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Altiris Intuitive > Manageability

Search and deploy Introduction 1. Altiris Intuitive > Manageability 2. Microsoft RIS, SUS, and SMS 3. Norton Ghost 2003 and Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition 7.5 4. PowerDeploy Suite 2.0 Other products Extend the life of your legacy apps What do they mean? Eliminating the grunt work Deployment package specifications

Altiris has a four quadrant approach under the banner of its Intuitive > Manageability product line. These quadrants are:
• Deployment and Migration
• Software and Operations Management
• Inventory and Asset Management
• Help Desk and Problem Resolution

We concentrated our research on the Deployment and Migration and Software and Operations Management suites, in particular, looking at the Deployment Solution, Migration Toolkit, and the Client Management Suite.

Installation consisted of Microsoft SQL, then the base Notification Server and then the Deployment Server. The install asks for Win95/8 CD or boot floppy so it can make bootable images. A remote install of clients on NT/2000/XP machines is possible.

Altiris supports both new and legacy PCs in mixed hardware and OS environments. It supports Intel´s Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE), Wake on LAN (WOL), and Boot Integrity Services (BIS), and allows you to deploy and manage new PCs right out of the box. Altiris´ BootWorks technology provides similar capabilities for legacy PCs without needing to go to each PC with a boot disk.Once the system is deployed, you can reduce help desk calls and technician visits with remote software deployment (for printer drivers, patches, and applications), detailed system properties (including hardware and software configurations), LAN-based remote control and chat, and the ability to restore a computer to a known working state with a single click.

The Migration Toolkit is designed for organisations that have a desktop management solution, but who want to simplify their migration to Windows 2000 or Windows XP. The Migration Toolkit provides all the tools necessary for a complete OS migration, including Web-based Windows 2000 hardware and software readiness assessment and reports.The software distribution system enables you to package and distribute applications, patches, and updates on Windows and Unix systems throughout the enterprise, including remote/mobile systems.

This can be combined with Altiris´ inventory discovery software to better enforce corporate software standards, minimising software conflicts and ensure that the latest, most reliable software is installed throughout the enterprise.

The Altiris suite is relatively easy to use and provides an excellent range of features for deployment, management and migration of workstations.

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