The desktop PC may be an invaluable business tool, but it also presents huge challenges in terms of day-to-day management and support — especially when it comes to large organisations with hundreds, ...

Our Clear Choice Test of desktop-management software points to Altiris and LANDesk. In this round of testing desktop-management software, we decided to analyze how well the tools performed from the ...

Windows desktop management is in transition. The destination – at least from Microsoft’s perspective – is what the company calls “modern management”, and there are some key ingredients. The first is ...

As short-staffed higher ed IT departments continue to feel overburdened, colleges and universities could face challenges when deploying and managing devices among faculty and staff. In some cases, the ...

Microsoft’s release of its Vista operating system has many desktop management vendors scrambling to add support, ease migration and optimize Vista deployments. Part of the reason such vendors are ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

Systems management for desktop and laptop computers. Keeping users' computers in large enterprises up-to-date is a mammoth task, especially the never-ending upgrading of system software to prevent ...