The charitable pricing for Microsoft software isn't bad...have you thought of System Center?
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hey list. > > So, we're looking for something that can help us with hardware/software > audit. We started looking at the KACE solution, but were completely blown > away by the price. (We're a school with an already cut budget... and they > were asking for nearly my annual salary!) > > We've tried Spiceworks, which is a great product, but it is unable to > handle our 1000 PC/MAC node network. It could not correctly identify all our > hardware systems reliably. Perhaps I should give it another try, since the > last attempt I made was with Spiceworks 2.0? > > So I'm curious on what others on this list have used. > > Needs: I need to have a agent or agentless method of identifying computers. > Computer names, Computer models and serial numbers, and basic Hardware info > (CPU speed, memory, MAC addresses, etc). All of this I need to be able to > search for. > > Wants: I would like something that can also hit our Macintosh machines. > Price is a consern, but we're willing to buy a solution if the price isn't > too high. > > Icing: Software deployment/Patch management. > > Any suggestions would be welcome. > > --Matt Ross > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
