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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 18, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 33
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Breaking News -
General:
Altiris Offers Native-Linux OS
Deployment Configuration
Altiris Inc, a leader in systems management solutions that reduce the total
cost of owning information technology, announced new cross-platform server
provisioning capabilities that provide native-Linux support for Linux
provisioning, bare-metal OS deployment and on-going management, and system
configuration. Also, Altiris UNIX solutions now further integrate
heterogeneous management with additional platform support, increased security
features and new server change management for more efficient server
provisioning.
The Deloitte Consulting Global Data Center uses Altiris heterogeneous
server provisioning solutions to drastically reduce the time and cost of
managing approximately 1000 servers, a majority of which are HP ProLiant
servers, located in their global operation centers around the world.
Ron Pepin, Deloitte Consulting Global Data Center manager, went on to say,
"Through an analysis of our consolidated global metrics, we have determined
that Altiris solutions have helped us drastically increase our hardware ROI
by significantly reducing manual management tasks for our global operation
centers."
Patrick Hanifee, Deloitte Consulting Global Data Center systems architect,
said, "Altiris server provisioning solutions allow us to automate server OS
imaging, policy-based software delivery including patch management, and
hardware and software inventory management across Windows 2000 and NT,
HP-UX, Linux and Solaris platforms. We have been able to reduce the time it
takes us to deploy a server to 25 minutes from four hours. Full discovery
and accountability of our hardware and software inventory is now available
to us in real-time in a matter of minutes as opposed to spending weeks to
get a partial and often inaccurate report. Altiris has helped us
standardize OS rollouts, save significant time and money by automating
manual processes, and reduce human error to help us create a world-class
data center."
Altiris Deployment Solution for Servers is included in the HP ProLiant
Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack, an integrated HP and Altiris solution
that automates the process of deploying and provisioning HP ProLiant
servers, enabling companies to quickly and easily adapt to changing
business demands. ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack Windows edition
is now available while the new Linux edition is currently scheduled to be
available in September. Both editions include:
- Integrated Altiris Deployment Solution and ProLiant Integration Module
featuring HP ProLiant server pre-configured scripts and integrated support
software
- Instant, out-of-the-box functionality for ProLiant servers
- Specially designed with unique features for ProLiant blade servers
According to Gartner research, "The growing acceptance of Linux has forced
many organizations to view Linux as less of a tactical solution and more of an
integrated part of the organization's overall IT strategy. This strategy most
always includes hardware/software systems from major IT vendors," Poul
Nielsen, Altiris vice president of marketing and product strategy, said. "More
and more organizations are adopting Linux for its cost savings, efficiencies
and reliability. With the growing adoption of Linux on servers, IT managers
increasingly require a centralized, cross-platform solution to efficiently
manage Linux, Windows and UNIX. By providing a single price for flexible
management across platforms, we seek to deliver outstanding value to our
customers. Our award-winning Windows and Linux server OS deployment and
configuration management technology helps reduce the complexity and costs of
server provisioning."
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