Network America December Newsletter 2011

Announcing Service Pack 3

LANDesk will release Service Pack 3 in Mid December.

Updates include (but not limited too)

»	Support for Mac OS x10.7 (Lion)
»	New Reports with dynamic sorting on any column of the report
»	OS/D Provisioning now uses WinPE 3.1
»	Updated and Improves Dashboards give you an uncluttered view of status of patches and software distribution jobs.
»	Automated Patch Cleanup, deletes unused patches, removes superseded rules, and reduces overhead for file replication.
»	Etc...

End of Year Pricing Promotions – Pricing valid thru December 31st 2011 ONLY

Asset Management and Data Analytics

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Mobility Manager

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LANDesk Service Desk 7.5

LANDesk Service Desk 7.5 is scheduled to ship January 2012. Some key features and enhancements include:

»	New Web Desk for mobile devices
»	Extended Service Catalogue to include Shopping Cart
»	Enhanced Management Information with trending and historic analysis
»	Simplified installation administration for private cloud administrators
»	Concurrent license monitoring

Service Desk as a Service

LANDesk has recently announced that Service Desk is now available as a SaaS offering. LANDesk Service Desk as a Service can be leveraged in the same way as a typical cloud-based solution, with all data and services are accessible over the Internet; or a hybrid approach can be taken – where services, integration points and even data can be split between on premise and cloud. This flexible delivery method provides your customers:

»	Secure usage both in the cloud and on premise
»	Reduced capital expenditures
»	Reduced staffing expenditures
»	Dedicated Service Desk Dashboard
»	4x7 monitoring
»	Hosted in a SAS 70 Type II data center

NEW Mobile Manager

With the release of Mobility Manager 9, LANDesk supports the most popular mobile device platforms, including the latest iOS, Android and Blackberry operating systems. It allows custom device policy options, enabling IT to centrally define a policy and distribute it over a variety of platform types. By expanding the platform support to include the latest operating systems and custom device policy options, LANDesk Mobility Manager 9 delivers flexibility to the user while giving IT departments more control over their IT environment via a single management console and database -- enabling greater ease of management and security.

LANDesk Mobility Manager 9 features:

-- Expanded Platform Support: LANDesk Mobility Manger 9 provides premium support for all iOS and Android platforms.

-- Device Connection Policy: With employees continuing to bring new, unsecured devices into the workplace, IT has the option to prevent unmanageable or unsupported devices from connecting to the corporate network or to choose specifically which devices may have access -- all through one interface.

-- Device Enrollment: Setting up new devices to be enrolled in the company system can easily be done by adding them to the user's profile, which applies the user's existing configuration and policy options, as well as installs the management agent on the new device.

-- Device Configuration/Security Policy: Configuring email, VPN and WiFi capabilities are done in conjunction with a security policy, which IT can use to set locks, password strength requirements, screen timeout limits and more. This policy can be easily updated if the end-user's capability requirements expand or become more restricted.

-- Remote Management: When incidents occur that could potentially compromise the security of the corporate network, IT can remotely locate the device in question, locking, unlocking, wiping or resetting its password.

-- Application Management: LANDesk's application store is a self-service software distribution repository where enterprise resources such as apps, files, videos and other corporate resources can be accessed. The application store provides enterprises with a centralized source for providing corporate resources that can be accessed at the user's discretion.

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