Determination and reconciliation of software used by a managed network

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• obtaining, by a server device and from a database, representations of:
• (i) a plurality of software packages managed by way of a software management tool, including publishers, titles, and categories associated with each of the software packages, and (ii) a plurality of software activities, including descriptions and amounts associated with each of the software activities;
• obtaining, by the server device, machine-learning-based classifications of the software activities, wherein the machine-learning-based classifications predict the publishers, titles, and categories of the software activities from the descriptions;
• comparing, by the server device, the plurality of software packages to the machine-learning-based classifications in order to identify:
• (i) unmanaged software packages that are not managed by way of the software management tool, and (ii) amounts associated with at least some of the software packages;
• and
• transmitting, by the server device and to a client device, a representation of a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface depicts a first pane and a second pane, wherein the first pane includes an expandable listing of the publishers with respective total publisher amounts associated with the software packages attributable to each of the publishers and whether any of the unmanaged software packages are attributable to each of the publishers, and wherein the second pane includes a chart visually depicting the amounts incurred over units of a pre-determined period of time.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a server device, cause the server device to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining, from a database, representations of:
• (i) a plurality of software packages managed by way of a software management tool, including publishers, titles, and categories associated with each of the software packages, and (ii) a plurality of software activities, including descriptions and amounts associated with each of the software activities;
• obtaining machine-learning-based classifications of the software activities, wherein the machine-learning-based classifications predict the publishers, titles, and categories of the software activities from the descriptions,
• comparing the plurality of software packages to the machine-learning-based classifications in order to identify:
• (i) unmanaged software packages that are not managed by way of the software management tool, and (ii) amounts associated with at least some of the software packages, and
• transmitting, to a client device, a representation of a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface depicts a first pane and a second pane, wherein the first pane includes an expandable listing of the publishers with respective total publisher amounts associated with the software packages attributable to each of the publishers and whether any of the unmanaged software packages are attributable to each of the publishers, and wherein the second pane includes a chart visually depicting the amounts incurred over units of a pre-determined period of time.