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Altiris® Compliance Suite™ captures detailed software inventory of installed applications across the network, and tracks usage data for each Windows* application. The suite alerts IT staff when application installations exceed the number of purchased licenses. The correlation of software usage and inventory data with software licensing contracts provides a dramatic cost savings to IT organizations.

Take Control of Your Software Licensing

Compliance Suite is designed to take the uncertainty out of license compliance and provide a quick return on your software investment by:

 * Identifying software usage patterns that include least- and most-used applications
 * Assisting with license management to prevent overbuying or underbuying
 * Facilitating license distribution
 * Identifying installed non-standard applications

Compliance Suite helps you plan for future software purchases and upgrades. Its built-in, Web-based administration and reporting feature gives you the flexibility to access and manage your software and licensing data from the convenience of your Web browser.

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