Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a leader in systems management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning information technology, today announced Altiris® Client Management Suite™ has been named a winner by CMP Media LLC’s Network Computing for a 2004 Well-Connected Award in the category of ‘Desktop Management Suite.’ Client Management Suite was chosen for offering ‘multiple components that integrate flawlessly with one another’ while ‘having the best user interface of the products … tested.’
“Altiris Client Management Suite continues to define the standard for comprehensive, integrated PC lifecycle management,” said Poul Nielsen, Altiris VP of marketing and product strategy. “We recently released version 6.0, further raising the bar for intuitive management with unmatched depth and breadth of natively integrated functionality. With this new version we took a great product and made it better, emphasizing security and increased scalability while making it easier to use and faster to implement. More than ever before, Altiris software helps customers reduce the cost of owning IT assets through natively integrated client, server and asset management solutions.”
This marks the second consecutive year an Altiris product has been honored as a Well-Connected award winner after Altiris® Deployment Solution™ won in 2003. The winners of the Network Computing 2004 Well-Connected Awards were announced at a ceremony on Monday, May 10 in Las Vegas. Winners will be highlighted in the May 13 issue of Network Computing and also on Network Computing Online at www.nwc.com
“The Well-Connected Awards are the only industry awards given by technologists based on real-world product testing and evaluation. We view all products, technologies and services from the same perspective as our readers — our peers—do,” said Fritz Nelson, VP and Group Publisher of Network Computing Enterprise Architecture Group. “This is an important distinction from any other award program — the products selected in the Well Connected Awards are unique because they have been tested over an enterprise by our editors themselves. They are truly innovative solutions that work.”
Client Management Suite is an easy-to-use systems management solution that helps reduce the total cost of ownership for desktops, notebooks, and handheld devices. Developed for IT professionals who manage computing devices on a regular basis, the suite enables administrators to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot systems from virtually anywhere. Benefits include:
- Reduced training, support, integration and implementation costs associated with managing your desktops, notebooks, and handhelds
- Streamlined client deployment and migration
- More secure computing environment with policy-based software delivery, application and patch management
- Streamlined problem resolution as a result of fewer system touches
About Network Computing
For IT, By IT, Network Computing (http://www.networkcomputing.com), published by CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, N.Y., is dedicated to providing critical analysis of technologies, vendors and products to 220,000 IT Managers and Staff who are accountable for strategic technology purchase decisions. In 2003, Network Computing won a total of four awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE), including a national award in the Best Technical Article category.
About Altiris
Altiris, Inc. is a pioneer of IT lifecycle management software that allows IT organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, thin clients, handhelds, industry-standard servers, and heterogeneous software including Windows, Linux and UNIX. Altiris automates and simplifies IT projects throughout the life of an asset to reduce the cost and complexity of management. Altiris® client and mobile, server, and asset management solutions natively integrate via a common Web-based console and repository. For more information, visit www.altiris.com
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Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. Client Management Suite and Deployment Solution are trademarks of Altiris, Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. |