October 2006

NetworkD is the number one provider of infrastructure management software and business process solutions - designed and delivered on a global platform.

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.
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IT Service Catalogs
Many organizations adopting best practices for IT Service Management are working hard to figure out the

concept and implementation of an IT Service Catalog. So exactly what is a service catalog… is it like the Sears Christmas Wish Book of IT services?
  

The main purpose of a service catalog is to document IT services and establish the basis for other service management components. More

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Tips and Tricks



LANDesk Tip:
How to FORCE the end user to enter information into a Custom Data Form. Details



HEAT Tip: Automating Creation of the HSS Customer Login A good way to reduce administrative downtime is through the automation of the creation of the HEAT Self Service Customer Login. Details

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Are you on v8.4?
HEAT® Service & Support™ software delivers an easy-to-use, full-featured customer service and support solution, enabling your organization to reduce IT costs, streamline customer support interactions and improve customer retention.

What's New in v8.4?

  • Ability to run Auto Ticket Generator (ATG) as a NT Service
  • Call logging dashboard
  • Updated look and feel
  • New drag and drop sorting grids
  • New pinnable InfoCenter
  • Updated System Requirements
  • New HEAT Administrator navigation dashboard
  • Updated Hours of Operation interface

Product Brochure
Pricing

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LANDesk® Announces Service Desk Offering
LANDesk® Service Desk is a next-generation consolidated service desk (CSD) solution and graphical business application that empowers your customers to easily, efficiently and effectively deliver outstanding support services to both employees and customers. Its process-driven incident management, role-based privilege sets, automatic actions, assignment, service levels and escalation empower both internal IT support staff and external customer service team members.

Product Brochure
Pricing

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Joe Wang Interview
Joe Wang, CEO & President, LANDesk Software explains the trends in the security space and his company’s plans for the future.

Q: "Is security seen as a part of managing IT?"

A: "One trend that we have discovered is that security has emerged as an integral part of the management framework. In the past, companies would buy security products separately but now the security market has evolved such that corporations look at things on a holistic scale. Managing security is an integral part of managing IT today. As a result, companies are looking at solutions that offer both protection and management in a single product."

Full Interview
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HEAT® Named 'Best Help Desk Solution'

More than 3,000 customers name HEAT tops over 70 service desk solution entrants in the 2006 Members’ Choice Awards for the content-rich, popular site ContactCenterWorld.com. More information about the award can be found here.
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LANDesk Success Story
LANDesk® Success Story Mason City School District

Instead of following a classical school model of “pulling” student data from
its student information system, Mason City Schools employs a student focused methodology that “pushes” instructional, demographic, special needs, grade and assessment information to applications accessible by teachers and parents.

Part of this methodology requires the IT group at Mason to push different applications out to its 3,800 PCs that fit the unique needs of individual classrooms and labs. The instructional
software used by Mason has been chosen for its value and ability to
help its schools to continue to improve student achievement.

“As our teachers determine that students need help in specific areas, they ask us to deploy on a periodic basis certain educational software that enables them to focus on those specific needs,” says David Hickey, Chief Information Officer at Mason City Schools. “In the past we were unable to deploy this individualized PC instruction software during the school year. We had to wait until summer break to image labs and classroom desktops with specific software designed to meet the individual instructional needs of our students. With LANDesk Management Suite we can now deliver that software overnight.” Entire Story

More About LANDesk® Management Suite

Success Story Library

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NetworkD Awarded LANDesk ESP of the Year 2006

LANDesk Software, manufacturer of award-winning LANDesk Management Suite®, recognized NetworkD with three awards including 2006 Expert Solutions Provider (ESP) of the Year. The 'ESP of the Year' award is granted to channel partners who best demonstrate extraordinary service and support to clients as well as excellence, dedication and exemplary contributions to LANDesk Software. Two members of the Enterprise Sales Organization at NetworkD received Top 5 Sales Person of the Year.

