Cenergy Client Management Suite All About Practicality; Tally Systems Management Suite Delivers Easy Software Distribution, Remote Control.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LEBANON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2003 Seeking to give IT managers practical client management tools that are easy to install and implement, Tally Systems today announced the release of Cenergy(TM), a client management suite with products for software distribution and remote control designed to manage everything from PCs and servers, to laptops and handhelds. Included in Cenergy are TS.Deploy(TM), for 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. software distribution and self-healing; TS.Remote(TM), which provides remote control and on-line support chat; and the Cenergy Discovery Module, which provides device discovery for deployment and support activities. An Asset Tracking Edition of Cenergy is also available, which includes Tally Systems' flagship asset tracking and software usage tool, TS.Census. "Automated software distribution makes IS organizations and business units more agile by delivering on application and infrastructure changes more quickly, more timely, and more accurately," says Ronni Colville, research director at Gartner, Inc. "Therefore, software distribution remains the pivotal component in the overall configuration management process." "Tools for software distribution, although not glamorous glam·or·ous also glam·our·ous adj. Full of or characterized by glamour. glam  or·ous·ly adv. , are
one of the most significant contributors to cost reductions in desktop
and laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer management," says Colville. "Software distribution and complementary autodiscovery capabilities are central to configuration management. Automating the delivery and updating of applications and content can provide an immediate easing of the cost of having to send technicians to touch every desktop PC or other hardware device." "The IT infrastructure of organizations is trending toward mobile devices with low and variable bandwidth, with fewer stationary desktops that are always connected," said Sarah Davie, Cenergy product manager at Tally Systems Corp. "The new Cenergy suite is built from the ground up to manage these 'occasionally connected computers' throughout their whole lifecycle, with little or no outside services required either to get going or to make changes down the road." Features of the Cenergy(TM) suite: TS.Deploy - automated software distribution -- Remote and mobile support - including dynamic bandwidth throttling, disconnected installs, a zero-footprint option, a micro-agent option, and background package delivery. -- Self-healing - ensure integrity of applications, configuration, and security settings. -- Task scheduling (algorithm) task scheduling - The assignment of start and end times to a set of tasks, subject to certain constraints. Constraints are typically either time constraints (the payload must be installed before the payload bay doors are closed) or resource constraints (this task - automate routine maintenance tasks like virus definition updates. -- Directory integration - target groups based on any LDAP-type directory. -- Package editor - full support for MSI/Windows Installer. TS.Remote - remote control for PCs and remote devices -- Web-based access - initiate access from any browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used , with live support/chat sessions secured by randomly generated, encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science passwords. -- User attended mode - ensures that the end user is present and grants permission for remote session. -- Instant device snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. - technicians see hardware and software properties as soon as remote session begins. -- Administrator mode - allows help-desk supervisors to see all sessions and enter them in "stealth stealth Any military technology intended to make vehicles or missiles nearly invisible to enemy radar or other electronic detection. Research in antidetection technology began soon after radar was invented. " mode. -- Queue management - help desk operators quickly see wait times and problem descriptions to perform triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. . Cenergy Discovery Module - autodiscovery for software deployment Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. -- Hardware - gathers IP address, machine name, processor, memory, hard drive data using industry standards like DMI (Desktop Management Interface) The first desktop management standard from the DMTF. Enabling PCs to be monitored from a central console, it was superseded by the DMTF's Common Information Model (see CIM). and WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) A programming interface (API) in Windows that allows system and network devices to be configured and managed. WMI is based on WBEM, which stores all definitions in a CIM database. . -- Software - collects registry settings, add/remove programs information, executable file See executable code. data. Cenergy suite Asset Tracking Edition - comprehensive asset tracking functionality -- TS.Census - Tally Systems' flagship asset tracking tool is included in this edition. -- Software Usage Module - provides software usage analysis and reporting. -- IT asset history - track changes in IT environment and view history reports. -- License compliance - track installed software and license counts. -- Census Recognition Technology(TM) - patented technology providing superior recognition for hardware and software, required for accurate asset tracking. -- UNIX/Linux discovery - hardware and software discovery and tracking for major flavors of UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). . Pricing and Availability Cenergy will be available in August 2003. Pricing scales based on the number of clients; at the 1,000-client level, Cenergy is $87 per client. About Tally Systems Tally Systems delivers practical software solutions for configuration management, license compliance, and end-user support. Reporting accurate information about IT environments, Tally Systems products help IT managers make wise investment decisions, reduce the risk of non-compliance and increase the efficiency of end-user support. Tally Systems products have been licensed on over 10 million computers at 15,000 sites worldwide. Read more about Tally Systems product line at tallysystems.com. --30--GK/
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