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The Software Catalog
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The Software Catalog is a database that contains standardized information about more than 60,000 Windows and Mac applications and software suites. Information in the catalog includes the name, version, publisher, and category of each application or suite, as well as the operating system on which the application or suite runs.
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The Software Catalog is available to all KACE SMAs running version 5.5 or higher. The catalog is continually updated and maintained by Quest to ensure that it is comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date.
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When managed devices that are running Agent version 5.5 or higher report application inventory, that inventory information is compared to items in the Software Catalog. Standardized application inventory information is then displayed under the Software Catalog tab.
The Software Catalog enables to:
- Identify the software installed on devices and view standardized information about that software;
- Enable metering to gather detailed information about software usage;
- Associate license information with software in the Software Catalog. This enables you to monitor software license compliance and usage for devices;
- Identify and mark software as Not Allowed. This enables you to prevent the use of software marked as Not Allowed;
The catalog contains information about software designed to run on Windows and Mac operating systems only. Software designed to run on Linux and other unsupported operating systems is not available in the catalog.

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