Network Inventory & Network Discovery With Newt Professional

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Not so long ago Network Inventory and network discovery was an arduous, time-consuming process for IT professionals. It could only be done keeping a spreadsheet for each computer or buying big, expensive PC Audit tools. Nowadays, network discovery tools like NEWT Professional make jobs like PC Audits, Network Scans, Asset Management, PC Inventory and Network Management as easy as just a few mouse taps.
In the IT world, it can be daunting to find the right network discovery software. NEWT Professional Network Inventory by Komodo Labs was first created 7 years ago and it's since been under constant development. The latest version hsa 50 times faster network scanning, at a rate of about 100 PCs in under 5 minutes! This includes full inventory, not simply network discovery.
There are two main ways to perform a network inventory, each with its pluses and minuses. One is by using an agent, and then there is agentless, or agent-free. Agent-based solutions need to be installed on each Windows PC, often needing to be manually updated. On the other hand, agentless methods are often met with security errors, often requiring a visit to each PC to change settings. NEWT Professional uses a hybrid method, maximizing the benefits of each method while minimizing the cons. NEWT's methods avoid the need to manually install agents on different machines to be scanned. This is automatic and transparent to you, and is what gives NEWT Professional it's speed and low-level scanning capability. While all agentless methods have security problems related to issues regarding WMI or remote registry access, NEWT Pro gets around these barriers, requiring far fewer setting changes.
NEWT detects common PC Audit data such as CPU type, Microsoft product keys, AutoCAD serial numbers, software inventory, computer and monitor serial numbers, memory, operating system, hard drives, SSDs, printers, etc. NEWT also gives more detailed data unavailable in competiting software packages, such as CPU temperature, hard drive types (IDE vs SATA/SATA-II/SATA-III) and even brand and serial number of RAM modules, which are impossible to detect agentlessly. The video monitor's display type is even shown accurately as LCD or CRT, also not available in most competing software products. This can be invaluable while performing video monitor upgrades from CRT to LCDs.
NEWT Professional is available as a Free Download at Komodo Lab's website. The free version works nearly the same as full version but is limited to 25 assets. Because it is able to scan up to 25 nodes for an unlimited time, NEWT Professional allows smaller Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and other organizations with smaller networks full use of the software for free, without expiration. Komodo Laboratories believes small organizations deserve a free Network Scanning product and Komodo Labs is here to help. The competition requires purchase 25 node licenses, and NEWT gives everyone 25 extra nodes free to every new customer. For example, a 50 node purchase comes with 75 total nodes, a 100 node license gives one 125 nodes and so on. This provides even more value for your organization.
Visit http://www.komodolabs.com for more information.