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March 2008 |
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1.
Editors Note
2.
DeviceWall Promotion
3. NetSupport Manager - "Best of the
Tests"
4.
Centennial License Manager 2.1
5.
Upgrade to Zetafax 2007 - PDF Software Promotion
6.
Removing Unwanted Software
7.
Northern Health Board Implement NetSupport
Technology
8.
Policy Commander or MS Group Policy?
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Editors Note
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Welcome to the March
2008 edition of Servaplex Insite eNews.
It's the last few days of the
Centennial DeviceWall promotion.
DeviceWall controls the unauthorised use of removable media devices,
such as USB sticks, MP3 players, PDAs and even CDs.
Servaplex will host a Double-Take
seminar in partnership with Double-Take
Software in May at the Institute of Public Administration. Details will
be published shortly. Servaplex are also sponsoring IDC's Dynamic
Infrastructure Management Conference 2008 on May 15th at the
Royal Hospital Kilmainham. To register
for this event go to:
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P15254 Enter 'servaguest'
in the special promotional code box.
Help us to spread the news. Please feel free to
pass this to other members of your IT team.
We look forward to your comments.
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DeviceWall Promotion |
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Don't forget.....there is a promotion
running for DeviceWall until the 28th of March 2008. The promotion is
open to both public and private sector organisations and includes a 20%
discount off the licence cost.
DeviceWall has received SC Magazine’s top honour in the February 2008
group test of ‘Portable Device Security’ solutions.
DeviceWall swept the board with five-star ratings for Features,
Ease of Use, Performance, Documentation, Support and Value for Money.
Please find the review attached.
As you are probably aware, the media is full of stories of high profile
data loss incidents. The threat from portable storage devices is
something that organisations are starting to take very seriously.
DeviceWall is easy to install and deploy. It can be downloaded from
the link below.
http://www.devicewall.com/download/?partner=info@servaplex.com
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NetSupport Manager - "Best of the Tests" |
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NetSupport Manager remote control software has
received the Network World "Best of the Tests" award for 2008.
"Out of the nine remote-control products tested, NetSupport Manager
rated best for console display. Particularly well done is the thumbnail
view that shows as many remote clients as needed at once. The product
also performed well over slower internet links and a local network
(performance was so high, you could easily forget which machine was your
real computer and which was running through the NetSupport connection).
Also noteworthy was scripting and log support, extensive enough to make
the product a major player in the overall computer management market."
Network World tested more than 170 products across a very wide range of
technologies to select the "2008 Best of the Tests" winners. Network
World's Lab Alliance and testing editors rigorously evaluate products
based on the critical network functions they address, and awards are
based on those products receiving the highest scores.
NetSupport Manager can be downloaded
from the link below.
https://secure.netsupportsoftware.com/download/distdownload.asp?Dist=526
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Centennial License Manager 2.1 |
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We are pleased to announce the launch of
License Manager 2.1, the latest version of the SAM and license
management solution from Centennial Software. License Manager 2.1
includes a number of enhancements designed to help you manage all types
of desktop software licensing and ensure your organisation stays in
control of compliance and spending. License Manager 2.1 features
include:
• Enhanced support for ‘Version Maintenance’ licensing schemes such as
Microsoft Software Assurance
• Notional license allocation to 'Operational Units'
• Singe-screen vendor compliance reports
• Excel exports for software and license usage reports
As part of the License Manager 2.1 development plan, Centennial have
also significantly enhanced the unique online software database to
support more software vendors and titles.
New Customer Benefits - For Discovery customers that have not yet
purchased License Manager or SAM.Suite (the combined bundle of
Centennial Discovery and License Manager), the new version presents the
most compelling reason yet to make a start in SAM. Out of the box,
SAM.Suite delivers more benefit and helps organisations get started with
the minimum of manual overhead.
Existing Customer Benefits - For existing SAM.Suite customers, upgrading
to License Manager 2.1 means better software recognition, more
flexibility in licensing conditions and faster compliance reporting. All
good reasons to take advantage of the latest software!
Existing customers with a current support and maintenance contract can
upgrade to License Manager 2.1 by downloading the file from the
myCentennial support site.
