improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message iquate inc. type private founded may 2002 headquarters dublin ireland ireland united states uk france key people patrick mcnally ceo ; paul mansfield cto ; industry computer software products iqsonar website iquate.com iquate is a software company that specializes in it operations and service management software for large enterprises . headquartered in dublin ireland iquate develops markets and sells enterprise software used for multiple functions including cloud infrastructure management it operations and service management and it asset management . iquate s flagship product iqsonar is an agentless discovery and dependency mapping solution developed to enable it operations support both legacy data center infrastructures and cloud environments contents 1 history 2 locations 2.1 locations 3 partnerships 3.1 oracle 3.2 microsoft 3.3 computerwoche 4 references history edit iquate was founded on 22 may 2002 and its initial products were audit manager an inventory tool great grandfather to the current iqsonar product . this was an agentless microsoft windows focused product which gathered data from remote computers and stored that data in web based hosted database instances with a web based ui this was known as an application service provider or asp model a predecessor to the saas cloud software movement of today . network manager an agentless near real time minute by minute monitoring tool for availability capacity and performance across multiple platforms including windows linux solaris hp ux aix databases network devices etc. in 2004 emanageit began trading as iquate as they started selling to the us market . the name change was to avoid a possible conflict with a company which had a product called e manage in a non related space which was sold in the usa . the audit manager product was renamed iqnetscan and the network manager product was renamed iqrms remote managed services when the company renamed . in 2009 iquate started to focus on the needs of large enterprise and released a product called iqsonar . over time this replaced iqnetscan and iqrms was retired leaving iqsonar the sole product of the company . iqsonar is a cross platform agentless inventory tool which embodies iquate s dime methodology . dime standard for discovery inventory measurement and extensibility . iqsonar focused on server and data center environments including complex areas for license metrics such as databases and virtualisation platforms . in 2010 iqsonar became the first tool ever verified 1 by oracle lms as providing data suitable for use in a license review . the verification means that if customers choose to share data from iqsonar with oracle s lms team during a license review oracle will accept the data as being equivalent to data provided from their own tools . in 2013 iquate released version 3 of their iqsonar solution which broadened the offering to provide a scan engine data warehouse and reporting functionality with the ability to integrate iqsonar data into upstream third party asset management tools . in 2016 iquate released version 4 of their iqsonar solution a new platform that focused on the dependency mapping functionality to support it cloud migration & infrastructure management while continuing to support upstream it operations & service management tools like servicenow etc. locations edit locations edit iquate has its headquarters in dublin ireland with european sales offices in london paris and munich . in the usa iquate s regional headquarters is in san francisco with support and services operations based out of orlando florida . partnerships edit oracle edit in july 2010 iqsonar became the first tool ever verified 1 by oracle lms as providing data suitable for use in a license review . the verification means that if customers choose to share data from iqsonar with oracle s lms team during a license review oracle will accept the data as being equivalent to data provided from their own tools . microsoft edit in july 2011 iquate was selected as a finalist for the software asset management innovation partner of the year award for 2011 . 2 this award is part of the microsoft world partner conference wpc conference . the award is a global partner award and was the first and only time a non microsoft inventory software tool was selected as a finalist . this is notable as microsoft has tools which are often seen as partially competitive such as ms sccm . in reality as sccm is agent based and focused typically on microsoft desktops it is not really a competitive tool . computerwoche edit german computerwoche computer week magazine shortlisted ralf wei beck from deutsche post dhl as a cio of the year nominee . 3 the nomination related to a project for cost and price transparency in it mr. wei beck mentioned iquate as one of the critical tools used in the success of this project . references edit a b license management services oracle partner awards microsoft cio des jahres 2011 cio of the year 2011 computerwoche retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title iquate & oldid 730125830 categories all ireland organisationscompanies established in 2002software companies of irelandinformation technology companies of irelandinformation technology management2002 establishments in irelandhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from august 2014all articles with a 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