Distributes software applications and patches to help keep PCs safe and secure
- Provides software distribution, patch, inventory, and asset management capabilities for PC environments.
- Is Targetted at SMB customers.
- Is also easy to implement.
Small to medium-sized business (SMB) customers desire easy-to-use software distribution, patch, inventory, and asset management solutions for their PC environments. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution V4.1.0 and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory V4.1.0 are solutions with these capabilities.
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution is an easy-to-use comprehensive solution for software distribution, patch, inventory, and asset management. This Web-based solution is designed for ease of use and implementation so that you can quickly begin to manage the PCs in your enterprise. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution is implemented with both a client agent on the managed PCs and a centralized data repository.
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Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution
IBM Software Subscription and Support is included in the product price for the first year.
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- Request a quote
- e-mail IBM
- Or call us at: 01475 898688
Priority code: 109HJ03W
Features, advantages and benefits
| Features | Advantages | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Requires minimal IT resources. | Anyone that can install a Windows application can manage this software solution. | Provides a cost-effective solution. Needs very little staff skill to productively use. Frees resources to work on other tasks, reducing labor burdens. |
| Easy-to-install and use for on demand inventory tracking, and software distribution to desktops, laptops and servers. | Can be installed, configured and conducting first inventory assessment and software package distribution in less than 30 minutes. | Realize a rapid time to value and improve operational efficiency. |
| Enables end users to pull pre-packaged software applications using a Web-based catalog interface. | Allows end users to install software when it is convenient for them. | Helps reduce end-user downtime and help desk costs. |
| Allows administrators to push software and software updates across your organization. | Automates delivery of application software updates to the desktop without end-user intervention or disruption. | Increase end-user productivity – get software updates "right away" and on demand. |
Business benefits
Understanding what hardware and software assets are supporting your business is critical. it is also vitally important to quantify the number of assets you have and where they all reside. Few businesses have accurate, efficient methods for identifying, tracking and reporting on hardware and software assets. As a result, they expose themselves to potential security vulnerabilities, because the configurations of their systems do not align with minimal security standards. Security patches may be inconsistently or slowly distributed throughout an organization. And when new applications become available, the processes of identifying which machines need prerequisites may be done manually and on a machine-by-machine basis. It wastes IT staff time and delays the delivery of useful tools to employees.
To help your small or midsize organization efficiently and cost-effectively automate inventory and software distribution management, IBM has developed affordable, powerful IBM Tivoli® Provisioning Manager Express software. Not only is this software easy to install, use and manage, it also helps you maximize employee efficiency and lower costs.
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution is an easy to use inventory management and software distribution solution. It consists of all the capabilities included in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory combined with the ability to leverage a company-wide distribution system for managing the delivery and updating of business software through a secure, Web-based interface. Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution will help you identify non-compliant users and quickly deploy critical software updates to reduce end-user downtime and the need for costly help-desk support. Flexible "push" and "pull" capabilities help administrators easily create and deliver the right software packages to individual laptops, desktops and servers that are in need of software updates. And users can self-install whenever it's convenient.
Page last updated on February 20, 2007.
Supported platforms
Client:
Windows 9X and Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows 2000 Data Center Server
Windows XP Pro and Windows XP Pro w/SP2 or later
Windows 2003 Enterprise/Standard R2, Windows Server 2003 Standard, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2003 Data Center
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and later
Server:
Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows 2000 Data Center Server
Windows 2003 Enterprise/Standard R2, Windows Server 2003 Standard, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2003 Data Center
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and later
IBM Cloudscape 5.1 database with embedded IBM WebSphere Application Server Express 6.0.2 is required and included
Windows 9X, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 no longer in mainstream support by Microsoft, as such clients requiring support on these platforms will receive best effort support.
Page last updated on June 26, 2006.
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Contact IBM
Considering a purchase?
- e-mail IBM
- Request a quote
- Or call us at: 01475 898688
Priority code: 109HJ03W