Painless network admin. (new products).NetSupport NetSupport is a United Kingdom company. The company has been a six times winner in the prestigious Deloitte Fast 50, awarded to the fastest growing technology companies. , www.netsupportinc. com, Software, One-time average license cost: $40 and up per computer for 100 users (volume discounts available) NetSupport Total Cost of Ownership was designed to make it easier to deploy and maintain software, control access in and out of the system and record inventory. It allows IT managers to monitor and manage the system's hardware in real time from their desktops, allowing them to track information such as who is using the system. This includes the computers' address information, segment analysis and connection analysis. TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. can not only show all PCs currently running a TCO agent, but also auto-discover other systems on the LANor WAN, providing information such as IP address, MAC address and more. In addition, it can help train teachers and staff on software. Administrators and teachers could use TCO to run and distribute software, restrict software usage to keep students from playing unauthorized games, block or allow Web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. by time of day (i.e. ok during lunch, not during class time), monitor Web site usage and more. The Windows-based software is available in modules, allowing a school to scale and design as large or small a package of features as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . Standard features include hardware and inventory, software distribution and metering, license management, query-based enterprise and reporting, application management, Internet monitoring Analyzing traffic on the Internet. Monitoring is performed to determine packet volume for network configuration as well as to find out how employees are spending their time on the Internet. This is the first step in determining whether or not filtering should be added to the network. and trace routing. When paired with NetSupport Manager, TCO provides fully integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. administration and PC remote control help desk and training solutions. CIRCLE #511 FOR MORE INFORMATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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