User manual SYMANTEC ALTIRIS 6 INVENTORY SOLUTION DATASHEET

[. . . ] CLIENT & MOBILE MANAGEMENT Altiris ® 6 Inventory Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ® C O M P R E H E N S I V E H A R D WA R E A N D S O F T WA R E I N V E N TO RY F O R YO U R E N T I R E E N T E R P R I S E BENEFITS > Inventory virtually any system, including Windows, UNIX, Linux, NetWare, Macintosh, and handheld and network devices > Improve application Altiris® Inventory Solution® reduces the cost of identifying and managing heterogeneous devices throughout your enterprise. Easily track comprehensive hardware information, installed software packages, and operating system settings for all IT assets throughout their lifecycle. [. . . ] The solution allows you to identify unique applications and versions across your enterprise so you can quickly determine which systems are out of compliance with corporate standards. In addition, by identifying unauthorized software, you can decrease your exposure to system incompatibilities and security and virus threats. Inventory Solution also includes hundreds of pre-packaged Web reports making hardware and software inventory readily available to your help desk and IT support staff so they can easily troubleshoot and better forecast future problems. SPEED APPLICATION ROLLOUTS Inventory Solution helps you reduce the cost and complexity associated with application and OS rollouts and updates. Use the solution and built-in Web reports to quickly and easily identify hardware that requires upgrading or replacement and more accurately target application and OS updates. EXTENSIBLE MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE With Altiris you not only benefit from comprehensive integration with its powerful suites and solutions, you also gain the no-hassle benefits of a single-vendor, which reduces training and support costs. You also benefit from a faster return on investment and a lower total cost of ownership than a best-of-breed approach. Inventory Solution is a component of the Altiris extensible management architecture (EMA), so you benefit from native integration with Altiris help desk, asset management, and software management solutions, making it easy to extend capabilities as your business grows and matures and your business needs change. Inventory Solution serves as the first step in gaining deeper control over your organization's hardware and software assets. For example, by upgrading to Altiris® Asset Management SuiteTM, Client Management SuiteTM, or Server Management SuiteTM, Inventory Solution allows you to correlate application installation information with Altiris application usage and contract administration data to provide complete software license management. By optimizing your software license environment, your organization can benefit from dramatic cost savings from harvesting unused license, reducing maintenance and support contract renewals, and more accurate planning for future software needs. supportability and reduce support costs > Reduce cost and complexity associated with application and OS rollouts and updates > Mobile-friendly features include reporting of delta changes, a cache and forward design, and over-the-wire data compression > Extend management capabilities as business grows, matures, and business needs change CLIENT & MOBILE MANAGEMENT "Altiris Inventory Solution came out ahead of all the others from a capabilities standpoint, and it was also the most affordable. Inventory Solution made an immediate impact and is now being used in all of Koch's companies. [. . . ] Altiris may have patents or pending patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights that relate to this product. The furnishing of this document and other materials and information does not provide any license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any foregoing intellectual property rights. *Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners. 91210-10 082206 [. . . ]