Featuring Forensic Level Usage Metering – Actionable Intelligence Reporting, Web Application Discovery and Ranking, Dynamic Catalog and MSP Integration

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Scalable Software, Inc., a leader in IT Asset Management solutions, for the Cloud Era, today announced the release of Survey™ 4. Survey is a software usage metering solution that intelligently discovers and reports forensic level usage across all application delivery and deployment models. The latest release of Survey delivers valuable new features and enhancements to help IT reduce software costs for traditional and SaaS applications, and to make enterprise migrations to cloud and virtualized platforms more efficient. New features and enhancements include: Web Application Discovery, rich business intelligence on how and which web applications are being used; Dynamic Catalog which intelligently links package usage to the underlying programs without requiring an external catalog; Plug-in analysis to catch use of licensable objects invisible to most software usage metering tools; Extended App-V support and Managed Service Provider Integration – all wrapped in actionable business intelligence.

“We have seen a rise in requests for a proven solution to help IT reduce software costs for traditional and SaaS applications, and are extremely happy to see Scalable respond to the channel requirements with this new release” says Lisa Stewart, Senior Vice President, Software of Zones. “It’s very exciting to see how comprehensive the solution has become – it’s proving to be the most thorough software usage metering solution we’ve seen, and we could not be happier to have the opportunity to offer this product to our customer base.”

“Softmart has been a Scalable National Partner for 5 years, and Survey 4 is the best release we’ve seen during that entire time”, said Jay Nilson CEO of Softmart. “The new dynamic catalog improves the quality of business intelligence and the new web application discovery tracks rampant adoption of SaaS products that an organization may not know about. With this release Softmart can offer a holistic, easy to use Software Usage Metering Solution that will enable its customers to rationalize their traditional and cloud-based software purchases.”

The new Survey 4 UI coupled with the added web application discovery feature allows organizations to track all of their apps both on-premise and cloud-based effortlessly from within a single product. For the first time, cloud based apps can be rationalized from a usage standpoint the same way traditional on-premise apps are.

“This exciting release of Survey provides unparalleled visibility into how the applications our customers care about are being used,” said Mark Cresswell, president and CEO of Scalable Software. “We’ve also made it far easier for customers to use Survey to positively change the way they buy licenses and migrate to new platforms. We’re really proud of Survey 4.”

What’s New in Survey 4?

Forensic Level Usage Metering

Identifying the precise utilization of programs, packages, web applications, machines and users, Survey 4 offers a forensic level view of how your costly IT resources are being used throughout the organization and helps you make better purchasing and migration decisions.

• Actionable Intelligence Reporting: Reporting designed to solve real-world problems

Survey 4 ships with over 25 new, out-of-the-box reports which focus on solving contemporary business challenges for Executives or IT professional alike. Each report has been carefully designed, vetted against real world use case scenarios from migration planning and VDI/App-V migration initiatives to downsizing and rationalizing software licenses and hardware assets.

• Web Application Discovery: Providing complete visibility into SaaS applications

Which Web applications are most important to my organization? With the new Web Application and Discovery feature, organizations can effortlessly track and manage Web based application usage and easily verify compliance. Survey takes software usage metering into the SaaS era with detailed discovery and usage analytics that can drill-down from domains into individual, trackable sub-functions. With this level of control, IT will save the company money by optimizing their SaaS application usage and minimizing risk of audit penalties.

• Dynamic Catalog: Unprecedented clarity on application deployment and usage

In direct response to customer requests, Scalable added the functionality to dynamically associate running programs with their installed packages. No external catalog needs to be maintained. No more second guessing which package edition your users are using.

• MSP Integration: Allowing Managed Service Providers to offer scalable and affordable software rationalization services to their customers
• SaaS Mode: Survey 4 is now available in SaaS mode for a rapidly provisioned, secure, managed, Survey service

Also, new usability features included in this release are a Web 2.0 UI, Microsoft Office Plug-in discovery and usage analysis, extended support for application sub-function metering, license key analysis and a direct-feed into Scalable’s SaaS based ITAM platform, AssetVision.

To request a complimentary 30-day trial of Survey 4, receive a live product demonstration, or for additional information, please visit www.scalable.com or contact Scalable Software sales@scalable.com or 1.866.722.5225 (within the U.S. and Canada) / 1.713.316.4900 (outside the U.S. and Canada).