Version 8.0.1 is a maintenance release. This release contains 13 maintenance fixes for issues identified in the previous (8.0.0) version. These fixes cover the following areas:
Customers with a current Software Maintenance plan can download the update from the Alloy Support Portal.
Bloomfield, NJ – July 11th, 2017 – Alloy Software, a leading provider of IT service and asset management solutions, is proud to announce the immediate availability of Alloy Navigator Enterprise 8. This major upgrade offers numerous new features and improvements based on direct feedback from our customers.
Generate eye-catching, professional looking communications by leveraging a collection of new HTML tools aimed at helping you communicate with style and efficiency. Rich-text formatting and inline image support provide you with the ability to more thoroughly document issues, effectively document solutions, and ensure your users and team members are always on the same page.
Alloy Navigator 8 leverages Google API to extract Chromebook data and incorporate it throughout Alloy Navigator’s workflow. Now you can collect and report on inventory data, and perform system management tasks on Chrome devices. This integration provides you with conveniently consolidated view of your entire Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebook computers, as well as mobile and other networked devices providing even more comprehensive asset management capabilities.
The new mobile barcode scanner application for Android phones and tablets provides technicians with the ability to quickly identify assets using barcode tags and perform physical inventory from a mobile device.
Customizing the business logic is now easier that ever! Workflow Parameters can be easily adjusted to change various aspects of your workflow from a single screen.
Now you can safely store sensitive data, such as login credentials and account details. This information can remain visible only to the workflow engine while appearing as a series of asterisks on the screen.
Version 8 adds the ability to manage and track compliance for named user licenses. This license type indicates that the corresponding software product can be installed on multiple systems and the license remains compliant as long as only the specific person uses the software.
Now Web Portal users can export data from grid views into various formats, such as CSV, RTF, Excel, and PDF.
Customizing the look-and-feel of the Self Service Portal is now super easy thanks to LESS. The dynamic nature of LESS helps applying colors quickly and consistently with style sheet variables.
Alloy Navigator Enterprise 8 is immediately available for evaluation and purchase. Customers with a current Software Maintenance & Support plan are eligible to purchase this upgrade with a significant discount (up to 50-70%). Please contact our sales team for further assistance.
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Alloy Software
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Alloy Software released a new cumulative update for the Alloy Audit Tools – an integral part of the Alloy Discovery and Alloy Navigator product lines.
Alloy Audit Tools is a package of various tools and components used by Alloy Discovery and Alloy Navigator product families to audit computers and work with audit snapshots.
A detailed list of changes in this version is available in the Release Notes document available on the Support Portal.
This update applies to the following Alloy Software products:
This update is available for download from the Alloy Software Support Portal to customers with a current Software Maintenance & Support plan.
Alloy Software is proud to announce the immediate availability of Alloy Discovery Enterprise version 7.2. This minor upgrade offers numerous new features and improvements based on direct feedback from our customers. Here is a list of some of the changes in the new release:
Administrative alerts in Alloy Discovery 7.2 now support Microsoft Exchange Server, in addition to SMTP.
In order to streamline the management of software licensing information version 7.2 adds the concept of Software Vendors. This enables you to specify not only who manufactured a software product, but also where you purchased it from.
Alloy Discovery recognizes MS Office 2010, MS Office 2013, SQL Server 2014, and latest versions of Adobe’s creative products..
Batch Update saves you time by making changes in multiple Software Product records simultaneously.
Now you can attach files to Computer and Software Product records – a great way to share and keep track of related documents.
Now you can easily identify virtual machines running on a particular host. When you view the details of a computer hosting virtual machines,
they will appear listed on a separate “Virtual Machines” tab.
This release includes the latest version of Audit Tools that are integral part of Alloy Discovery and Alloy Navigator products. The update brings
your Audit Tools up to the latest version. The package includes Audit Data Viewer and Inventory analyzers for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.
Customers with a current Software Maintenance & Support plan are eligible to download this update through the Support Portal.
Alloy Software is proud to announce the immediate availability of Alloy Navigator Express version 7.2. This minor upgrade offers numerous new features and improvements based on direct feedback from our customers. Here is a list of some of the changes in the new release:
In addition to personal snippets (blocks of re-usable text), Alloy Navigator now supports shared snippets. Shared snippets are available to technicians in the Main Console and in the Web Portal.
Version 7.2 introduces a new “Latest Activities” dashboard widget. The widget displays most recent activities performed on Alloy Navigator objects. Clicking an activity item brings up the corresponding object record.
The new version supports user-defined and virtual fields of Duration type. Duration fields store time duration values, such as Time Spent for tickets.
Now technicians can conveniently edit longer texts using a separate window.
Version 7.2 introduces a new User Sessions Log. The log records information about all user sessions, which helps you analyze the ongoing use and access the effectiveness of your license when you use the Concurrent Users model.
Now the API module supports Windows Authentication. This enables external applications that use the API to automatically identify users and their access rights based on the currently used Windows account.
Now users of the Web Portal and the Self Service Portal can drop attachments to Action Forms, just as in the Main Console.
The Self Service Portal (SSP) now includes the Italian language pack.
Self Service Portal account passwords are no longer stored in the database in encrypted form. Instead, Alloy Navigator uses password hashing, meaning it calculates a mathematical derivative of the password using a cryptography function. This is a one-way process, the hash cannot be decrypted.
Customers with a current Software Maintenance & Support plan are eligible to download this update through the Support Portal.
