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From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Altiris, Zenworks, LANDesk, SMS...decisions decisions The results were surprising... :P On Jan 18, 2008 7:03 AM, Rod Trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Reed Porter is about the only individual I know who still uses Altiris. I'm sure there are more, but it's now more hit-and-miss, it seems. I really don't know if that's a Symantec-issue or not. I'm sure Reed would be willing to help you out offline. Let me know if you need this and I can set it up. BTW: There was a recent poll on the Symantec acquisition of Altiris. You can view the results: http://www.myitforum.com/absolutepm/polls/symalt.asp From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Altiris, Zenworks, LANDesk, SMS...decisions decisions Zen uses MSI format now, so I'd only have to create a pointer in the new package, whatever that is. Looks like Altiris is now owned by Symantec. Any issues with support? >>> Bryan Garmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/18/2008 9:47 AM >>> It's worth noting for your consideration that while there is the cost of the software itself, I assume you're using Zenworks packages for software distribution. If you choose to switch vendors, you'll more than likely be rebuilding all of your application packages into a non Zenworks format (possibly MSI or exe). This could be a significant undertaking depending on how many application packages you have and might be good enough reason to stick with Zen. I'm biased toward Altiris but it will probably be the more expensive of them. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Subject: Altiris, Zenworks, LANDesk, SMS...decisions decisions Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:35:39 -0500 Hi Folks, I'm currently using Novell's Zenworks for workstation and user management here (imaging, ghosting, remote control, inventorying, application deployment, user and workstation management). There is a new version out and it looks great. But, before I purchase Zenworks can those of you who use LANDesk, Altiris, and SMS give me some feedback on what you like/don't like about those products? All of these products seems to provide similar functionality. One big thing for me (as my organization is not-for-profit) is that Microsoft has non-profit licensing that is so much less than the other three, and cost is a factor here. But Zen does a lot in one package and I need to find out if the others do the same. Comments welcome. Thanks, Tom Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt <http://www.sunbelt/> - <http://software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
