desktop systems management
Systems Management Server 2003: Desktop Patch Management at Microsoft - Sharing the Microsoft IT Experiences
White Paper This white paper focuses on Microsoft IT's early adoption of SMS 2003 to manage the process of deploying critical security updates and critical Microsoft Office System software updates to desktop (client) computers. [01 Nov 2006]
Desktop Management: Centralized Control Across Distributed Systems
White Paper This white paper compares the Managed PC solution to three other possible approaches: network computers (NCs), Net PCs, or strict enforcement of standard desktop configurations. The paper also discusses other emerging... [25 Feb 2004]
Simpler Desktop Environment Extends Efficient Systems Management to Epicor's Worldwide Facilities
White Paper Epicor Software Corporation improved and simplified their corporate desktop environment by deploying a standardized desktop image of Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Office XP that reduced... [25 Feb 2004]
Desktop Lifecycle Management With System Center Essentials 2007
White Paper In an ideal world, desktop systems would manage themselves. Systems administrators are responsible for providing their organizations with access to critical applications and services... [29 Mar 2008]
Windows XP and Desktop Management
White Paper You may ask why you should upgrade your systems to Windows XP Professional. The answer is to improve productivity, reduce support costs, and maximize the potential of your existing IT infrastructure. This IT Guide... [05 Apr 2005]
Butler Group Report-Linux in the Enterprise: A Viable Alternative for Server and Desktop Operating Systems?
IT management needs to take a long, hard look at their heterogeneous systems infrastructure, and put in place steps to reduce the escalating costs that are in part driven by the number of incumbent... [11 Nov 2005]
Small Business Webcast: New Desktop Management Features in Windows Vista Features (Level 100)
The presenter of this webcast discusses how Windows Vista offers better connectivity and greater control over computers, helping users and network administrators better manage their computer systems. The attendee of this... [09 Jun 2007]
Small Business Webcast: New Desktop Management Features in Windows Vista Features (Level 100)
White Paper The presenter of this webcast discusses how Windows Vista offers better connectivity and greater control over computers, helping users and network administrators better manage their computer systems. The attendee of this... [09 Jun 2007]
Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition: Centrally Managed Virus Protection for Corporate Desktop and Mobile Systems
White Paper This White paper demonstrates how Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition addresses each of these ongoing IT management concerns. OfficeScan Corporate Edition is an integral part of Trend Micro's Enterprise Protection... [03 Jul 2008]
Effective Virtual Desktop Deployment and Management Strategies from VMware and HP
White Paper Its centralized desktop management capabilities simplify software provisioning, upgrades, and patches, and enable backups without intervention, so you can better serve your users AND protect your... [13 Dec 2007]
Newbies muscle into IT outsourcing arena
News Up-and-comers in the IT outsourcing market include Dell, which specialises in desktop management, and Lucent Technologies, which focuses on network maintenance. IDC based its figures on broad outsourcing... [09 Dec 2005]
Analysis: Security, compliance and CRM in one
Comment One of the key issues that authentication systems have to deal with is the user's desktop. The desktop is a very hostile environment and needs to be secure to prevent phishing attacks or... [15 May 2006]
HP wants to change desktops into blades
News HP is looking at taking the technology behind 'blade' servers and applying it to the desktop environment, seeking to combine the benefits of centrally managed computing systems with the familiarity of PCs. [06 May 2003]
Citrix snaffles XenSource for half a billion dollars
News Citrix makes so-called thin client software that delivers business applications from servers to desktop computers. By acquiring XenSource, the company intends to move into the adjacent server and desktop... [16 Aug 2007]
Devil's Advocate: Private networks are just so passé
Comment However, the device on the desktop remained resolutely personal. Distortion of the architecture has pushed functions to the network that should be in the desktop device and vice versa. Questions of... [31 Oct 2001]
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