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K2 Version 7.1 now shipping! Version 7.1 introduces the Product Recognition Service (PRS) which automatically analyzes the software discovered on computers within your organization and provides relevant product details for use in license management, software optimization, and cost reduction. With the addition of PRS, one of the most complicated configuration tasks has been eliminated for many products. Read the Press Release or download an evaluation. If you are running a previous version of K2, contact to receive your upgraded license certificate.

K2 is an award winning hardware and software asset management suite that integrates hardware & software audit information with purchase histories, usage tracking, and active license management to give you comprehensive oversight and control. For each software product, purchase data is consolidated to produce a clear view of the current entitlement position which is then automatically reconciled against management policies, usage, and installation audits.

K2 ensures license compliance while enabling optimized asset allocation based on the specific needs of designated computers, users, and departments within your organization. It not only reports what is installed on both physical and virtual computers, but also tracks both online and offline usage for detailed analysis and summarization in numerous reports. K2 gives you the data and automated management that is necessary to both document and maintain compliance while making efficient use of IT assets and your software budget.

-> Enterprise-wide Audits K2 integrates enterprise-wide software and essential hardware auditing with KeyServer’s full featured Policy based license management services. The KeyAuditor service automatically creates an inventory of audit information for PC desktop, portable, and virtual computers using a transparent, incremental auto-discovery protocol.		-> Manage Virtual & Physical Computers K2 will enforce license compliance policies and track usage for both virtualized environments and physical computers. The admin console and reports give you a unified view as License policies are administered seamlessly across virtual and physical computing environments.
-> Deployment & Usage Reports An extensive collection of built-in and customizable reports provides an integrated view of software and hardware asset allocation, software usage patterns, and license compliance for your entire hardware and software portfolio. K2 provides seamless management of desktop, laptop, and virtual computers running Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. The built-in, dedicated report server lets you schedule management reports for periodic execution. Reports are then readable in any web browser with either public or authenticated access.		-> Purchase Tracking & Reconciliation K2’s new entitlement based purchase histories contain meticulous detail about software license entitlements. Elements include license term, license metric, product version upgrade rights, dependencies, entitlement allocations through the upgrade chain, support contracts, expiration dates, original proofs of purchase documents, cost center reporting, and much more. K2’s entitlement histories automatically reconcile with software management policies to provide a clear and instantaneous view of your organization’s current license entitlement position balanced against current license management policies.
-> Flexible License Policy Management For each software product, K2 lets you specify a licensing Policy that will track and control usage. An enforcement option can be configured to automate license compliance for node locked “per-device” licenses, site licenses, concurrent use “floating” licenses, and leased licenses.   -> Enterprise Scalability K2’s unique architecture is based on a dedicated server process using its own highly optimized network protocol. By avoiding the inefficiencies inherent when using a general purpose database back-end, a single K2 KeyServer process is scalable to support tens of thousands of client computers.		“Best Asset Management Solution” San Francisco, CA - May 11, 2010 K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer, from Sassafras Software, has been named the Best Asset Management Solution in the 2010 CODiE Awards competition. -> more ... “Unlike any other product we tested...” “Unmatched client and server support...” “Superior control, quick installation...” “Your best choice for software metering...”

K2 is based on KeyServer, a core technology that has proven its reliability and transparency since 1990 at some of the largest corporate, government, and educational enterprise networks throughout the world. KeyServer’s uniquely scalable and highly optimized design has won acclaim worldwide for performance and features not available in any other product.