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Avocent introduces enhanced LANDesk Management Suite 8.8.


Worldwide Computer Products News-29 October 2008-Avocent introduces enhanced LANDesk Management Suite 8.8(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability  http://www.m2.com

Avocent Corporation (Nasdaq:AVCT AVCT Advanced Vehicles Concept Team ), a supplier of IT 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.  products, announced on Tuesday (28 October) the addition of a feature called LaunchPad to its LANDesk Management Suite 8.8.

The company said that LaunchPad enables companies to more easily distribute new applications, or update existing applications for users across corporate networks. The offering addresses the needs of enterprise users who want to improve their IT operations and their bottom line while reducing the complexities associated with daily software administration.

LANDesk Management Suite already enables customers to distribute numerous software packages to multiple users in a single operation, without the need for dedicated hardware and to control software availability with policy-based distribution. The release of SP2 for version 8.8 reportedly allows administrators to automate handling of software requests on the back-end to a greater degree, while providing a centralised Adj. 1. centralised - drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government"
centralized
 location for application installs and execution.

Other new features of LANDesk Management Suite 8.8 include centralised application control, just-in-time applications, enabling configuration of software and publishing of application shortcuts without prior local client installation and process-driven deployment. Application types supported include existing LANDesk software distribution packages, all executable files, web URLs and LANDesk processes, the company said.

The Launchpad feature of LANDesk Management Suite 8.8 is available via a service pack (SP2) release. No pricing details were disclosed.

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