Imaging tool comparisons including Symantec Ghost, Acronis Snap Deploy, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Dell KACE K2000, and more.
Updated November 5, 2020: This blog post was published years ago, but people are still finding and reading it, so we’ll keep it here. Although Norton Ghost is now gone, the main idea holds true for the other disk-cloning systems that replace it—namely, these cloning solutions may be just what you need for backup, but
The price of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is often deeply discounted in the education industry. When the cost of SCCM is included “free” in their Microsoft education licensing agreement, schools are inclined to try to use that tool to manage computers across campus. Sometimes, though, the cost of resources to learn, configure, and
This year, we’ve seen an uptick in the number of companies who have switched to SmartDeploy as a Microsoft SCCM alternative. Each company has their own story and is experiencing their own unique challenges relating to SCCM. However, there are three common themes we’re seeing across those companies who are making the software switch.
Utah Valley University IT Director, Kim Leseberg, knows firsthand the value of time-savings and how impactful it can be to the overall IT budget. So when her team needed hours for training and ramp up with Microsoft SCCM, she knew there had to be an easier way. And the search for an SCCM alternative was
With hybrid VDI, traditional image performance meets progressive manageability where IT wins with a set of management tools they want and end users win with the productivity they need. In this 2-minute video SmartDeploy CEO, Aaron Suzuki, shares how we got to the hybrid VDI model and breaks down the comparison to traditional VDI. Try
UK-based non-profit, Turning Point, relies on technology to save patient lives. With more than 3,500 users across 300 sites nationwide, the 15 person support team is dependent upon computers functioning properly at all times and if a tool is unreliable, it can be the difference between life and death for a patient. Because many of
With so many players in the Windows computer imaging space, finding the right tool can be downright daunting – not to mention extremely time consuming. So much so that many companies are still using the old spooky software they started using 20 years ago. Yes, 20 years ago! Through the years, you may have asked
Time is a precious commodity in the IT profession. Whether it be spent answering an inescapable barrage of support calls or reconfiguring a firewall that seemed to work just fine the day before, the hours of a tech’s workday never seem to be enough to get everything done with time to spare. That’s why we
One of our favorite things is to hear how SmartDeploy has helped our customer do their jobs better. Every time that we can save someone from their painful PC imaging process or give them back the IT time and energy they need for more strategic projects, we feel that we have accomplished our goal. Nigel
Do you experience the daily headache of managing PC images? Multiple images, high storage costs, and spiraling complexity are reason enough to consider dusting off that resume. IT pros are frustrated with popular products like Symantec Ghost Solution Suite (formerly known as Norton Ghost). Fortunately, Ghost isn’t the only choice. SmartDeploy, a Windows OS imaging