OCS Inventory

OCS Inventory, developed by FactorFX, is an asset management solution designed to streamline the hardware and software inventory of computers and devices. This software solution caters to businesses of various sizes across industries such as IT departments, system administrators, network administrators, IT asset managers, and technology companies. According to the vendor, OCS Inventory offers a user-friendly interface and advanced features to effectively manage assets, deploy software, and track inventory data.

Key Features

Relevant inventory information: According to the vendor, OCS Inventory enables the scanning and inventorying of all devices in the IT Department, collecting detailed information about their hardware and software composition. This comprehensive inventory data aims to help manage and track assets effectively.

Advanced broadcasting system: According to the vendor, OCS Inventory includes a package deployment feature that ensures the uniformity of software environments across the network. The central management server can upload packages that can be deployed to client computers. The packages are downloaded using HTTP/HTTPS and launched by the agent on the client machine, with the goal of minimizing network impact.

User-friendly Web interface: OCS Inventory provides a user-friendly web interface for easy navigation and management, according to the vendor. Users can access and interact with inventory data, deployment features, and settings, simplifying the process of managing assets, deploying software, and generating reports.

Support for many operating systems: According to the vendor, OCS Inventory supports a wide range of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, MacOS X, and Android. This compatibility across different platforms aims to enable comprehensive inventory management.

Web service accessible through SOAP interface: According to the vendor, OCS Inventory offers a web service accessible through the SOAP interface, allowing integration with other systems and applications through standardized protocols. This feature enhances the flexibility and interoperability of the solution.

Support plugins through APIs: According to the vendor, OCS Inventory supports plugins through APIs, providing the flexibility to integrate additional functionalities and tailor the solution to specific requirements. This flexibility aims to empower users to adapt the solution to their unique needs and enhance its capabilities.

Network discovery: According to the vendor, OCS Inventory includes network discovery capabilities to identify active network elements. It can discover devices that cannot receive an agent, such as printers, switches, and other network hardware. This feature complements the data collected by IP discovery, providing a complete view of the network infrastructure.

N-tier architecture using common standards: According to the vendor, OCS Inventory adopts an N-tier architecture based on common standards, utilizing HTTP/HTTPS protocols for communication between components and XML data formatting for data exchange and storage. This architecture aims to ensure interoperability, security, and scalability of the solution.