Altiris software helps IT organizations deliver efficient change management through hardware refresh and Windows Vista upgrades

Nov 06, 2006 - Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, today announced its commitment to deliver unique, integrated end-to-end software management solutions to help reduce the cost and complexity of hardware and software change. With the upcoming release of Windows Vista, IT organizations are looking for solutions to enable business continuity through the transition. Altiris has integrated and automated the necessary solutions to help manage this change efficiently and seamlessly.

“While our customers want to quickly take advantage of the new features of Windows Vista, they also recognize that a well-planned, automated approach to deployment and migration is critical to optimize employee productivity,” said Steve Morton, Altiris VP of product marketing and management. “For almost a decade, Altiris best-of-breed technology has been used by customers to streamline the deployment and migration of millions of Windows installations worldwide.”

Altiris customers are currently defining roll-out strategies in anticipation of the upcoming release of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. Altiris is working closely with Microsoft in support of the Microsoft Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) initiative to promote migration best practices. Also, Altiris solutions are being updated with support for Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit clients and will be released soon after they are validated on the production-ready version of Windows Vista.

Wise Package Studio® software currently supports Windows Vista. Altiris® Client Management Suite™ software, including Altiris® Deployment Solution™ and Altiris® PC Transplant® Solution, will include Windows Vista support in early Q1 2007. The new version of Deployment Solution will include support for the new Windows imaging (WIM) format.

Altiris software management solutions enable increased IT control and delivery of efficient software operations and additional employee productivity. Altiris best-of-breed solutions automate all phases of software lifecycle management including inventory, application packaging and virtualization, deployment, patch, delivery, migration, license management and ongoing maintenance.

These solutions are natively integrated through the Altiris service-oriented architecture, configuration management database (CMDB) and definitive software library to help businesses better control software change.

Altiris has established a Web portal at http://www.easyvistamigration.com/ to help businesses better plan for upcoming Vista migrations. The portal includes additional information about the Altiris six-city, North American Windows Vista road show, the ‘Definitive Guide to Vista Migration’ complimentary eBook, and the ‘Steps to a Successful Hardware Refresh’ whitepaper. The road show starts on Nov. 7, 2006 in Bellevue, Wash. Altiris is also participating in worldwide Microsoft launch events for Windows Vista.

About Altiris
Altiris, Inc. is a leading provider of service-oriented management software that enables IT organizations to easily manage, secure and service heterogeneous IT assets. Flexible solutions from Altiris help IT align services to drive business objectives, deliver audit-ready security, automate tasks, and reduce the cost and complexity of management. For more information, visit http://www.altiris.com/

Source: Altiris Press Release