October 2005

NetworkD is the Global Leader in Desktop Systems Management and Help Desk Solutions. We focus on solutions that take the best of ITIL, operational best practices and the most effective technologies in the market today to drive value, lower cost and enhance the customer experience in utilizing IT services.


Financial Management- Key Arbiter of Business Decisions

Financial Management should not be left to the later stages of implementing an ITIL framework. An early start on Financial Management can help any organization, large or small get an early lead on this complex undertaking.

All of the texts on the subject and most of consultants will tell you implementing ITIL should be undertaken in bite size chunks with clear goals, objectives and key performance indicators to measure progress.

Mile stone reviews are the norm with implicit understanding that the next or dependent process should not be undertaken until core processes are established and rock solid.

That’s the theory. But business is rarely this neat and tidy. In practice, those companies that excel often do so by virtue of their flexibility, their ability to adapt to changing circumstances and improvise. Entire article can be found here.

LANDesk Management Suite v8.5 SP2 Released
Service Pack 2 for LANDesk v8.5 has been released. The Service Pack contains a number of additional fixes over the SP1 release including all post-SP1 hotfixes. If you are a NetworkD Support Customer you will be receiving additional information from the Support Desk regarding application of the Service Pack and maintaining your NetworkD Customizations, and Login Script configurations. More information can be found here.

There are a two different ways you can receive this update:

  • Through LANDesk Patch Manager you can download content for LANDesk Updates and receive the service pack and vulnerability information.
  • Download the service pack manually from KB article 1954


Windows IT Pro Readers Single Out LANDesk® Remote Client Management Tool and Asset Management Software

Windows IT Pro readers named LANDesk a winner in the Systems Management category of the 2005 Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice Awards for its Remote Client Management Tool, and runner-up for its Asset Management Software. “LANDesk® solutions are designed with the customer’s needs in mind,” said Dave R. Taylor, LANDesk vice president of worldwide marketing. “Having LANDesk customers value the benefits of our products is truly an honor that demonstrates the loyalty of our customers and the quality of our products.” Entire article can be found here.

Secure Remote Management Minus the VPN
Managing remote devices over the Internet is among IT administrators' biggest challenges, and is top-of-mind among CIOs and CXOs as well. The new LANDesk Management Suite 8.6 attacks that problem in several ways. For example the LANDesk Management Gateway lets administrators securely manage systems once unreachable over the Internet without a VPN connection or dedicated link. With support for Intel's new Active Management Technology, the software supports role-based administration, reporting, and software distribution and support for Windows, Macintosh and Linux clients. In addition to routine patch management, the server-management tool lets administrators perform out-of-band device discovery and remotely repair systems regardless of where the system is located, allowing administrators to repair and configure remote notes. Entire article can be found here.

More information about LANDesk Management Gateway and extending your management reach to remote users can be found here.


Getting in the Driver Seat for Help Desk Success

With a record of high quality customer service for more than seven decades, a Fortune 500 provider of leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions decided to turn inward to improve its level of service even further by changing from an outsourced IT model to an insourced model. To help put the Company† into the IT driver’s seat, it called on the services of the LANDesk Professional Services team. As a result, the transportation company cut a projected six-month transition down to six weeks, while enabling its new internal support team to respond in minutes instead of days to user help desk calls for the Company’s 8,800 PCs spread across more than 850 different locations. Entire Case Study can be found here.


Autumn ITIL
®,HEAT®, and LANDesk® Training Schedule Now Available

Take a look at our Fall 2005 training schedule which includes beginner and advanced courses. If you do not see a date or location relevant to you, private training is also available. Click here for more information US, UK, Germany, and France.

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New IT Service Management Discussion Documents and Whitepapers
NetworkD has over thirty whitepapers and discussion documents that are available for free.

New Whitepaper postings include:

The entire library can be found here.

NetworkD iValue™ Suite
Maximize your current investment in Help Desk and Desktop Management tools with NetworkD iValue Suite.

iLaunchPad™ - Integrates a large variety of Service Desk solutions with LANDesk® Management Suite® and can be installed to the machines of Service Desk staff and administrators alike, allowing them then to carry out desktop management functions from within the Help Desk console.
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iSurvey™ - Extends the functionality of HEAT® Service and Support by embedding best practices for customer satisfaction surveys directly into the technology. This unique tool provides a link to an online survey which is sent to the customer when the service desk ticket is closed; this survey can be customized to suit specific requirements. The results of surveys can be viewed within a HEAT® detail screen and reports can be created to measure and give an account of the overall performance of the Service Desk.
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iControl for Windows™ - is a self service password reset tool that empowers end users to control and reset personal passwords without calling the help desk. End users can reset personal passwords by correctly answering a series of private questions. Remote employees with access to a web browser can reset forgotten passwords without outside assistance.
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All New iBridge™ - copies and updates inventory records from LANDesk Management Suite® into the HEAT® Service and Support database. With the ability to easily track computer assets against call tickets and pull reports detailing problem computers and devices, asset managers and service desk administrators alike can further leverage their existing investment using HEAT as an asset management database and PC lifecycle management solution.
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Tips and Tricks

LANDesk Tip: Manage Software License Compliance for each Division or Department. Software licenses purchased for Adobe Acrobat by “division A” will only be consumed by “Division A” devices and Adobe Acrobat licenses purchased by “division B” will only be consumed by “Division B”, and so on. This can be accomplished by using Software Compliance Groups, and Device Scopes. Using these features, you can manage separate licenses from each division from a single LANDesk Core Server. Details

HEAT Tip: Do you use spreadsheets in your purchasing process? How do your customers
submit their purchase requests? How do those requests get approved? HEAT can streamline the entire process as well as provide detailed information for use by all groups involved. Details

HEAT Tip: This month lets take an ordinary task, such as creating Microsoft Outlook contact records for your personal address book. Details

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Taking Integration to the Next Level With NetworkD iValue Suite
Chris Dancy, Lead Solutions Architect
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8:30am PST, December 1st, 2005
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Standardization and Consolidation in the Modern Enterprise

Karen Benitez, Global VP of Enterprise Solutions
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Tradeshows and Conferences
If you are interested in attending one of the conferences or tradeshows below, let us know! We may have free expo passes for you and your team. We are also available for scheduled consultations. Contact us today.

FrontRange Focus
November 6th-9th, 2005
San Diego, CA
Visit us at booth #15

itSMF Annual Conference and Exhibition
7th-9th November 2005
Brighton, UK
Visit NetworkD on stand B14

 

 

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