Most of the costs are incurred after the initial purchase, in the configuration, management, and support of these systems and their users. Effective client and mobile management is key to reducing these costs and providing a high quality, stable, and secure computing environment to end-user customers.

Altiris solutions are changing the way people think about IT asset management. 
We already know that a comprehensive IT asset management strategy is a prerequisite to regulatory and license compliance, and providing service. What Altiris solutions change is the way companies go about it - by combining the asset repository and the configuration management database (CMDB). 

You will find below some Altiris solutions:

• Client Management Suite is an easy-to-use systems management solution that reduces the total cost of ownership for desktops, notebooks, and handheld devices. Developed for IT professionals who manage computing devices on a regular basis, the suite enables administrators to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot systems from virtually anywhere.  

• Service & Asset Management Suite provides you with a firm understanding of what you own, where it is, and how much it's costing you. Asset Management Solution is fully integrated with the Altiris configuration management database (CMDB) and service management products to provide you with a comprehensive approach to IT asset management  

•  Helpdesk is a powerful incident management tool that allows you to ensure infrastructure availability and raise service levels. Helpdesk Solution is built on the Altiris Notification Server architecture and is fully integrated with other Altiris components such as asset management, remote control, and Web-based administration tools. Tight integration with other Altiris products allows for help desk technicians to quickly troubleshoot, diagnose and correct a wide range of complex situations that occur in today’s dynamic computing environments.

•  Software Virtualization Solution is a revolutionary approach to software management. By placing applications and data into managed units, Software Virtualization Solution allows you to instantly activate, deactivate or reset applications and to completely avoid conflicts between applications, without altering the base Windows installation. Application streaming provides the on-demand delivery mechanism that leverages the power of Software Virtualization Solution to enable the real-time infrastructure. 

SYMANTEC

Backup Exec System Recovery 8 Desktop Edition is the gold standard in complete Windows system recovery that restores desktops/laptops in minutes, not hours or days, even to dissimilar hardware and virtual environments. Additional benefits include flexible off-site protection, integration with Symantec security and systems management solutions and centralized management to help simplify administration.

Key Features

• Recover complete Windows desktops or laptops in minutes to same hardware, dissimilar hardware or virtual environments with the Restore Anyware™ technology
• Create real-time, while-you-work recovery points of the entire system and save to any disk-storage device
• Enables offsite backup copy to an FTP location or secondary disk drive for enhanced disaster recovery capabilities
• Search and retrieve files and folders in seconds via Google Desktop or Backup Exec Retrieve

Key Benefits

• Rapid and reliable system recovery even from a bare-metal state, without the need to reinstall and reconfigure operating systems, applications, system settings, and preferences.
• Eliminate backup windows by capturing the entire live Windows system, without disrupting user productivity or application usage
• Simplifies and extends your data and disaster recovery capabilities
• Centrally manage backup and recovery tasks for multiple desktops/laptops across your entire organization (via Backup Exec System Recovery Manager)  

The Home Page dashboard displays four panes that give an at-a-glance, high-level view of the status, hot spots, statistics, and trends on the network.

The Symantec Recovery Disk (SRD) is used to boot a computer into the recovery environment. If a computer's operating system fails, use the SRD to recover the system from this easy to use interface.

VMWARE

Optimize and manage your IT infrastructure, from the desktop to the data center, by virtualizing your computing, storage and networking systems with VMware software. VMware products provide enterprise-class virtual machines that increase server and other resource utilization, improve performance, increase security and minimize system downtime, reducing the cost and complexity of delivering enterprise services. By leveraging your existing technology, VMware enables the roll out of new applications with less risk and lower platform costs. 

VMware Workstation lets you use your virtual machines to run Windows, Linux and a host of other operating systems side-by-side on the same computer. You can switch between operating systems instantly with a click of a mouse, share files between virtual machines with drag-and-drop functionality and access all the peripheral devices you rely on.