Adventnet ManageEngine Desktop Central 6.0

Adventnet ManageEngine Desktop Central 6.0 offers an effective tool which supports Configurations, Inventory Management, Patch Management, Software Installation, Service Pack Installation, Desktop Sharing, System Tools, User Logon Reports and Active Directory Reports.

Desktop Central helps Network Administrators to reduce Helpdesk calls by proactively configuring the systems & user profiles with its predefined configurations & automated patch deployment. It is meant for Enterprises and not for home users.

Major Features:

1. Desktop Management Solution
   • Business growth is being increasingly tied with reliable IT infrastructure.
     
   • According to recent surveys by Gartner, organizations pay anything between $7000 and $13000 per year for managing one workstation.
     
   • With the heavy business dependence on desktops and internal operations, the need for a reliable, cost-effective and easy to use solution has become more important than ever.
2. Challenges in Desktop Management:
   • The whole cycle of procuring systems, commissioning them to users and supporting them everyday is a huge challenge to IT.
   •  Beyond the immediate need to minimize system downtime, retaining focus on proactive resolution of user problems is also primary for a good management practice.
   •  Finally, the constant fire-fighting causes undue stress to IT staff, greatly reducing their productivity.
3. Some common Desktop Management Concerns are:
   • Spread of IT Assets through the organization
   • Maintaining up-to-date inventories for audits and management
   • Administering and Allocating Assets
   • Managing configurations, patches, deployments and upgrades
   • Vulnerability Management against hacks and threats
4. ManageEngine Desktop Management Suite: If your work includes the concerns above, what you need is a proactive and efficient desktop management solution. ManageEngine Desktop Management suite offers a reliable and cost-effective solution that helps you in a number of ways:
   • Discover all networked assets including workstations, printers, routers, servers and any other asset with an IP address assigned to it.
   • Gain in-depth asset knowledge including ownership history, inventory information etc.
   • Manage Software licenses with usage tracking, group licensing and policy definitions
   • Control across entire procurement and asset management cycle with Purchase Order and Contract management
   • Configure and Manage desktops remotely, from a central point
   • Execute custom scripts for deeper control
   • Support users by managing issues and changes from a central help-desk
   • Reduce latency by allowing user self-service ticketing portals
   • Detect, assess and remediate vulnerabilities across heterogeneous networked assets
   • Automate distribution and management of patches and security hotfixes
   • Embedded reports
   • Report Designer Features
   • Full-range professional environment for report development.
   • Great variety of objects: text, images, barcodes, shapes, lines, diagrams, rich-text, cross-tab, gradients, checkboxes, and OLE objects.
   • Simple report generation wizard.
   • Built-in script languages: PascalScript, C++Script, BasicScript and Jscript.
   •  Built-in dialog designer.

Requirements:

• P IV 1.5 GHz
• 512 MB RAM