SupportSoft today introduced the latest version of its Auto Discovery and Metering?? (ADM) software featuring new ClearView Analytics?? technology. With ADM, IT organizations now have the ability to discover, inventory and meter a company's hardware and software assets in real-time with one solution -- versus the typical approach of using multiple tools from different vendors. The result is the ability for faster asset identification, easier access to inventory information and overall optimization of a company's IT assets.

Businesses are pressured to look for ways to maximize the return on their current IT infrastructure without reducing their value to users, accentuated by a downturn in spending for new assets and the growing imperative to accelerate the "real-time enterprise" through a standardized IT environment. According to Gartner, a leading IT research firm, organizations that simplify their IT environments will improve service and lower TCO as much as 30%. SupportSoft's Auto Discovery and Metering solution helps makes this simplification possible by integrating the 3 key elements for effective IT asset management: discovery, inventory and metering.