Managing a software item on a managed computer system
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions to:
- compare plural software item identifiers retrieved from plural managed computer systems of an organization having plural managed computer systems with a software reference list, the software reference list having a list of plural software items, each software item in the list having an associated allow/disallow flag, the allow/disallow flag indicating whether the software item is allowed by the organization on the managed computer system, to identify that one or more of the software items are disallowed software items for one or more of the managed computer systems, the software reference list defining software items as allowed or disallowed by the organization that manages the computer systems; and
to automatically, in response to detecting one or more disallowed software items, communicate an uninstall package to the one or more managed computer systems for uninstalling the disallowed software item;
wherein the disallowed software items are identified as unauthorized for the organization'"'"'s managed computer systems by having a disallow flag associated with the disallowed software in the software reference list.
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Abstract
A method and system is provided of managing a current software item on a managed computer system connectable to a management computer system via a computer network. The method includes identifying, using an agent application, the current software item on the managed computer system, identifying if the current software item is an unauthorized software item; and selectively disabling the unauthorized software item.
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions to:
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compare plural software item identifiers retrieved from plural managed computer systems of an organization having plural managed computer systems with a software reference list, the software reference list having a list of plural software items, each software item in the list having an associated allow/disallow flag, the allow/disallow flag indicating whether the software item is allowed by the organization on the managed computer system, to identify that one or more of the software items are disallowed software items for one or more of the managed computer systems, the software reference list defining software items as allowed or disallowed by the organization that manages the computer systems; and to automatically, in response to detecting one or more disallowed software items, communicate an uninstall package to the one or more managed computer systems for uninstalling the disallowed software item; wherein the disallowed software items are identified as unauthorized for the organization'"'"'s managed computer systems by having a disallow flag associated with the disallowed software in the software reference list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for managing software items on plural managed computer systems of an organization that owns the managed computer systems, the system comprising:
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a processer configured to execute instructions; a memory storing instructions configured to execute on the processor to; retrieve from the plural managed computer systems a plurality of current software item identifiers that identify current software items on the managed computer systems; compare the current software item identifiers with a software reference list, the software reference list having plural software identifiers, each software identifier associated with an allow/disallow flag, to identify one or more disallowed software items, the software reference list identifying plural software items allowed and disallowed by the organization that owns the managed computer systems, the disallowed software items being identified as disallowed by having a disallow flag associated with the software identifier in the software reference list; and communicate an uninstall package to the managed computer systems to uninstall the one or more disallowed software items. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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