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IT Audit and Inventory, Software Asset
Management
Prism Asset
Manager
from New Boundary Technologies
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Product Overview
Making the right decisions
about your IT assets starts with knowledge of your computing
environment.
That’s where Prism Asset
Manager comes in. With Prism Asset Manager’s dynamic configuration
management capabilities, you get all the actionable information you need
to make informed decisions that will reduce costs and improve
productivity.
Prism Asset Manager delivers
the information you need to comply with all of your software licence
agreements and take the anxiety out of your next software audit.
With Prism Asset Manager,
knowledge about your computing environment gives you the power,
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To speed return on your
hardware and software investments.
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To better plan and
budget for IT asset procurement and migration.
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To improve helpdesk and
IT staff efficiency.
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To keep unauthorised and
undesirable applications like spyware off your desktops.
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And to configure your
systems for maximum security
Prism Asset Manager will
assist you in implementing ITIL (IT
Infrastructure Library) or equivalent process's such as Sarbanes or
indeed provide you the information in order to gain FAST (Federation
Against Software Theft)
accreditation.
Let Prism Asset Manager help
you take control of your computing environment. Because knowledge is
power — and managing information technology starts with information.
Prism Asset Manager can be
used/purchased as a Stand Alone Point Solution or can be integrated into
the
Prism Suite
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Product Features
When it comes to managing your IT
environment, knowledge is power. Prism Asset Manager delivers full
insight into your computing environment, so you can make better business
decisions.
Like discovering unlicensed software
installs to avoid software piracy penalties. Or using detailed hardware
and software configuration information to accurately plan projects. And
boosting help desk productivity by providing comprehensive configuration
information about every managed system in your environment.
Prism Asset Manager collects and analyses
data on all installed software and hardware assets, giving you the
information you need to ensure license and regulatory compliance while
reducing costs by streamlining and automating asset management processes
Key Features

Prism Console
Prism Asset
Manager is administered through the new Prism Console and delivers all
the console’s features, including customised views, simplified client
installation, client and channel setting and computer licence settings..

Dynamic Configuration
Management
By defining configuration
groups, administrators can monitor for specific software and hardware
changes that require remediation – providing continuous, real-time
monitoring of baseline configurations. Dynamic Inventory lets
administrators track configuration changes without the need for full
network inventory scans, saving time and network bandwidth.
 Software
Inventory
Prism Asset Manager identifies
all software installed across your network using a software knowledge
base that recognises more than 10,000 commercial software applications
and their component files. You can add to this knowledge base with
information about your own custom applications.
 Hardware
Inventory
Prism Asset Manager
automatically identifies managed computers and their hardware
configurations. Computers can be easily grouped based on configuration
characteristics defined by the administrator. Inventory scans can be
scheduled to occur automatically or performed on-demand at any time.
 Software Licence
Management
Prism Asset Manager accurately
identifies all software that is installed in your environment and
determines compliance with available licences, so you can better plan
for software procurement and migration as well as software audits.
 Robust
Reporting
Through the Prism report
engine, Prism Asset Manager provides standard reports such as inventory
scan alerts, installed software summary, installed hardware summary, but
also allows you to create your own customised reports that match your
processes and asset information needs.
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With Prism Asset Manager, you
can: |
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Discover |
Prism Asset Manager discovers
every server, laptop and desktop in your environment, and
all of the applications installed on each system. |
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Recognise |
Prism Asset Manager’s
comprehensive software knowledge base automatically
recognises more than 10,000 applications and support files.
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Report |
Powered by the Prism report
engine, Prism Asset Manager lets users build custom reports
and templates based on the information that’s important to
you.
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Prism Asset Manager Features:
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Dynamic Configuration
Management |
Prism Asset Manager’s powerful
Smart Update™ technology empowers dynamic inventory updates
without the need for repeated network scans. Using
rules-based, real-time configuration groups, Prism Asset
Manager empowers true inventory-based configuration
management with automated remediation. |
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Application Knowledge Base |
Prism Asset Manager maintains a
knowledge base of more than 10,000 software applications and
their component files.
