Avocent releases software management service package

Bkjia.com comprehensive report: on June 23, Avocent, a global IT Operations Management vendor, announced that IT would add a key feature called LaunchPad to its LANDesk Management Suite (Management Suite) version 8.8. With the key features of LaunchPad, companies can access the company's network to distribute new applications or update existing applications. The launch of this new key feature satisfies the needs of enterprise users for improving their IT operations and status quo, and reduces the burden on daily software management.

Ben Grimes, chief technology officer of Avocent, said: "The Daily software management requirements and related problems of network users have become a heavy burden for IT administrators. These requests, from basic software installation and upgrade, to the icon at the wrong position, and system configuration errors, are overcovered by the desktop. The purpose of introducing this new feature today is to simplify and speed up the software management process. We designed LaunchPad to help IT administrators obtain important tasks for authorized centralized configuration and application control at the front-end ."

Customers of the LANDesk Management Suite have long been able to distribute numerous software packages to multiple users through a single operation without using dedicated hardware, they also have the ability to control software availability through policy-based distribution. Now, the launch of this new service package (SP2) in LANDesk Management Suite 8.8 enables administrators to automatically process software requests from the network backend, at the same time, it is easy and convenient to install and implement applications in a centralized place.

Now, administrators can use LaunchPad to distribute and access software without having to run from a computer to the next computer to install various applications or troubleshoot applications. Various Applications can be configured and installed through the LaunchPad window, desktop, or start menu. End users only see applications that have been set up by qualified IT administrators.

Other new features and main advantages provided by LANDesk Management Suite 8.8 include:
1. Centralized application control-physical and virtual applications can be configured without manual installation and modification. Administrators can easily send the shortcuts and software they really need to corresponding users or groups.
2. Real-time application-allows software configuration and application shortcuts, without the need to install local clients in advance. You only need to click the icon to install various applications.
3. process-driven deployment-embedded Process control in LaunchPad, which uses LANDesk Process Manager (Process Manager) technology for power management. It brings together various applicable methods for auditing, and provide the software package in an automatic way.
4. supported application types include: Existing LANDesk Software Distribution packages, all Executable documents, various Web URLs and
Various LANDesk programs.

Pete Maudlin, a system integration expert at Farm Credit Service of America, said: "As our staff are increasingly dispersed, the demand for software configuration and management has been growing, therefore, it is critical to update more software in real time. Avocent's LANDesk Management Suite helped us streamline this process, allowing us to maintain production efficiency and better manage IT budget ."