Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of IT lifecycle management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning IT resources, today announced that Fujitsu Siemens Computers and Altiris have teamed to integrate DeskView 10.1 client management software, developed by Fujitsu Siemens Computers, into the new Altiris® 6 management infrastructure. The product is now available.
“We are committed to helping our customers reduce costs through improved client management,” said Andreas Thimmel, Vice President Business Clients, Fujitsu Siemens Computers. “We have chosen to base our new DeskView client management solution on leading Altiris management technology. This joint solution provides our customers with reliable, efficient and integrated management for Fujitsu Siemens Computers client systems. Designed to help minimize TCO, DeskView provides our customers built-in, centralized automation for initial PC deployments and migrations, and ongoing support tasks like remote control and software delivery.”
Fujitsu Siemens Computers and Altiris have developed:
- Fujitsu Siemens Computers DeskView 10.1 based on Altiris technology: DeskView and Altiris solutions combine to provide detailed Fujitsu Siemens Computers client data and management capabilities, such as comprehensive hardware inventory and monitoring, remote BIOS management, and power management.
- The new ManageIT Suites: Altiris IT lifecycle management functionality is now available to Fujitsu Siemens Computers customers in a set of ManageIT Suites. ManageIT Suite features enhance corporate software control, streamline hardware refresh cycles and optimize IT asset investments through an integrated, easy-to-use suite of IT lifecycle management solutions. Fujitsu Siemens Computers ManageIT Suites are comprised of Altiris software and help customers save time and money on dedicated client management tasks.
For example, ManageIT Suite Migration integrates and automates functions like Windows 2000 or XP deployment, migration of unique end-user data, settings and configurations, ongoing software delivery and patch management. ManageIT Suite Controlling enhances the functionality of the ManageIT Suite Migration with additional features like heterogeneous software inventory, application metering and remote control.
Rob Wellman, Altiris VP of strategic alliance sales, said, “This combined Altiris and Fujitsu Siemens Computers client management solution was built to help customers reduce the cost of IT lifecycle management by improving the manageability of the full-line of Fujitsu Siemens Computers client hardware. We have teamed with Fujitsu Siemens Computers, a leading server and PC vendor in Europe, to create world-class solutions that include both server and client hardware management from a single management console.”
Fujitsu Siemens Computers distributes Altiris IT lifecycle management solutions to customers through its distribution channels. The Altiris management solution also provides server deployment and server management capabilities for the Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMERGY Server line.
Licensing and availability
Fujitsu Siemens Computers DeskView 10.1 and ManageIT Suites, based on the Altiris 6 infrastructure, are now available for download from http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/manageability For more information or to contact your local Altiris representative, please visit http://www.altiris.com/sales/
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About Altiris
Altiris, Inc. is a pioneer of IT lifecycle management software that allows organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, thin clients, handhelds, industry-standard servers, and heterogeneous software including Windows, Linux and UNIX. Altiris automates and simplifies IT projects throughout the life of an asset to help reduce the cost and complexity of management. Altiris client and mobile, server, and asset management solutions natively integrate via a common Web-based console and repository. For more information, visit www.altiris.com
About Fujitsu Siemens Computers:
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT provider with a responsible strategic focus on next-generation Mobility and Business Critical Computing products, services and solutions. With a portfolio of exceptional depth, our offering extends from handhelds through desktops to enterprise-class IT infrastructure solutions. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a strong presence in all key markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Leveraging the strengths, innovation and global reach of our joint shareholders, Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG, we make sure we meet the needs of customers: large corporations, small and medium enterprises and private users. For more information on Fujitsu Siemens Computers, please visit: www.fujitsu-siemens.com
Note on Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including the statement regarding Altiris teaming with Fujitsu Siemens Computers to create world-class solutions for both client and server management. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, including, but not limited to, the inability of Altiris and Fujitsu Siemens Computers to successfully integrate, market and sell such solutions or otherwise obtain market acceptance of such solutions; difficulties and delays in product development and integration; errors in the products; and such other risks as identified in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2004 and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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