © VisLogic GmbH
Combining vision and logic In order to keep track of their IT inventory, companies need to have reliable and modern software. The so-called Lan-Inspector, produced by the company VisLogic domiciled in Elmshorn, is the perfect tool for this purpose. At this year’s CeBIT, the current product version 10 was awarded with the innovation prize in the IT category. TEXT: NADINE CARSTENS
“Computer networks are as unique as companies’ services and products,” says Maxim Szenessy, managing director of VisLogic. “Therefore, creating a complete inventory data base is automatically a challenging task.” This is where the LanInspector 10 helps out: it manages to scan all computers in a network and even reaches devices located in other countries when they are connected to the internet. “These notebooks can be inventoried 62 | Issue 41 | August 2016
via e-mail, if security restrictions prevent any other method,” Szenessy explains. Large companies with a growing structure benefit especially from the Lan-Inspector’s various methods of collecting inventory data. “Only if you know about everything in your network, you may be able to escape the licence jungle,” Szenessy says. In order to adapt to the different requirements of their customers, VisLogic
offers different editions of the LanInspector 10. All editions provide German and English language support for the graphical user interfaces. Small businesses with up to 25 computers can choose the Basic Edition, for example. It scans the network and provides an accurate overview of all the software and hardware immediately. The Basic Edition also offers a module for managing licences. Various editions for various requirements “Administrators who want extended options or who manage networks with up to 100 PCs or servers should check out the Professional Edition,” Szenessy adds. “It includes the popular start prevention for specified software, which helps to ensure