Updating and managing software
HP provides several tools for managing and updating software on desktops and workstations:
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HP Client Manager Software
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System Software Manager
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Altiris Client Management Solutions
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Proactive Change Notification
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Subscriber’s Choice
HP Client Manager Software
The HP Client Manager Software offers these services:
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Detailed views of hardware inventory for asset management
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PC health-check monitoring and diagnostics
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Proactive notification of changes in the hardware environment
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Web-accessible reporting of business-critical details such as thermal warnings and memory alerts
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Remote updating of system software such as device drivers and ROM BIOS
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Remote changing of boot order
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Configuration of system BIOS settings
The HP Client Management Solutions (CMS), available for download from
http://www.hp.com/go/
easydeploy, are standards-based solutions for managing and controlling workstations in a networked
environment.
For more information about the HP Client Manager, see
http://www.hp.com/go/ssm.
Altiris Client Management Solutions
Altiris and HP have partnered to provide comprehensive, tightly integrated systems management
solutions to reduce the cost of owning HP client PCs.
The HP CMS is the foundation for additional Altiris Client Management Solutions that address:
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Inventory and asset management
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Deployment and migration
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Help desk and problem resolution
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Software and operations management
For more information about the following topics, go to
http://www.hp.com/go/ssm:
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How HP CMS works
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Which solutions are compatible with the operating system
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How to download a fully functional, 30-day evaluation version of Altiris solutions
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