What's New in LANDesk 8.8 Solutions
Version 8.8 of the LANDesk® Management and Security Solutions, plus version 4.1 of LANDesk® Process Manager, offer many new and exciting features and enhancements.
- Ability to deny by Active Directory or LANDesk Group with options to deny by product or file
Software Distribution
- Streamlined user interface
- Easier policy deployment for multiple packages, updates and re-application of policies
- Automated policy removal
- HTTP authentication for Windows clients
LANDesk® Management Gateway Appliance
- A hardware appliance with new features, including an easy configuration interface, auto updates and patches, and system backup and recovery
Local Scheduler
- Additional flexibility for setting up tasks, including true randomizer and new OS event filters
Intel AMT 2.0 Support
- New AMT-enabled management functionality
- Full support in Win32 Console
Provisioning
- More than 100 provisioning templates, 70 of which are Dell-specific
- Provision ESX hosts and enhanced Vista support
- Additional action handlers such as making a directory, joining a domain, and more
Alerting
- New enterprise-scalable alerting architecture & user interface
Remote Control
- Viewer is now available as a Mac application, so you can remote control from your choice of platform
Mac OS X
- Inventory improvements leverage Apple System Profiler
Return on Investment Report
- Demonstrate the value of LANDesk products by capturing data on five LANDesk actions
- Configurable cost savings per action shown in graphical reports
Legacy Agent
- Continued support for legacy platforms such as 9x and NT4machines
- Available by contacting LANDesk Customer Care
Data Leakage Protection
- New Wireless Access Point Discovery allows you to secure the network by discovering unapproved wireless access points (WAPs)
- USB Encryption and Read/Write Control of USB/CD/DVD protects corporate data from changing hands advertently or inadvertently
Firewall Management
- Manage the security configuration of the Windows (including Vista) firewall from one console
- Improved XP firewall management
Network Access Control
- New 802.1x remediation protects the organization from virus outbreaks and unauthorized access
- Require policy compliance such as up-to-date virus pattern files and patches before a device connects
Application Blacklisting
- New application blocker configurations control applications used by different individuals or groups to improve productivity and security
Patch Process Management and Enforcement
- LANDesk® Process Manager’s Parallel Patch Process now included to automate the deployment of patches
- Local scheduler enhancements offer additional flexibility to patch deployment
Alerting New enterprise-scalable alerting architecture and user interface Return on Investment Report
- Demonstrate the value of LANDesk® products by capturing data on five LANDesk actions
- Configurable cost savings per action shown in graphical reports
LANDesk® Host Intrusion Prevention and LANDesk® Antivirus 8.8 Application Control and Whitelisting
- Whitelisting of applications approved to run on the device
- “Loose” and “tight” configurations
Buffer Overflow Protection
- Protect against exploits that take advantage of programs waiting on a user’s input
- Protect from both stack- and heap-based attacks
International Support
- Now localized and supported in 20 languages
Antivirus
- Improved performance and reduced footprint
- Manage antivirus from the same console and with the same agent
Patch Process Management and Enforcement
- LANDesk® Process Manager’s Parallel Patch Process now included to automate the deployment of patches
DSView 3.X Integration
- Enhanced audit trail for DSView users
- Automation for the data center, which takes advantage of both LANDesk and the DSView API from Avocent
Simplified UI
- “Wizard-like” configuration routines and multiple ways to configure attributes
- Improved error corrections
Content Development
- Easy updates to process library
- New workflows published for DSView integration, including power cycle devices and session management through KVM
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