<s>
Lansweeper	B-Application
is	O
an	O
IT	O
asset	O
management	O
solution	O
that	O
gathers	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
information	O
of	O
computers	O
and	O
other	O
devices	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
network	O
for	O
management	O
,	O
compliance	B-Application
and	O
audit	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lansweeper	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Belgium	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
Lansweeper	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Fing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
Lansweeper	B-Application
received	O
a	O
€130	O
million	O
investment	O
from	O
Insight	O
Partners	O
to	O
accelerate	O
further	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
purpose	O
of	O
Lansweeper	B-Application
derives	O
from	O
a	O
discovery	O
phase	O
of	O
sweeping	O
round	O
a	O
local	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
(	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
maintaining	O
an	O
inventory	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
assets	O
and	O
software	O
deployed	O
on	O
those	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lansweeper	B-Application
can	O
collect	O
information	O
on	O
all	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
devices	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
IP-addressable	O
network	O
appliances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
software	O
module	O
that	O
allows	O
Lansweeper	B-Application
to	O
orchestrate	B-Application
software	O
updates	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
computers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lansweeper	B-Application
central	O
inventory	O
database	O
must	O
be	O
located	O
on	O
either	O
an	O
SQL	O
Compact	O
or	O
SQL	O
Server	O
database	O
on	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
Lansweeper	B-Application
was	O
discovered	O
to	O
be	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
an	O
SQL	O
injection	O
vulnerability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lansweeper	B-Application
claims	O
while	O
a	O
minimum	O
default	O
configuration	O
can	O
be	O
supported	O
by	O
placing	O
all	O
its	O
components	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
server	O
the	O
application	O
has	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
scale	O
up	O
to	O
hundreds	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Lansweeper	B-Application
can	O
be	O
set	O
up	O
agentless	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
recommended	O
to	O
use	O
agents	O
for	O
more	O
complex	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lansweeper	B-Application
has	O
a	O
freeware	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
limited	O
in	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
devices	O
available	O
and	O
functionality	O
provided	O
unless	O
appropriate	O
licenses	O
are	O
purchased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lansweeper	B-Application
itself	O
does	O
not	O
directly	O
provide	O
a	O
network	O
intrusion	O
system	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
Lansweeper	B-Application
claims	O
it	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
partner	O
with	O
an	O
addition	O
tool	O
to	O
address	O
that	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
