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- Novell ZENworks and Altiris Client Management Suite: A Comparison
- Nothing is more important than your workforce’s ability to be productive; however, technology can impede that goal just as much as it can enable it. At a first glance, ZENworks for Desktops and Altiris Client Management Suite seem to be desktop management solutions with similar capabilities; a closer examination reveals...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Novell ZENworks, Desktop Management, Altiris Inc., Nothing, Desktops, Hardware
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- MSN Increases Business Productivity and Reduces IT Support Costs by Standardizing on Altiris Deployment Solution
- MSN offers industry-leading content for news, shopping, personal finance, music, sports, automotive buying and entertainment. A business value analysis confirmed that MSN could increase business productivity by upgrading its deployment infrastructure to an integrated deployment and change and configuration management environment based on Altiris and Microsoft technologies. After carefully evaluating...
- Tags: MSN, Business Productivity, Information Technology, Altiris Inc., Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management
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- Stanford University Lowers Cost of PC Management With Microsoft Windows XP, Dell OpenManage, and Altiris Deployment Solution
- Stanford University's IT infrastructure is as diverse and dynamic as its students and faculty. Bristling with new ideas, Stanford professors and students make extraordinary demands on the university's IT staff by regularly evaluating a myriad of software applications. In an effort to reduce the high cost of managing thousands of...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Stanford University, Microsoft Windows XP, PC-management, Microsoft Corp., Dell OpenManage, Altiris Inc., Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Management, Operating Systems, Software
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- Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust Employs Altiris Deployment Solutionto Speed Up the Modernisation of Its IT-Infrastructure
- Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust's mission is to make sure patients receive the right healthcare in the right place at the right time. The Trust is undergoing a thorough modernisation of its IT-systems to meet the requirements of the latest government plan for the NHS and to brace itself...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Health Care, Altiris Inc., Trust, Altiris Deployment Solution, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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- HealthNow Automates Its Migration to Windows XP and Sees Immediate Increase in Its Productivity With Altiris Client Management Suite
- HeathNow is one of New York's leading healthcare companies. When HealthNow decided to upgrade its 2,300 workstations to Microsoft Windows XP it faced a daunting task. The company's information technology IT department calculated a migration done with its former processes would take months and affect the productivity of its business...
- Tags: Migration, Altiris Inc., HealthNow, HeathNow, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, It Services, Network Administration, Operating Systems, Software, Networking
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- CNA Automates the Migration of 18,000 PCs to Windows XP Using Altiris Client Management Suite and Microsoft SMS
- CNA, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is the fourth largest commercial insurance writer in the U.S. CNA wanted to standardize everything from applications to PC hardware. In 2002, CNA started the Edge Employee Desktop for the Global Enterprise Project, a yearlong migration to Windows XP that included replacing every desktop and...
- Tags: PC, Migration, Microsoft Corp., SMS, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Altiris Inc., CNA, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Insurance, Microsoft Windows XP, Financial Planning, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
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- Cornwall County Council Standardises Its IT Systems With the Help of Altiris Deployment Solution
- Cornwall County Council, Cornwall's local government body providing services from school education to road salting, is in the process of migrating its entire IT infrastructure to Windows XP and Windows 2000 Server, involving the roll-out of more than 3,000 clients and approximately 100 servers between March and December 2002. Altiris...
- Tags: Information Technology, Altiris Inc., Altiris Deployment Solution, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Strategy, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware
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- HP, Altiris Software Helps Law Firm Grow Profitably
- Founded in 1877 by two lawyers who represented industrialist Andrew Carnegie, Reed Smith is one of the 20 largest law firms in the country. The company needed to accelerate and simplify hardware and software upgrades to help keep lawyers and staff more productive and improve firm's ability to quickly integrate...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Altiris Inc., Litigation, Software Upgrade, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Hardware
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- Steelcase Discovers the Benefits of Altiris for Software License Compliance and Patch Management, Plus Much More
- Steelcase, the global leader in the office furniture industry, delivers a better work experience to its customers by providing products, services and insights into the ways people work. Its portfolio includes architecture, furniture and technology products. Because computers play such an important role in the effectiveness of today's knowledge workers,...
- Tags: Software, Software License, Benefit, Patch Management, Altiris Inc., Steelcase, Asset Management, Sarbanes-Oxley, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Management
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- The Role of IT in Sarbanes-Oxley
- This webcast examines the role of Information Technology in Sarbanes Oxley Act, 2002.
