The Infomaq project consisted of a script that had the purpose of inventorying devices that ran the Windows operating system, collecting information from the hardware and the user, consolidating this information and persisting this data into a database for later consumption by other asset management systems.
The script was coded in Visual Basic Script (VBScript) using the standard Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and running in Windows Script Host (WSH).
The inventoried devices ran Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT4, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.
In the user logon process, some information such as processor, memory, and username were stored in a file on the file system. At the end of the week, this information was consolidated, removing duplicities and attributing, by the amount of logons of the same user to the device, who was the user "owner" of the same.
Once consolidated, this information was imported into the Oracle database, where information was available to other asset management systems.
It was considered a strategic project for Petrobras in 2002 for having generated the first Windows asset database. In a few months it inventoried thousands of devices, and was later replaced by systems that used the ITIL methodology for governance.
Project start year: 2002
Duration: 1 year
Position: IT Support Technician
Role: Developer, System Analyst
Working for: Stefanini
Client: Petrobras
Technologies: VBScript, WMI, WSH, Delphi, Windows, Oracle
Project start year: 2002
Duration: 1 year
Position: IT Support Technician
Role: Developer, System Analyst
Working for: Stefanini
Client: Petrobras
Technologies: VBScript, WMI, WSH, Delphi, Windows, Oracle
