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.
read more »Before choosing an imaging and deployment solution, you might want to take a peek under the hood. There are two major approaches to imaging, and while both have their uses. Understanding their differences can help you use the tools most efficiently.
read more »Symantec Ghost (Norton Ghost) has been an industry leader for many years, but many customers are struggling to use Ghost in modern IT management environments that feature diverse hardware. 10 years ago, Symantec Ghost (formerly Norton Ghost) was great for imaging and backup.
read more »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).
read more »To deploy a PC manually takes on average 2.6 hours per device, according to IDC*. But if you tack on the time it takes to customize drivers, we’re betting you can add at least another hour. That means it’s almost lunch and you’ve deployed only one machine. At that rate, that’s not even a dozen […]
read more »We recently had a customer ask: Is there a way to have the PE environment automatically map a network drive and just pick the image I want? The answer is yes!
read more »Using a physical device as a reference computer is the long standing process for creating disk images, and for good reason. Given the history of how imaging processes came to be, this was really the only option. But that isn’t the case these days. In addition, now that we have so many devices and configurations […]
read more »When it comes to imaging software, we know that you have a lot of tools to choose from. We thought it would be fun to find out exactly what features IT pros love most about SmartDeploy. So, we hit the streets (virtually, anyway) and headed over to our beloved Spiceworks community to ask the question: […]
read more »SmartDeploy asked PassMark Software, a leading authority in software and hardware performance benchmarking, to evaluate some of the most popular imaging and deployment software on the market: Acronis Snap Deploy, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Symantec Ghost, and SmartDeploy.
read more »With the variety of desktop management solutions available today, choosing a new imaging software can seem overwhelming. There are five main considerations you need to focus on when choosing an imaging solution. Focusing on these elements will ensure that you’ve covered your bases and won’t be disappointed by your choice later.
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