Altiris Endpoint Management 7.0 and 7.0 SP1 The New Generation of Management

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Altiris Endpoint Management 7.0 and 7.0 SP1The
New Generation of Management

• Last updated September 30, 2009

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Intelligent Software Management
Its more than just delivering software
Better Detection and Analysis
Better Compliance

• Enables quick and easy software audits
• More accurately identifies software
• Understands relationships between software (e.g.,
  suites vs. point products)

• Lets you simply right click to blacklist
• Ensures distributed applications remain installed
  and working

Software management focus shifts from delivery
tasks to the central library
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Altiris Client Management Suite from Symantec
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Intelligent Software Management
Software Resource Center
SOFTWARE CATALOG
Application
Conflict
Dependent
Supersedes
Update
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Integrated Cast of All Stars You dont have to
choose between best in class and integration
Software Virtualization (SVS) technology
Symantec Ghost

• Most prevalent imaging in the industry
• Industry leading imaging and deployment
• Synonymous with cloning and deploying PCs

• Flexible application virtualization solution
• Easier, conflict free software deployment
• Faster application problem resolution

Wise

• Easy-to-use and rapid application packaging
• Deploy industry standard software packages
• Create standard corporate software packages

pcAnywhere

• Symantec Ghost Imaging Foundation becomes imaging
  engine of choice
• pcAnywhere replaces Carbon Copy
• SVS integrates into software management features
• Wise Toolkit comes with suite
• Wise Package Studio can be purchased as a CMS
  option
• Deployment Solution integrates into the Symantec
  Architecture
• Intel vPro and other hardware-level management
  capabilities included

• Market share leader
• Remote control solution preferred by most
• Many connectivity features

Deployment Solution

• Flexible and scalable deployments
• Zero-touch, bare metal, and scripted deployments

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Whats new in SP1?
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Whats New in Inventory Solution?

• Common Inventory Data Classes
• Consolidated inventory data classes across all
  platforms based on the CIM standard
• Deliver consistent inventory and true
  cross-platform reporting
• Reworked cross-platform reports
• Cross-platform inventory tasks and policies
• Integration and Consolidation
• Application Metering functionality is now part of
  Inventory Solution
• File and Registry Baselining capabilities of
  Application Management solution are now part of
  Inventory Solution

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Inventory Solution Inventory Policy
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Whats New? (continued)

• Enhanced Hardware and Software Inventory
• Additional hardware data is collected for CPU,
  RAM, HDD and NIC
• Improved Antivirus software inventory
• SVS support
• Detection and reporting of virtual applications
  in Software Virtualization Solution layers (both
  active and deactivated)
• Inventory Solution Portal
• Improved visibility of your Inventory Solution
  installation
• Inventory policy status and management
• Step by step guide

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Inventory Solution Portal
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Whats New? (continued)

• Throttling and Randomization
• Inventory process priority/throttling
• Reducing client I/O and CPU load
• Ability to randomize/spread out the timeframe of
  inventory reporting (formerly AeXRunControl
  utility)
• Optimizing the NS load
• Two-pass file inventory
• Optimizing the network bandwidth and the NS load

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Intelligent Software Discovery

• Predefined Software Definition Catalog with over
  79,000 commercial applications
• Quarterly updates are planned

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Intelligent Software Discovery
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Intelligent Software Discovery
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Software Catalog
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Software Catalog Rules Associated with a
Software Resource
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Software Catalog Software Resource Associations
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Managed Delivery Policies
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Managed Delivery Policies
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Managed Delivery Policies
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Software Management Worker View
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Patch Management Worker View
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Mac Patching - Check Available Updates
Scheduled task checks for available software
updates on a user-defined interval
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Mac Patching Available Updates
Reports are actionable for quick remediation
leveraging Task Server technology
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Adobe Patching
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