iAnywhere Solutions, the mobile and wireless division of Sybase SA, has announced Manage Anywhere Studio 5 which provides a full lifecycle management solution for enterprise applications and hardware including PCs, laptops and mobile devices.
This new version introduces new operating system migration capabilities, enhanced mobile security and new, specialised software modules, enabling companies to select just the features they require today and easily add new functionality in the future.
Manage Anywhere Studio 5 features targeted software modules to address specific business needs including asset management, live support, mobile and remote software deployment and operating system migration.
Warren Wilson, practice director of Summit Strategies, a provider of investment consulting services, says: "Mobile and wireless solutions can dramatically boost employee efficiency and productivity. But they are complex and require significant supervision throughout their lifecycle. Management capabilities such as those in Manage Anywhere Studio are an important means for companies to optimise the performance and control the costs of mobile and wireless solutions so they can achieve maximum return on their investments."
The migration capabilities enable IT organisations to migrate an entire organisation to a new operating system. This version also incorporates a number of new mobile security features such as enforcement of password settings, the ability to modify owner information and a feature called "Zap It", that acts as a "poison pill" to delete all sensitive information from a PocketPC device that has been lost or stolen.
"Corporate IT organisations face two major issues today: the need to do more work with fewer resources and the challenge of maintaining corporate security," says Julie Tomlinson, sales and marketing manager at Sybase SA. "Manage Anywhere Studio enables a centralised IT department to provide fast, effective and secure support throughout an organisation, from the corporate headquarters to home-based employees."
In addition to mobile security enhancements, the new version of Manage Anywhere Studio offers four distinct software modules, including:
* Migration Manager - OS Migration: Facilitates the distribution and installation of new operating systems for PCs and laptops. It assists with a wide variety of operating system migration projects, including Windows XP, enabling IT to complete the upgrade from a remote location, saving time and money for the IT organisation and corporate employees.
* Discovery Manager - Asset Tracking: Enables tracking throughout an organisation, including hardware and software inventory, system configuration inventory, software licences and software application usage. It helps IT control costs through efficient allocation of software licences and accurate records of software and hardware deployments.
* Support Manager - Live Support: Offers Web-based helpdesk support services for PCs, laptops and handheld devices. It reduces the number and duration of helpdesk calls by enabling IT to troubleshoot systems from any location.
* Systems Manager - Software Deployment: Adds mobile and remote software deployment capabilities to Discovery Manager and Support Manager to provide a full suite of management capabilities. Centralised software deployment replaces the need for remote workers to ship computers back to headquarters for updates or the shipment of software CDs across the country.
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