Good move, glad you are starting to see the value in policing theft. I have used it before myself, simply a disk you put in the drive that scans the system and provides an audit, they may even have network tools now. Good luck with it, and you may even increase productivity with a lot of the games etc you find in the process.
So, it actually runs a program on each system? Does it just provide an inventory of the installed programs, or can it somehow determine if an application has a valid license?
Good luck with it, and you may even increase productivity with a lot of the games etc you find in the process.
Actually, my experience is that someone playing games (or surfing the net, or anything else that is legal) is not an issue. If they are meeting their commitments, I don't have any complaints.
In my business, taking a break is usually a necessary requirement. Some people go for a cigarette, some go for a walk. Others play a game on the computer. Multi-player games within the organization is also a good team-building exercise.
The only problem I've ever found with "excessive" game playing on a widespread basis indicated that the users were spending a lot of time waiting on a mainframe system. After we identified the cause, upgrading the system and adding a second smaller one solved the real problem.