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Upgrade to Zetafax 2007 - PDF Software Promotion |
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We are currently offering Zetadocs PDF for
only € 30 per user when you buy
a 5 user Zetafax upgrade, and €
20 per user when you buy a 10 user Zetafax upgrade. Prices are available
for 25, 50 and 100 user systems also. What makes Zetadocs PDF different?
· Visual document builder – Makes it easy for you to convert and format
your PDF file. You can quickly pick up multiple documents from different
locations and assemble them into one professional looking package. It
also lets you add security settings, such as password protecting your
document from opening or copying.
· Integrates with Microsoft Outlook - It can be set up to merge and
convert outbound documents created in Microsoft Office into a single or
multiple PDF files. A handy convert button is also placed in the toolbar
to launch the document builder.
· Distribute your PDFs by email or fax – Once your PDFs have been
created, you can send them straight from the software without having to
open Zetafax or Outlook.
Zetadocs PDF helps everyone in your office convert documents to PDF
files. Once installed, you select Zetadocs PDF software as your printer
and print your document. A wizard then guides you through the process of
converting your document. It will help you add attachments and
stationery, secure it with a password (if needed) and finally save it to
disk, email or fax it.
Pricing excludes VAT.
For further information please visit:
http://www.equisys.com/products/zetadocs/
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Removing Unwanted Software |
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There are various software applications that
simply do not belong in a corporate environment - from spyware
applications to programs that download music, weather applications, and
so on. Users download, install, and use these applications without your
knowledge. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get rid of these unwanted
applications? Ideally, you want to take a proactive approach to managing
unwanted software - the moment one of these applications is detected on
your network, it gets uninstalled. With Prism Deploy it is easy to find
and remove unwanted software automatically.
Whether you need to rollout a complex application suite, delete some
troublesome software, install a new printer, new desktop shortcut, or
change user permissions on a registry key or file, Prism Deploy can
package and deploy those changes quickly and easily. Prism Deploy also
supports the implementation of ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)
processes.
For further information please visit the New Boundary
web site.
http://www.newboundary.com/products/prismdeploy/
Please contact us for further information, a demonstration or pricing.
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Northern Health Board Implement NetSupport Technology |
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When the Northern Health & Social Services
Board were looking to implement Remote Support & Enterprise Management
solutions they knew exactly where to turn.
As Helpdesk Manager Alan McAlister explains, "As a previous customer of
NetSupport I knew their technology would be the best fit for our needs.
We've installed a combination of NetSupport Manager, NetSupport DNA and
NetSupport Helpdesk and I was extremely impressed with the ease and
speed of installation across our enterprise. The feature set of each
product gives us exactly what we need in terms of managing and reporting
on PC issues."
The Northern Health and Social Services Board is the second largest of
the four Health and Social Services Boards in Northern Ireland. It
covers the council areas of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus,
Coleraine, Cookstown, Larne, Magherafelt, Moyle and Newtownabbey.
For further information please visit:
http://www.netsupportdna.com
Please contact us for further information, a demonstration or pricing.
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Policy Commander or MS Group Policy? |
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When it comes to network
security building a network
perimeter just isn’t enough any more. You also need to
proactively maintain secure configurations, and demonstrate
ongoing compliance to management and auditors.
You can use Group Policy to configure security settings such as user
rights, password policies, file and registry access control lists,
wireless network configurations and more.
What does Policy Commander do that I can not already do with MS Group
Policy?
Policy Commander allows administrators to target specific computers or
groups of computers based on their role, operating system and security
level, while Group Policy is much less granular in its targeting
capabilities. Group Policy requires the managed server and workstation
to be authenticated to the network while Policy Commander can
continuously monitor and enforce policies even when systems are offline.
Group Policy does not manage complex security policies, such as those
requiring conditional assessments. In addition, Policy Commander also:
* Provides a graphical, high-level summary view of policy compliance.
* Automates alerts and notifications in cases of non-compliance.
* Delivers continuous security policy enforcement.
* Provides intuitive reports on computer and policy compliance status.
Policy Commander streamlines security policy deployment and creates
self-correcting security configurations for every Windows system in the
organisation. For further information please visit:
http://www.newboundary.com/products/policycommander/ |
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