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Information Technology, Altiris Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Strategy, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Management
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- Ceres Shipping Cuts IT Support Costs by 90 % Using Altiris' Onboard PC Management
- Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Ltd is one of the largest and oldest shipping companies worldwide, doing business in several sectors of the maritime industry, and is specialized in ship management. Charged with finding a suitable IT solution provider to help cut IT support costs and standardise its entire network, the...
- Tags: Information Technology, PC-management, Altiris Inc., CERES Shipping, Strategy, Management
- Case studies
- Maintech Saves $1.3 Million on Migration Project, Generates Annual ROI With Altiris
- For more than 30 years, Maintech has been a market leader in delivering custom-tailored Information Technology IT service solutions. The company's target markets include banking and brokerage, telecommunications, aerospace, manufacturing, healthcare and higher education. The company was facing challenge to reduce Windows XP migration costs, implement a disaster-recovery plan, improve...
- Tags: ROI, Migration, Altiris Inc., Maintech, Disaster Recovery, Roi/Tco, Aerospace & Defense, Microsoft Windows, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Software
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- Triple-S Reduces Outsourcing Costs 40%, Migration Times 85%, and Efficiently Manages Software Licenses With Altiris
- Triple-S is Puerto Rico's leader in health insurance and the second largest locally owned corporation on the island. When it was time to upgrade their SmartFrame business application, which runs everything from finances to human resources, Triple-S decided it was time to start using their heads more than their hands...
- Tags: Software, Software License, Outsourcing, Migration, Altiris Inc., Triple-S, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Quality, Business Operations
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- Software Virtualization Solution (SVS) (zip)
- Altiris Software Virtualization Solution SVS is a new way to use software. By placing applications and data into managed units called Virtual Software Packages (VSP's), SVS allows you to instantly activate, deactivate, or reset applications, to completely avoid conflicts between applications, and to remove them cleanly without altering the base...
- Tags: Altiris Inc., Altiris Software Virtualization Solution, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-24
- Simplified Dell Server Migration Using Altiris Deployment Solution
- To facilitate migration to Dell Server hardware, Dell has joined forces with Altiris as part of a recently announced extended partnership and created the Server to Dell Server Migration Assistant Version 1.0 for Altiris Deployment Solution. This paper provides detailed information focusing on how this migration assistant works and how...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Migration, Dell Server, Altiris Inc., Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-17
- Scripting Toolkit PRAID Utility Support for Windows Preinstallation Environment x86
- This white paper outlines performing the tasks such as creating a bootable Windows PE x86 CDROM that supports RAID configuration and also network and mass storage devices for IBM System X and BladeCenter servers; adding PRAID policy files to the Windows PE CDROM for custom RAID configurations; adding the IBM...
- Tags: Job, Environment, IBM Corp., Altiris Inc., Microsoft Windows, RAID, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-04-05
- Building a Single Image for Dell PowerEdge Servers Using Altiris Deployment Solution
- Using hardware-independent images for OS deployment can free administrators from creating and maintaining separate images for each hardware vendor and server model in their environment, helping significantly simplify server provisioning processes. Altiris Deployment Solution software enables administrators to create and deploy these images on Dell PowerEdge servers. This paper focuses...
- Tags: Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell Computer Corp., Image, Dell PowerEdge, Altiris Inc., Servers, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-02-01
- Reducing the Cost and Complexity of IT Management
- Information systems are subject to constant pressures to change. As businesses respond to market demands and conditions, IT managers must take action with appropriate technology implemented in a timely and cost-effective manner. At the same time, those same managers are expected to maintain and improve services and comply with growing...
- Tags: Information System, IT Administration, Information Technology, Altiris Inc., Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-01-13
- Achieving and Maintaining Compliance With the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
- During the past several years, credit card associations have begun to make a concerted effort to raise the level of security within the industry. In 2000, Visa USA and MasterCard International independently released data security programs. Unfortunately, adoption was slow and compliance lagged. This was due primarily to uncertain penalties...
- Tags: Card, Payment, Credit Card, Compliance, Industry, Standards, Data Security, Altiris Inc., Sales Channel, PCI, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Storage, Hardware, Finance
- White papers 2005-09-12
- Managed Virtualization
- Across the enterprise - in data centers and entire IT environments - VMware virtual infrastructure technology has approached mainstream proportions. VMware virtual infrastructure technology is the most widely deployed software for optimizing and managing IT environments through virtualization - from the desktop to the data center. Through virtualizing IT infrastructures,...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, VMware Inc., Altiris Inc., Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
- White papers 2006-09-27
