Altiris Simplifies Windows Migrations and Upgrades, Including Windows XP, with New PC Transplant Pro.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LINDON, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2001 Solution Quickly Deploys and Manages Migration of Multiple Users Settings and Personal Data, Saving Both Time and Money Altiris Inc., a leader in systems management solutions that reduce the cost of owning and managing information technology, Monday announced Altiris(TM) PC Transplant Pro version 3.5, a new personality migration solution that can make hardware migrations and upgrades much quicker and less expensive. The new version has a new stand-alone template (1) A pre-designed document or data file formatted for common purposes such as a fax, invoice or business letter. If the document contains an automated process, such as a word processing macro or spreadsheet formula, then the programming is already written and embedded in the builder and is optimized for migrations to Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. , Office XP and Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. 6.0, and the product has earned the Designed for Windows XP endorsement from Microsoft. "Many of the customers we are working with are in the planning stages of a migration to Windows XP or Windows 2000," said Poul Nielsen Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen (born December 25, 1891 – died August 9, 1962) was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player, who is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Danish national team with 52 goals in only 38 matches, and won a silver medal with the Danish national team , vice president, Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , Altiris. "PC Transplant will save them significant amounts of time and money with less disruption and less negative impact to each PC user. PC Transplant is built to keep employee productivity high through a migration and raise the ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for the customer." PC Transplant Pro is a flexible, stand-alone product that can be used in conjunction with other desktop migration tools to maximize an organization's existing infrastructure. The new version also contains new tools such as the stand-alone template builder that creates migration templates independent of the hardware IT managers are working on. The new version can also migrate network settings for machines with multiple NICs and extract files from a personality package. When migrating or updating PCs there is no need to purchase additional cloning cloning: see clone. To make a product that functions like another. See clone. See also cloning software. tools because PC Transplant Pro includes RapidDeploy, Altiris' award-winning disk imaging software. "PC Transplant Pro is an ideal complement to our comprehensive collection of network support tools," said Sheldon Laube, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CenterBeam. "We are able to save our customers a tremendous amount of frustration, time and expense in getting their new systems online." Pricing and Availability PC Transplant Pro is available now for $24 per node when purchasing a license for 100 or more PCs. For more information on Altiris, the above mentioned product suites, or to find an Altiris partner near you, go to www.altiris.com, or call 801/226-8500. About Altiris Altiris offers a full line of Web-enabled solutions that empower organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, handhelds and servers throughout the IT lifecycle. Altiris is uniquely positioned to provide fully integrated, complete systems management solutions including deployment and migration, software operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. , inventory and asset management, and help desk management. Altiris' core technologies greatly reduce the cost and complexity of owning IT resources. For more information visit www.altiris.com. Altiris is a trademark of Altiris Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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