Business Wire) Prowess (www.smartdeploy.com), a leader in IT management solutions and services, has added support for Windows Deployment Services to make it faster and easier for enterprise and government IT managers to deploy and upgrade server and desktop systems, regardless of the hardware infrastructure.
SmartDeploy Enterprise is an easy-to-use, comprehensive deployment and migration application for Windows desktop and server operating systems. It saves time throughout the deployment lifecycle of creating, managing, and deploying images; and reduces storage, bandwidth, and related infrastructure costs commonly associated with large deployment initiatives. SmartDeploy Enterprise is flexible enough to allow customers to use it in conjunction with their existing management systems or as a stand-alone application.
SmartDeploy does not require any dedicated infrastructure to perform any of the Windows deployment tasks. The zero-infrastructure environment enables deployment in offline or classified environments in addition to networked and well-connected environments.
Images used in SmartDeploy are hardware-independent by default and can be deployed to any physical or virtual device. Device drivers and hardware-specific information are physically and logically separate from the image. This innovation makes image updates for device additions or changes unnecessary, which reduces risk and eliminates the re-certification and testing processes commonly required for image updates.
“Every company is stretching its IT resources thin these days,” said Linda Musthaler, principal analyst with Essential Solutions Corp. “SmartDeploy Enterprise is an incredibly useful tool because it reduces the expertise and effort required to perform system imaging and deployment. At the same time, company can improve endpoint security by deploying clean and secure images quickly and more frequently. There are so many innovations in this product that make it a wise choice for organizations of all sizes.”
“Migrating or deploying operating systems to new and diverse physical and virtual hardware platforms used to be a daunting task,” said Prowess CEO Aaron Suzuki, “but today it’s almost as easy as loading Windows XP – just run the deployment wizard and the software takes care of the rest. SmartDeploy Enterprise is complementary to Microsoft’s own base technology and takes advantage of Windows Deployment Services and the Windows Imaging Format, ensuring portability and flexibility in operating system deployment.
“Prowess understands that corporate users have a choice when it comes to systems deployment and migration,” he continued. “If a product is too complex to use, it won’t be, and that is a bad business decision. Prowess makes the IT manager’s job easier by providing advanced, enterprise-class capabilities that are powerful, simple to use and provide a fast and measurable return on investment.”
SmartDeploy Enterprise: A Unique Approach
SmartDeploy Enterprise makes the most of organizations’ existing tools and systems. By leveraging the latest technologies to save both time and money, SmartDeploy Enterprise improves reliability and manageability of complex deployments. Benefits include:
Simplifying deployments of different operating systems to various devices by using one software environment for all server or desktop operating systems and both physical and virtual device types
Reduce image storage by 80 percent or more using single-instance storage and deduplication
Provides platform independence by physically and logically separating device files from the software image
Reduce software costs using a software that runs from the technician’s workstation and is licensed per technician
To download an evaluation version of SmartDeploy Enterprise that includes features described in today’s announcement, please visit www.smartdeploy.com. Prowess SmartDeploy is priced per technician at $1,995 per perpetual technician’s license.
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