Full Press Release
More Information about LANDesk®

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IT Systems Management Operational Assessments NetworkD Group has announced the expansion of its Infrastructure Management Service (IMS) offerings to include a comprehensive IT Systems Management Operational Assessment.

Designed to identify the effectiveness of Systems Management processes currently in use, the NetworkD Operational Assessment utilizes a multi-faceted methodology that evaluates all components of the IT organization to provide a clear, concise picture of an organizations Systems Management maturity. The Assessment also includes the creation of an operational roadmap; ultimately allowing organizations to achieve their objectives and enhance their technology investment. Infrastructure Management Services have been an integral part of the NetworkD solution portfolio for over 5 years and continually evolve to meet the needs of today’s business requirements.

Full Press Release
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Now Offering Altiris® Services
NetworkD recently announced the expansion of its services portfolio to include Altiris® Lifecycle Management Solutions. With over 10 years experience deploying systems management technologies, NetworkD consultants have received global recognition as the leader in best practices and IT Service Management solutions.

To lead this new, United States based, business unit, NetworkD has appointed Bryan Garmon as Director of Technical Services. An industry recognized leader in the Altiris marketplace, and an active member of the Altiris community for more than 5 years, Garmon brings broad industry experience and continues NetworkD’s commitment to delivering quality, solution-oriented services.

Full Press Release
More Information about Altiris®
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Can You Really Have Mobile Users and a Secure Network?

Mobile computers are especially vulnerable to malicious infections that can potentially make it through your firewall. Chances are you're all too familiar with the unique challenges mobile computers can bring: increased downtime, frustrated employees, mounting stress – and lost revenue.

A recent Infonetics survey of 80 large U.S. companies found that these businesses averaged 501 hours of network downtime per year, costing nearly 4% of their total revenue.

Download a Whitepaper

Protecting Your Corporate Network

IT Security: To Mitigate, Remediate, or Eliminate

LANDesk Battles Network Threats

Managing Security Risks in Modern IT Networks

Vulnerability Checklist
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NetworkD Awarded Top
HEAT® Partner
For Fifth Year

FrontRange Solutions® Inc., manufacturer of award-winning HEAT® Service and Support, recently recognized NetworkD ® Corporation with ‘Top HEAT® Partner’ status for the fifth year in a row.

The award marks impressive distinction within the Partner Community and is chosen from a field of over 2,000 solutions partners who represent FrontRange solutions across the world.
Full Press Release
More Information about HEAT®

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NetworkD Website Enhancements
We recently redesigned the site to enhance your online experience with us, and we will continue to make improvements to ensure your satisfaction.

Visit us today and let us know what you think.
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Fall Training Schedule

ITIL® Foundations Course Training
Newport Beach, CA
November 13th - 15th
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Course 102: LANDesk® Management Suite 8.6
Paris, France
Du 10 au 12 Octobre 2006
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Course 102: LANDesk® Management Suite 8.6
Paris, France
Du 07 au 09 Novembre 2006
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Course 202: LANDesk® 8.6 Advanced Administration
Paris, France
Du 17 au 20 Octobre 2006
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Formations HDI Analyste Help Desk – Help Desk Analyst (HDA) Fast Track
Du 11 au 13 Octobre 2006
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Kurs LDMS1000: LANDesk® Management Suite 8.7 Training
Hamburg, Deutschland
09. - 11. Oktober 2006
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Kurs LDMS2000: LANDesk® 8.7 Advanced Administration Training
Hamburg, Deutschland
23. - 26. Oktober 2006
Register

More information, including a full list of training dates can be found here.

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Events


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itSMf GLA-LIG Meeting: Creating a Business Payoff
Presented by Ian Clayton
Wednesday Oct 17th, 6- 8pm
Los Angeles, CA
RSVP: keith.belyea@alertperformance.com

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Systems
23. – 27. Oktober 2006
München, Deutschland
Besuchen Sie uns!

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ITIM HDI


HDI-IT Infrastructure Management
The Venetian Resort
Las Vegas, NV
November 5-8, 2006
Booth #305


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