Altiris is working with PC hardware manufacturers to automate Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system deployment and migration for business customers. As IT organisations prepare computing environments for computing changes and upgrades, Altiris has developed Vista-ready, service-oriented management solutions to drive business continuity through the transition, Altiris officials said.
According ot the company, Altiris solutions automate the process of migrating user settings and data to new PCs running Windows Vista to help maintain user productivity.
According to Gartner research, “Vendors that sell configuration management and software distribution tools have been including components to help with PC migration and deployment since shortly after Windows 2000 shipped.” Moreover, “In our model, automating the process reduces PC deployment costs by USD 578 per PC.”
A well-planned, automated approach to Windows Vista deployment and migration helps optimise employee productivity through the transition. In preparation, Microsoft and Altiris are working to enhance Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) methodology. Altiris technology has been used by customers to streamline the deployment and migration of millions of Windows installations worldwide, the company said.
"Windows Vista has focused on increasing automation for deployment and has worked with Altiris to help customers quickly and easily transition to a computing experience", said Brad Goldberg, General Manager for Microsoft Windows Client Product Management Group.
Dwain Kinghorn, Altiris CTO, went on to say, "We expect Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system to be disruptive technologies that will be rapidly adopted by our customers."
Gregory Bryant, general manager, Intel Digital Office Platforms Group, said, “The built-in management, proactive security, and energy-efficient performance benefits of Intel vPro1 technology, featuring the Intel Core12 Duo Processor, working with Windows Vista will dramatically improve the end-user’s and the IT manager’s experience."
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