uplook is a professional program for license compliance, software management and hardware inventory.

uplook helps to prevent software piracy and enables efficient day-to-day management of software and hardware assets. uplook enables you to put all software matters in order, decrease software purchase costs, take hardware inventory, all in a simple and friendly way! uplook combines the richness of functions, precision and reliability of generated reports with a user-friendly interface and ease of use.

uplook is an extremely popular audit tool among IT consultancy companies, providing license management tools, IT asset management tools and services aiming at software control and tackling piracy.

uplook aims at providing cost-effective solution for software inventory and license compliance management. Among many other features uplook includes the following functionalities:

• remote PC scanning and control

• discovery of installed applications and locally-stored executables

• scanning of compressed archives (ZIP, CAB, RAR, ACE, ARJ, BZ2, GZ, TAR, Z, TAZ, TGZ)

• comprehensive, in-depth PC audit reports

• tracking of changes in software resources

• application pattern database for easier inventory

• portable external scanner for off-line computers

• matching software license count against defined threshold

uplook aims to be a reliable tool for hardware asset control and management.
Among many other features uplook includes the following functionalities:

• in-depth network scanning and hardware discovery

• PC search by name or IP

• indication of computer's status (on/off)

• remote wake-up/shutdown/restart function

• remote Agent installation

• detailed information on hardware components (CPU, RAM, motherboard, graphic card, network adapter, etc)

• comprehensive hardware inventory reports

uplook introduces a unique method of identification of applications - uFT (uplook Fingerprint Technology). Most audit programs use old and inefficient method based on only 3 parameters of a file. In uFT up to 15 parameters are used to identify a file with maximum precision. uFT increases efficiency of identifying process, while minimizing space required by application pattern database.

Application pattern base is a key element in the software audit process. Identifying an application involves checking whether information included in its executable file has its representation in the pattern base. This activity is carried out while audit results are imported for each file which has been found. Contrary to programs, which search for all exe flies, this solution has such an advantage that it enables to identify an application definitely and objectively. It is worth mentioning that after downloading of a new pattern base version you do not have to perform audits once again. All previous audits will be reanalyzed according the latest pattern version. The pattern base is updated and you can download its latest version for free.

uplook is a network program and it should be installed on one, selected computer. Due to its function, this computer should be maintained by a person authorized to check the legality of software and control labor time, etc. Monitoring software (Agents) can be installed on network computers in a number specified in the license. There are no obstacles to uplook Master and Agent working on the same computer.

According to network typology, Agent is a server receiving instructions from uplook, executing them and returning the results.To ensure the lowest traffic in the network and as a result to improve its efficiency, uplook only in special cases maintains more than one open connection with the Agent.

Agents transmit all data to the central console Master, where they are being stored in a database:

• MS SQL 2000/2005

• MSDE

• MS Jet (Access)