Asset Scout --                                                         Asset Tracking -                                                                2004/05/25 Are your IT assets tracked automatically, daily? Do you have a system that alerts you immediately if any hardware is changed on any PC? Do you know exactly what software is loaded where and what the license is? These are questions Andre Coetzee, Arkateq's Marketing Manager will be asking customers when they launch their latest innovation, the AssetScout, on Friday the 7th. 'We have had numerous request by clients to provide them with an automatic system that tracks all PC hardware and software in their business' states Thomas Muller, MD of Arkateq. 'We can now proudly announce that we have developed just such a product locally and will be releasing it on Friday, the 28th of May.' continues Muller. Unlike other similar systems, the AssetScout is produced locally and the source code resides at Arkateq. This makes customizations for clients easy. 'Many clients want to be able to know, on a day to day basis, what their hardware and software assets are. This information can then used for accounting, insurance, budgeting and even planning purposes' explains Coetzee. 'Just this [previously mentioned benefits] would have been enough to satisfy our customers but we took it a step further. The system will be able to alert you in real time of software and hardware changes made on any computer on the network and all this in 2KB of bandwidth' continues Coetzee. Arkateq plans on expanding the AssetScout to include functionality that clients require.