<s>
Open	O
Computer	O
and	O
Software	O
Inventory	O
Next	O
Generation	O
(	O
OCS	B-Language
inventory	I-Language
NG	I-Language
)	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
that	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
inventory	O
IT	B-General_Concept
assets	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
OCS-NG	O
collects	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
of	O
networked	O
machines	O
running	O
the	O
OCS	O
client	O
program	O
(	O
"	O
OCS	B-Language
Inventory	I-Language
Agent	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
OCS	O
includes	O
the	O
capability	O
of	O
deploying	O
applications	O
on	O
computers	O
according	O
to	O
search	B-Application
criteria	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open-source	B-Application
OCS	B-Language
Inventory	I-Language
NG	I-Language
project	O
started	O
in	O
late	O
2005	O
and	O
produced	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
version	O
of	O
OCS	B-Language
Inventory	I-Language
in	O
early	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
1.0rc3	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
OCS	B-Language
Inventory	I-Language
functionality	O
can	O
be	O
adapted	O
or	O
extended	O
via	O
a	O
module	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
dialogue	O
between	O
OCS	O
client	O
machines	O
and	O
the	O
server	O
depends	O
on	O
the	O
Hypertext	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
formats	O
data	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
management	O
server	O
uses	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
and	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
OCS	O
runs	O
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
:	O
under	O
Unixes	B-Application
and	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
95	O
or	O
later	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
web-interface	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
offers	O
consultation	O
of	O
the	O
inventory	O
,	O
user-rights	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
technical	O
support	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OCS	B-Language
Inventory	I-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
feed	O
the	O
manager	O
of	O
GLPI	B-Language
and	O
thus	O
offers	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
ITAM	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OCS	B-Language
Inventory	I-Language
consists	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
published	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
v2	O
.	O
</s>
