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IT Facts Of Life
74% of businesses don't track financial metrics after making an investment decision!
68% of businesses don't measure an IT project's benefits to original targets!
51% of businesses have no process to evaluate IT investments against business strategy!
Source: "IT Portfolio Management Requires Financial Savvy", PM Network, Vol. 17, September 2003.
Advantages of Aware
Aware Labs competitors provide internal client audit information purely for analysis of the individual client. The client is not aware of industry trends and standards which can give it the knowledge to implement critical IT changes to lower it's operating costs or offer services supperior to its' competition by balancing industry IT against client needs. As a result, transfering resources appropriately from IT to Clients (or vice-versa) to sustain the competative advantage in the market.
Security
Aware Labs is fully committed to customer privacy and peace of mind. Gathering PC software and hardware metrics is not the same as gathering proprietary information. Generic IT information such as drive capacity, memory, file extensions, and installed executables are a part of any computer and essential to a proper IT audit. Data files, emails, urls, chats, and links are private and valuable assets for each individual and are not required for a proper IT audit. Aware Labs will never scan the latter. In addition all data is encrypted upon transfer and all client communication is to the server only. One way communication ensures Aware Labs does not introduce any firewall holes into your network. Finally, Aware Labs clients scan only the host PC, do not crawl the network, do no auto update, and are removed simply by deleting the executable.
| Features | Industry Standard | Aware Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Top Tier Security | X | X |
| One way client communicatin | X | X |
| Encripted Data | X | X |
| No proprietary information gathered | X | X |
Installation / Deployment
The main advantage of Aware is ease of use, that includes installation. We know you're busy running a business and taking care of your IT infrastructure. Deploy the client to your computers as is without any custom configuration. Activate and monitor the client from your online control panel. For remote computers email an invite to each user, they only have to download and run the client once. The install is transparent to users and can be deployed manually or using existing enterprise deployment strategies.
| Features | Industry Standard | Aware Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Time saving online install | X | |
| Single executable intall | X | |
| Client confiuguration not required | X | |
| No firewall configuration required | X | |
| Remotely accessible online reports | X | |
| Laptop compatible | X | |
| Remote install via email invitation | X | |
| Option to deploy as in-network black box solution | X |
Reporting
Aware Labs gathers, analyzes, and organizes IT data across tens, hundreds, or thousands of computers daily. The data is secure, private, and instantly accessible in the form of concise, structured, and readable reports. Aware Labs technology streamlines IT analysis to something as simple and informative as a score card. Use Aware Labs to save time and money on IT audits, reduce upgrade costs, and be aware of your IT infrastructure.
| Features | Industry Standard | Aware Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Minute by minute application usage metrics | X | |
| Tiered reporting for quick reports and advanced user reports | X | |
| Multiple report managers | X | |
Provides pre-configured reports for key data you need, such as:
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X | X |
| Provides ability to summarize application data regardless of version | X | X |
| Can be filtered based on Active Directory or NT domains | X | X |
| Can be filtered based on decision-making needs (for example: vendor, legal, vs. non legal) | X | X |
| Offers both scheduled and ad hoc reporting | X | X |
| Uses standard report-writing technology | X | X |
| Can be configured to collect information on non-executable file types (for example: music and video files) | X | X |
| Does not over-count duplicate installations on a single matching | X | X |
| X | X |
Community
The Aware Labs Community will give our clients statistical IT analysis with the power of Community to allow IT professionals to share helpful data anonymously across companies. The system provides statistical IT benchmarks gathered across all companies for a clear picture of how each customer IT infrastructure compares to industry averages. The interactive reports allow companies the ability to share, if desired, and in return receive trend data associated with specific industries to make better internal decisions. In the Aware community, IT users automatically monitor and optimize various IT components of any company using the system while maintaining anonymity and privacy via the Aware Online Client tool.
| Features | Industry Standard | Aware Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Leverage anonymous community IT alerts | X | |
| Compare metrics against pier/industry standards | X |
Client
The Aware client is designed around corporate IT but not personal data. Gathering IT metrics does not necessitate gathering proprietary data. The Aware Client does NOT gather any personally identifiable data from any file on the system. The Aware client does not track browser activity, emails, or keyboard strokes.All files on the system that are not executables are never opened or read from (file extension and file size are only attributes read by the client). The Aware client does not risk your network security.All Aware client communication is from client to server, no data is ever sent from anywhere to the client (incoming data is ignored). All client transmissions are encrypted and validated by the server.
| Features | Industry Standard | Aware Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Minimal impact to resources | X | |
| Low network traffic | X | |
| Unnoticable impact to PC performance | X | |
| Transparent to user | X | |
| Minimal loss of metric data due to system crash | X | |
| Client is invisible to end-users | X | X |
| Can collect data when user is not logged in to the OS | X | X |
| Can collect data on non-networked computers | X | X |
| Does not rely on user execute inventory to metering | X | X |
Aware Labs Consultants
Aware Labs provides not only automated IT audits but also full end-to-end audit services. We provide the highest quality data gathering, analysis, and presentation services tailored to your company's individual needs. Aware Labs delivers a finished and complete snapshot of your IT infrastructure in three phases.
- Aware Labs leverages it's automated audit service to quickly and transparently gather data about your IT infrastructure with minimal impact to employee workflow. No one will notice that an audit is occuring so you dont loose production days.
- Aware Labs analyzes and quantifies the data according to your company needs. We make sure your IT matches your business because not every company has the same requirements and goals.
- Aware Labs summarizes the analysis in easy to follow reports, roadmaps, and presentations. You dont have to take time away from your business to understand the technical details because Aware Labs transaltes your IT into business.
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Aware Labs Online Reports
Aware Labs reports are designed to deliver concise pre-configured or customizable analysis results. Reports range from quick preformatted result sets to in depth custom configurable presentations. Although Aware is capable of supplying custom reports for specific IT scenarios some standard reports include:
- User Logins
- Software Usage Trends
- Software Versions
- Software Licenses
- Hardware Profiles
- File Counts
- Hazardous Programs
- PC Profile Rankings
- System Settings
View Aware Labs sample reports and scenarios! Online Samples
Aware Labs Audits
Aware Labs are designed around privacy, security, consistency, and minimal overhead.
- The Aware client is designed around corporate and personal. Gathering IT metrics does not necessitate gathering proprietary data. The Aware Client does NOT gather any personally identifiable data from any file on the system.
- The Aware client does not track browser activity, emails, or keyboard strokes. All files on the system that are not executables are never opened or read from (file extension and file size are only attributes read by the client).
- The Aware client does not risk your network security. All Aware client communication is from client to server, no data is ever sent from anywhere to the client (incoming data is ignored). All client transmissions are encrypted and validated by the server.
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