Software Updating and Management

HP provides several tools for managing and updating software on desktops and workstations—HP Client Manager Software, Altiris Client Management Solutions, System Software Manager, Proactive Change Notification, and Subscriber’s Choice.

HP Client Manager Software

HP Client Manager Software (HP CMS) assists HP customers in managing the hardware aspects of their client workstations with features that include:

•Detailed views of hardware inventory for asset management

•PC health check monitoring and diagnostics

•Proactive notification of changes in the hardware environment

•Web-accessible reporting of business critical details, such as machines with thermal warnings, memory alerts, and more

•Remote updating of system software such as device drivers and ROM BIOS

•Remote changing of boot order

•Configuring the system BIOS settings

For more information on the HP Client Manager, visit http://www.hp.com/go/im.

Altiris Client Management Solutions

HP and Altiris have partnered to provide comprehensive, tightly integrated systems management solutions to reduce the cost of owning HP client PCs. HP Client Manager Software is the foundation for additional Altiris Client Management Solutions that address:

•Inventory and Asset Management

•SW license compliance

•PC tracking and reporting

•Lease contract, fixing asset tracking

•Deployment and Migration

•Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition migration

•System deployment

•Personality migrations

•Help Desk and Problem Resolution

•Managing help desk tickets

•Remote troubleshooting

•Remote problem resolution

•Client disaster recovery

•Software and Operations Management

•Ongoing desktop management

•HP system SW deployment

•Application self-healing

System Management

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