ZENworks newbie

Do you currently own ZENworks?
The reason that I ask is that there are two products.

"Asset Inventory" and "Asset Management".

"Asset Inventory" is included Free with ZENworks.
"Asset Managment" can be a stand-alone or upgrade component of ZENworks that
contains additional features.

"jaydawg" <jaydawg@no-mx.forums.novell.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Everyone -
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> My organization is expanding the scope of software configuration
> management to encompass release and integration management. This means
> that we will be growing from strictly a software CM group to a more
> hardware and software related function. To do our SCM we have a varied
> infrastructure, from Windows 2000/2003 to Solaris (8 at current, moving
> to Solaris 10 in 2010), AIX, Linux, and even legacy mainframe systems.
> I'm trying to find the best tool for this new role, and ZENworks sounds
> promising but can it handle asset discovery and inventory? Does it work
> with a mixed server environment such as ours? We would like a dashboard
> type of display mechanism, something web based preferably. Can someone
> point me to resources that compare ZENworks to other tools in the IT
> asset management space? Sorry for the newbie question but I'm just
> looking for a better understanding of ZEN and an avenue in which to
> pitch it to my management.
>
> Thanks!
>
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