The endless endpoint challenge

Enterprise endpoint management is a tough job that keeps getting tougher. Thousands of desktops and laptops. Thousands more of virtual and physical servers. Different operating systems. Don’t forget specialised points such as ATMs, point-of-sale devices and self-service kiosks. And now add in smart phones and other mobile devices – often unofficially introduced by users – to this complex and challenging mix.

There’s more. Software solutions to improve endpoint management are often decentralised with different software agents for different tasks such as software and patch distribution, software license metering, security auditing and anti-malware missions. All these different solution actually exacerbate the endpoint challenge by requiring servers of their own.

IBM Software can help keep your endpoints secure, healthy, compliant and running at peak performance. It combines endpoint management and security into a single solution that enables teams to see and manage physical and virtual assets.

• Gain enterprise-wide real-time visibility over all your endpoints
• Reduce management complexity and cost, increase accuracy, and boost productivity
• Enable rapid response to threats and simplify response to ad-hoc requests to quickly address the unexpected, such as ‘Zero Day’ attacks
• Collapse management actions from weeks/months to hours/days
• Transparently manage mobile computers, connected or not
• Manage up to 250,000 endpoints from a single management server with near-invisible impact on network, endpoints
• Easily add new IBM Endpoint Manager capabilities with nothing more than a new license key

Real results

Penn State (US) University implemented an endpoint management solution and reduced energy costs by US$288,000 per year with annual savings expected to reach US$800,000.

Coffee manufacturer Strauss Café Poland (US) provides software updates, license management mobile management and patch management for over 500 highly distributed employees -- eliminating the need for one-on-one IT appointments.

Discover the IBM Software products that can help you improve your endpoint management (US)

IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager—built on BigFix technology—helps you achieve smarter, faster endpoint management. It combines endpoint and security management into a single solution that enables your team to see and manage physical and virtual endpoints—servers, desktops, roaming laptops, and specialised equipment such as point-of-sale devices, ATMs and self-service kiosks. As threats emerge, the software allows you to rapidly remediate, protect, and report on endpoints in real-time. By automating time-intensive tasks across complex networks, you can control costs while reducing risk and supporting compliance. Tivoli Endpoint Manager can be deployed in days for any network size or configuration, providing a very rapid return on investment.

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