Express Metrix is a provider of
IT asset management
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software used for
PC hardware
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* Electronic hardware, interconnected electronic components which perform analog or logic operations
** Digital electronics, electronics that operate on digital signals
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and
software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated software documentation, documentation and data (computing), data. This is in contrast to Computer hardware, hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
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inventory, license management, and
software metering
Software metering refers to several areas:
*Tracking and maintaining software licenses. One needs to make sure that only the allowed number of licenses are in use, and at the same time, that there are enough licenses for everyone using it. This c ...
. Express Metrix is based in
Seattle, Washington
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, and its software has been deployed on more than two million
desktop computers
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worldwide.
Company history
Express Metrix grew out of a division of
WRQ
The Attachmate Group, Inc. was a privately held software holding company based in Houston, Texas in the United States. The major companies held by the group were Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell, and SUSE.
Attachmate was owned by Wizard Parent LLC� ...
, Inc. (now
Attachmate
Attachmate Corporation is a 1982-founded software company which focused on secure terminal emulation, legacy integration, and managed file transfer software. Citrix-compatibility and Attachment ''Reflection'' were enhanced/added offerings.
Hist ...
) called Express Systems. In September 2000, a group of
WRQ
The Attachmate Group, Inc. was a privately held software holding company based in Houston, Texas in the United States. The major companies held by the group were Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell, and SUSE.
Attachmate was owned by Wizard Parent LLC� ...
executives purchased the Express Systems product line from WRQ and formed Express Metrix.
Products
*Express Software Manager is an IT asset management suite that integrates PC inventory, purchasing data, software usage tracking, and application control. The suite includes Express Inventory and Express Meter.
*Express Inventory is a hardware and software inventory product that provides a summary of all hardware and software installed across the PC desktop and server environment.
*Express Meter is a software metering product that allows companies to track software usage across their networks, as well as restrict access to applications that are concurrently licensed or pose a risk to security or productivity.
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