About This Release

The Software Asset Manager (SAM) is a client application that provides:

• Automated Wonderware and Citect software product updates notification and distribution.
• System inventory from your production machines.
• License inventory from your production machines.
• Support inventory from multiple sites.
• Enhanced user interface and improved user experience.
• License inventory of activation based licenses in addition to .lic based licenses.
• Microsoft critical patches inventory from your production machines.
• Enhanced reporting capabilities.

The Software Asset Manager provides a secure, reliable, and objective means of accessing your system inventory and provides tools to:

• Validate license usage.
• Provide timely product updates (including service packs and patches).
• Manage your patch deployment strategy.

The main system components are:

• Software Asset Manager Client: You can install the SAM client on a designated machine that resides at your production site or on the same machine as your production assets. The SAM client connects with your production machines on the factory floor. You can also use the SAM client to manage your remote or disconnected computers.
• Citect License Utility: A utility delivered with the SAM Client that you run on computers where Citect software is installed, in order to make Citect license information “visible” to the Software Asset Manager. Refer to the Software Asset Manager User Guide for complete installation and usage details.

The Software Asset Manager application requires Administrator-level permissions to work.