MEDIACONTACT V 2.0.MEDIACONTACT V2 provides all the management functions for the remote administration from the centre of all of a company's portable PCs. These include management of hardware and software inventories, system monitoring A System Monitor (SM) is a process within a distributed system for collecting and storing state data. There are many issues involved with designing and implementing a system monitor. , alarms reporting, software distribution, and backups of users' data. Secondly, it enables the synchronisation of applications at the centre and on remote portable PCs to be automated, including data base access, SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. import/export, and synchronisation of Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. and Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. messaging systems. Permanently guided by wizards, system administrators can organise all the administration and synchronisation tasks by configuring ready-made functions. The solution combines both administration and synchronisation functions in one product, which also allows these functions to be made interdependent allowing error-free processing. Also the use of one control panel interface makes the software considerably simpler to use and reduces administrator training time. New functions in MEDIACONTACT V2: * A large number of remote PCs are actively supervised. An intelligent agent deployed on each remote station, permanently monitors all their hardware, system and software components. It detects any hardware or software addition, removal or malfunction mal·func·tion v. 1. To fail to function. 2. To function improperly. n. 1. Failure to function. 2. Faulty or abnormal functioning. , as well as any breaches of previously set thresholds or alterations to registries. * The inventory function is based on the Microsoft (Windows Management instrumentation Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification. ) standard. Software recognition enables applications that are not WMI-compatible also to be managed. The 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 inventory operates differentially: once the first inventory has been made, the system monitors a PCs configuration and only uploads changes detected, optimising data exchange. The solution is also a data synchronisation tool that allows applications at head office and on portable PCs to work together. It manages access to any type of database, using SQL format imports and exports, and is also based on Microsoft ADO, Active Data Object, standard. Synchronisation may be made conditional on output from inventory and monitoring functions, also when files are updated, differential synchronisation considerably reduces volumes transferred--by up to 90%--using an integrated algorithm that transfers altered data only. www.mediacontact.com |
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