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Identify Unapproved AI Software, AI Web Applications & AI Browser Extensions

AI tools are spreading across your environment, often without visibility or approval. Shadow AI software, browser extensions, and web applications can introduce data leakage, compliance exposure, and unnecessary software spend. With Applixure Analytics, IT teams can detect what AI tools are installed, accessed, or actively used across the fleet based on real device state.

Manageability

IT Manager

Better compliance

Quick Win

Overview

In most environments, AI software adoption happens organically.

Employees experiment with generative AI tools, install browser extensions, connect web applications, and trial SaaS platforms — often without formal review or approval.

Traditional IT management tools rarely provide visibility into:

  • AI web applications accessed through browsers
  • Installed AI software or desktop applications
  • AI-related browser extensions
  • Actual usage patterns versus just installation

This creates a governance blind spot where:

  • Sensitive data may be exposed to external AI services
  • Unapproved tools bypass procurement and compliance review
  • Software licenses accumulate without oversight
  • Security posture gradually drifts from policy

With Applixure Analytics, IT teams gain real-time visibility into AI software, AI web applications, and browser extensions across the entire device fleet — turning AI sprawl into a manageable control point.

What Applixure Provides

Applixure continuously evaluates software and browser environments across your fleet, including:

  • Detection of installed AI desktop applications
  • Visibility into AI web applications accessed via browsers
  • Identification of installed browser extensions
  • Usage insights to distinguish active tools from unused installs
  • Fleet-wide search and filtering capabilities
  • Exportable device-level data for remediation workflows
  • Baseline enforcement through defined minimum quality standards

IT teams can:

  • Instantly list all devices with specific AI tools installed
  • Identify unapproved software against internal policies
  • Monitor extension usage patterns
  • Flag deviations from approved application baselines

This moves AI governance from reactive discovery to continuous control.

Benefits

  • Identify unapproved or new AI software in seconds
  • Reduce shadow AI risk across the organization
  • Improve compliance and audit readiness
  • Eliminate unused or redundant AI licenses
  • Strengthen endpoint quality baselines
  • Support proactive software governance

AI adoption becomes visible, measurable, and manageable.

Implementation Steps

  1. Create an Applixure account
  2. Deploy the lightweight pre-configured Applixure Agent using your existing management tool (15 minutes)
  3. Allow automatic data collection (typically within hours)
  4. Open Applixure Analytics
  5. Navigate to Software in Applixure Analytics
  6. Select Unapproved Software
  7. Instantly view all devices running software that falls outside your defined baseline
  8. Drill into device details or export the list for remediation

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