Let’s continue our unified endpoint management (UEM) discussion from these earlier posts, in which you may have found me being critical of UEM solutions or even understating their capabilities, so here’s one of our experiences that has influenced our decision to not explore UEM solutions. We are a Microsoft partner and one of the wonderful […]
read more »You may have seen my earlier post about unified endpoint management or UEM solutions and how cool it would be if we had just one product that does it all. The truth is, even if a workable UEM solution were created, it might not be for everyone. How would you know if that central UEM […]
read more »A hot trend in enterprise device management these days is around unified endpoint management or UEM: The concept that IT teams should be able to manage EVERY endpoint (desktops, phones, tablets, etc.) from a single, all-encompassing management tool or console. It sounds awesome: “What? I can just have one tool and do everything with it?” […]
read more »A couple weeks ago, we sponsored a virtual tradeshow with IT Pro Today (formerly Windows IT Pro) where 1,000 techs signed up to attend the show all about “Preparing for Windows 7 End of Life.” Windows 7? Really? Since Windows 10 has been out for a couple years, I tend to find myself thinking that […]
read more »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!
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