System and method for hardware and software monitoring with integrated resource acquisition

A system for providing the status of a local network of interconnected information technology devices, comprising:

• a host computer for operating computing instructions and storing said computing instructions on a computer readable medium, said host computer associated with a local network of information technology devices;
• instructions for downloading a local network monitoring software program from an online source onto said host computer system, said monitoring software program pre-configured with algorithms and parameters for automatic asset and configuration discovery of information technology devices associated with said local network from said host computer;
• instructions for installing said local network monitoring software on said host computer;
• instructions operable on said host computer for communicating between said host computing system and said information technology devices for initiating an inventory of all information technology devices associated with said local network of information technology devices;
• instructions operable on said host computing system for communicating with said inventoried information technology devices for determining the operational status of a plurality of said information technology devices;
• instructions operable on said host computing system for communicating with said information technology devices for determining the status of software programs installed on said information technology devices;
• instructions operable on said host computing system for initiating an inventory of information technology devices, said instructions for determining the operational status of a plurality of inventoried information technology devices, and said instructions for determining the status of software programs performed by utilizing preexisting platform management systems and protocols on said information technology devices without the use of a client side agent associated to said local network monitoring software;
• instructions operable on said host computing system for displaying information relating to the operational status and status of software programs on said information technology devices in a user interface on said host computing system;
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• instructions operable on said host computing system for allowing a user of said host computer system to initiate maintenance and support actions in response to said operational status and said status of software programs using said local network monitoring software.

A local network of information technology devices having the ability to inventory and determine the status of interconnected information technology devices, comprising:

• a plurality of communication paths forming a local network of interconnected information technology devices comprising a host computer and a plurality of computer workstations and at least one peripheral device;
• said host computer for operating computing instructions and storing said computing instructions on a computer readable medium, said host computer associated through said local network of information technology devices;
• instructions for downloading from a local network monitoring software program from an online source onto said host computer system, said monitoring software program pre-configured with algorithms and parameters for automatic asset and configuration discovery of information technology devices associated with said local network from said host computer;
• instructions operable on said host computer for communicating between said host computing system and said information technology devices for initiating an inventory of all information technology devices associated with said local network of information technology devices;
• instructions operable on said host computing system for communicating with said information technology devices for determining the operational status of a plurality of said inventoried information technology devices;
• instructions operable on said host computing system for communicating with said information technology devices for determining the status of software programs installed on said information technology devices;
• instructions operable on said host computing system for initiating an inventory of information technology devices, said instructions for determining the operational status of a plurality of inventoried information technology devices, and said instructions for determining the status of software programs performed by utilizing preexisting platform management systems and protocols on said information technology devices without the use of a client side agent associated to said local network monitoring software;
• instructions operable on said host computing system for displaying information relating to the operational status and status of software programs on said information technology devices in a user interface on said host computing system;
• and
• instructions operable on said host computing system for allowing a user of said host computer system to initiate maintenance and support actions in response to said operational status and said status of software programs using said local network monitoring software.