Desktop Management

3.3.3 HP Client Management Solutions using Altiris

Additional Altiris client management solutions can be purchased through HP that complement the hardware management capabilities of HP Client Manager. These Altiris solutions address client IT lifecycle challenges including:

■Inventory assessment

■Software license compliance

■Personality migration

■Software image deployment

■Software distribution

■Asset management

■Client backup and recovery

■Problem resolution

For more information on HP Client Management Solutions using Altiris, visit

www.hp.com/go/easydeploy.

HP and Altiris have a unique alliance that extends beyond sales and marketing to include joint development and technology sharing that spans HP Client, Server, OpenView, and Services groups to provide best-of-breed solutions for HP partners and customers.

Starting in 1999, Compaq personal systems group and Altiris entered into an alliance to combine the strength of Compaq as a pioneer in PC hardware and manageability with the strength of Altiris' PC deployment and migration capabilities. The relationship expanded into a strategic alliance with the introduction of comprehensive cost-reducing IT lifecycle management solutions including the jointly developed HP Client Manager, which provides best-of-breed hardware management for HP PCs.

Building upon the success of the personal systems group, in 2001 the industry standard servers group introduced the ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack, an OEM version of Altiris Deployment Solution combined with HP's SmartStart Toolkit. HP utilizes this solution for provisioning ProLiant servers (including blade servers) as well as Blade PCs, a core component of HP's Consolidated Client Infrastructure.

Following the HP and Compaq merger, the alliance has continued to expand with the following offerings:

■Altiris Deployment Solution is available for a free 30-day trial for HP business PCs, after which a license may be purchased.

■HP Local Recovery, a client backup/recovery utility, is available for free with HP business PCs.

■Altiris Connector for HP OpenView provides client inventory and event integration with HP OpenView Network Node Manager, Operations, and Service Desk.

■Altiris Connector for HP Systems Insight Manager enables consolidated deployment and management of HP clients and servers from the HP Systems Insight Manager console.

HP leads the market by offering a single management solution and console for deploying and configuring PCs, handhelds, thin clients, and Windows and Linux servers plus rich integration with HP enterprise management tools. HP offers extensive training and services expertise available from the HP Services organization and Altiris. This combination of HP Client Management Solutions and services capability provides the best choice for customers trying to reduce the cost and complexity of managing client systems.

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