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K2 is an award winning software asset management suite for automated IT asset auditing and software license management. K2 will show what’s installed on both physical and virtual computers while it tracks usage for detailed analysis and summarization in its numerous reports. K2 can also enforce license compliance while enabling optimized asset allocation based on the specific needs of designated computers, users, and departments within your organization. K2 gives you both the information and the automated management that is necessary to maintain compliance while making efficient use of IT assets and your software budget.

Sassafras Software has played an integral part in software cost reduction and license compliance management since 1990 at some of the largest corporate, government, and educational enterprise networks throughout the world.

-> Enterprise-wide Audits K2 integrates enterprise-wide software and essential hardware auditing with KeyServer’s full featured 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 virtualized applications, desktops, and computers regardless of the technology details. The admin console and reports give you a unified view that includes all delivery methods, virtual and physical. License policies you specify will be enforced equally for 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 all of your entire computing enterprise. 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. -> Flexible License Policy Management For each program or application suite, K2 lets you specify a licensing policy and then track deployment and usage. An enforcement option lets you automate license compliance for multiple licensing policies including site licenses, floating licenses, node locked “per-device” licenses, and leased licenses, as well as custom policies. > Enterprise Scalability K2’s unique architecture is based on a dedicated network server process using its own highly optimized network protocol. By avoiding the inefficiencies inherent when using a general purpose file server or 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. This prestigious award was given to Sassafras Software by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) after extensive evaluation and testing during the industry peer-review process. -> 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 at sites large and small since 1990. KeyServer’s uniquely scalable and highly optimized design has won acclaim worldwide for performance and features not available in any other product.

Version 6.2 introduces many new features including automatic reclamation of abandoned software licenses, seamless laptop and virtual computer support, new interactive management reports with performance acceleration, plus Windows 7 and Snow Leopard compatibility. If you are running a previous version of K2, contact to receive your upgraded license certificate. Click these links for details and for an evaluation download.