LANDesk® and Intel®vPro Technology
Intel® vPro™ technology delivers powerful new hardware-based capabilities to network and systems management software. When used on desktop PCs with Intel vPro technology, LANDesk® management solutions significantly improve management for PCs, even if PC power is off, an operating system (OS) is down, or management agents aren’t installed. LANDesk® customers can now inventory PCs and hardware assets more accurately, eliminate many costly deskside visits, and remediate and respond to compliance problems more effectively.
Information technology (IT) departments continue to face significant challenges in managing computing environments. The first challenge is discovering all PCs on the network. Systems that cannot be found
cannot be managed or brought into compliance with the corporation’s policies. When systems are powered off or their OS is down, they also can’t be remotely accessed, inventoried for their hardware assets, diagnosed, or repaired. Instead, costly and time-consuming deskside visits are required to troubleshoot, reimage, or restore machines.
One of the most critical challenges is stopping more security threats, such as viruses and worms, from infecting PCs or spreading to the network. There is a critical need for tools that allow IT administrators to remotely protect, quarantine, and remediate PCs more effectively.
PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology include new hardware-based capabilities
for managing and securing desktop PCs: remote power-up, remote boot, console redirection, persistent hardware configuration
information, hardware filters for examining network traffic, and built-in
isolation capabilities.
When used for desktop PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology, LANDesk®
solutions give IT administrators a way to remotely manage PCs even
if the system’s power is off or its OS is down. IT technicians can now
accurately discover these PCs and inventory their hardware assets,
even in the absence of an OS, and before management agents are
installed. Once the LANDesk® agent is installed, IT technicians can
make sure the agent remains present by using proactive agent
presence checking.
LANDesk® tools for problem resolution can be more effective
with remote capabilities for troubleshooting and diagnosing both
software and hardware problems. Remote power-up capabilities
allow IT to push patches and updates even to systems that are
powered off at the start of the update cycle. Using the built-in
security capabilities in these PCs, LANDesk® solutions also allow
technicians to quickly isolate systems involved in denial-ofservice
attacks and other security problems—even if the OS is
already compromised.
Used on PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology, LANDesk® solutions help
reduce costly deskside visits, increase user uptime, and improve
security for the network as a whole.
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