Ensuring that your organization owns the licenses needed to cover the products your users have installed is a critical component of license management. At the same time, you want to minimize costs by purchasing only the number of licenses that you really need.
Novell ZENworks Asset Management helps you attain this balance by monitoring and reporting the license compliance status (compliant, overcompliant, or undercompliant) of your software products.
The following sections introduce the concepts you should understand to effectively use Asset Management to manage software license compliance in your organization: