Automatos Announces Remote Desktop Asset Management Tool; New Tool Allows Users to Receive Detailed Hardware and Software Information of Their Desktop Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2003 Automatos Inc., a leader in IT Management and Internet-based automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. IT intelligence solutions, announced today the introduction of the Asset Wizard Instructional help in an application or system development environment that guides the user through a series of multiple choice questions to accomplish a task. For the most part, wizards are more effective than the help menus found in most applications, which often border on the atrocious. for desktops. The Asset Wizard for desktops is a web-based application See Web application. that provides detailed information about the desktop systems owned by a company, as well as the control over the configurations of these desktops. It can provide information such as processor type and speed, memory and disk configuration, machine system serial number, as well as its make and model. Users then have the option of performing advanced queries, or generating reports on the information collected by the Asset Wizard. These queries and reports can be used to find out which machines have a certain software, the fastest processors or how many installed copies are there of a licensed program. In addition, the Asset Wizard increases the security of a company's IT environment by accurately controlling software and hardware inventories by using the Global Change Management and Software Compliance functions. The Global Change Management function will allow users to quickly find machines that have had any hardware or software installed, uninstalled or reconfigured since a determined date. The Software Compliance function pinpoints which machines currently have unauthorized copies of installed software. "The Asset Wizard for desktops is the easiest and most effective way for a company's IT department or manager to see and fix potential system resource problems before they happen," said Andre Fonseca, 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 Automatos. "By allowing a company's administrators and IT staff the ability to see and fix these potential problems both the company, and IT department will save valuable time and resources while adding an additional level of network security," added Fonseca. Installing the Asset Wizard takes only a few minutes and gives users control over the configurations of any desktop within their organization. To run Asset Wizard, users simply install a small agent in each desktop they wish to monitor and log into the Automatos website. Because the service is Internet-centric it allows for centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. asset management of a number of locations under one account or department. In most cases, the service does not require firewall rules to be changed, and can be deployed to any machine connected to the Internet using its default gateway (NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network. ) or Proxy Server Also called a "proxy," it is a computer system or router that breaks the connection between sender and receiver. Functioning as a relay between client and server, proxy servers are used to help prevent an attacker from invading the private network. . Specifications The Asset Wizard for desktops is compatible with desktops running Windows NT/2000. Availability The Asset Wizard for desktops will be offered in the spring of this year. For more information please visit www.automatos.com. Automatos Automatos is a leading company in providing automated corporate IT management solutions for corporate servers, desktops and other hardware in mission critical environments. These solutions dramatically reduce systems downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. and management issues, so IT staff can focus on more critical issues. The company was founded in 1998 by three former IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) professionals to provide complex IT professional/consulting services to corporations. For more information please visit www.automatos.com. |
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