If it has, then the administrator can choose to shut down the application. The user can be offered a callback, which will automatically notify the user when the application may be started. Alternatively, IT organizations can maintain a list of supported applications and define all other applications as non-supported. If any application not on the supported list is executed, the administrator has the capability to prevent it from starting. Application usage is monitored by time, which allows organizations to create charge-back structures according to the amount of time a user spends running a particular application.
Users can check out an application for a period of time, such as when they are about to travel.
This allows administrators to monitor the complete population of application usage, even when not physically connected. Applications that have been checked out are returned to the pool when the user logs back on, or are automatically freed up for reuse if the time period passes. This software metering solution is not affected by file renaming as it checks application resources. This means that users cannot avoid monitoring. Further, the metering tools recognize different program versions and detect disabling of client agents, providing a comprehensive defense against tampering.