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October 2005
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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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