Discover & Inventory even the most sensitive of environments  

With the most comprehensive discovery methods and options for agent-based, agent-less and even standalone inventory, Certero leaves no stone unturned in the data center, giving you complete visibility of platforms and devices.  With Certero, there’s no need to run cumbersome local scripts or customize agents.  

Audit Non-Windows devices & accurately recognize enterprise software 

In addition to your Windows servers, Certero will find and audit devices running Linux and Unix as well as a major virtualization and thin client hypervisors. Certero’s inventory and software recognition technologies are optimized for complex enterprise software publishers like IBM, Oracle, SAP and Microsoft.  

Support complex licensing from IBM, Oracle, SAP & others 

As well as accurately recognizing enterprise software, Certero offers dedicated tools for optimizing software across the IBM, Oracle (including middleware and E-Business Suite) and SAP estates.  This is at odds with many tools’ one-size-fits-all approach to licensing which often leads to frustration in the data center environment.  

This empowers you to optimize your enterprise application licensing with confidence and to better defend any future audit activity. Thanks to the accurate software recognition and vendor-specific licensing rule knowledge, Certero can also help you identify cost saving opportunities by consolidating apps onto servers, ‘downgrading’ to cheaper editions of enterprise software or restricting access to expensive applications. 

Making sense of virtualization & thin client access  

Certero distinguishes between Virtual and Physical machines so that this can be reflected in both the asset repository and license optimization process.  Unlike other tools, Certero provides support for a wide range of virtualization technologies and provides better visibility of changes in the data center.  

Taking the weight off overloaded SAM & ITAM teams  

Once Windows servers and non-Windows devices have been discovered, ongoing inventory is automated on a schedule set by you. This “Fire and Forget” approach means estate visibility, ongoing compliance and enterprise software optimization is easier to maintain even in complex data center environments. 

Unified Platform: everything in one place, integration out of the box 

Finally, a key benefit of the Certero Unified Platform is that everything you need to manage SAM and ITAM in all environments is right there out of the box.  Because all Certero products sit on the same platform, there’s no need to install multiple products, set up multiple servers, create integrations or screen hop between different interfaces.  Whether you’re managing the Windows desktop estate, the Windows server estate or specialist systems like SAP, you can administer, manage and report on it all from a single console.