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No Hidden Costs |
Prism Asset Manager is easy to
learn, easy to use, and easy to implement to eliminate
hidden expenses like training and implementation consulting. |
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Customizable Console |
The Prism Console is extremely
flexible and highly customizable, so it works the way you
work. You can even snap-in tools from other vendors and
launch them directly from the Prism Console. |
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Comprehensive Reporting |
A dynamic reporting engine
creates standard or customized reports that match your
processes and help you make better informed decisions. |
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Standards Compliance |
Inventory information helps you
create standard server, desktop and laptop configurations to
drive improved IT, help desk and organizational efficiency. |
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Administrator Console, Package Builder, and
Client Requirements
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Console
1
(Software Deployment Console
and/or
Asset Management Console) |
Package
Builder 2
(Editor and
Conflict Checker) |
Client
2, 3 |
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Operating System
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Windows 2000,
Windows XP,
or
Windows Server 2003 |
Windows 95,
Windows 98,
Windows Me,
Windows NT 4.0,
Windows 2000,
Windows XP,
or
Windows Server 2003 |
Windows 95,
Windows 98,
Windows Me,
Windows NT 4.0,
Windows 2000,
Windows XP,
or
Windows Server 2003 |
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Browser |
Internet Explorer 5.01
or higher |
Internet Explorer
4 or higher |
Internet Explorer
4 or higher |
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Integration component
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.Net Framework
version 1.1 |
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Network |
TCP/IP connection |
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TCP/IP connection |
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Processor
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Pentium or equivalent |
Pentium or equivalent |
Pentium or equivalent |
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RAM |
128 MB
minimum
(256 mb
recommended) |
32
MB
minimum |
32 MB
minimum |
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Hard disk space
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40
mb
(Does not include SQL Server )
Additional space for installing:
Deploy – 5
mb
Asset Manager – 5
mb |
15
mb |
6.5
mb |
Note: You
must be an administrator-equivalent user to install the Console or
Package Builder on a Windows NT or higher computer.
These third-party items will be included in
the standard installations as noted for the individual components above.
1.devexpress
and infragistics dlls
are required to support reporting functions
2.capicom.dll
is required if the operating system is greater than Windows 95 (to
support Package authentication)
This third-party items must be installed
separately:
3.Microsoft WMI 1.5 is required if the
operating system is Windows 98, ME, or NT (to support hardware inventory
scanning).
Microsoft Supplemental Installations
These components will be installable
separately if needed. They are downloaded from the New Boundary
Technologies Web site.
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SQL 2005 Express |
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MDAC 2.8 |
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.NET Framework 1.1 |
Server System Requirements
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Server
(Channel Manager, Channel Server, and Channel Migration
Tool) |
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Operating System |
Windows 2000,
Windows XP,
or
Windows Server 2003
Server-level operating system recommended |
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Browser |
Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher |
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Database |
Access to
one of these tools:
OR
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Database Component |
MDAC 2.6 or higher
(2.8 recommended) |
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Network |
TCP/IP connection |
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Processor |
Pentium or equivalent |
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RAM
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128 MB
minimum
(256 mb
recommended) |
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Hard Disk Space |
23
mb
(Does
not include SQL Server) |
Note: You
must be an administrator-equivalent user to install the New Boundary
Server.
If you are going to use an instance of SQL
Server running on a remote machine, you must have rights to create a
domain account that can access that machine. You must also have the
rights to add a login in SQL Server.
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Prism Asset Manager
Free Trial Download
Download the full
Prism Asset Manager product
limited to a 30 Day Evaluation Key, see for yourself why so many large and
small organisations rely on
Prism Asset Manager Software to
help control their PC estate.
The
Evaluation Copy can be installed on a live or test environment allowing
for full product review to take place.
If you have any difficulties downloading please contact our support
department on
support department or telephone 024 76 456174
Manuals:
Prism Suite Evaluators Guide
Prism
Suite Console Users
Guide
Prism
Suite Packaging Users
Guide
Prism
Suite Conflict Checker Users
Guide
Prism
Suite Deployment Users
Guide
Prism
Suite Asset Manager User
Guide
Prism Pricing Models:
Purchasing
Licences -Options
Technology
Site Licences - Prism Pack Only
Support Contract Pricing
On-Line Price Guides and
Requests
New Boundary Software offers several pricing
models. These models are designed to offer organisations the option of
purchasing the
Prism Software Range in the manner that best
suits the organisations buying criteria or project requirement.
Purchasing Models Available:
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Outright Purchase - with 12 months support contract.
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Managed Software as a Service (Saas)
- Policy Commander Software Only
More Information
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Project Licences - 30 day minimum subscription period
includes support for duration purchased (Subscriptions can be for any
period above 30 days but must be a minimum value of £400.00) Project
Licences can be upgraded to a full licence and will be reduced by 90% of the
total cost of the projects licences paid for and the outright purchase
price).
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Volume Licensing - is available for organisations wishing to
purchase licences over a specified period at a specified rate. This type
of licensing agreement is useful for organisations wishing to do a
staged implementation over many sites/countries (with 12 months support
contract)
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Educational Pricing is available for both outright purchase
and volume licences.
* With the exception of Prism Pack Software
where licences are sold as Technology Site Licence (see below), all
Licences are Priced Per PC (Each PC that has the Prism Client Installed
on it hard drive requires a licence). Licences are banded on the
quantity purchased, the larger the quantity purchased there is a
reduction in the licence costs each
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Technology Site Licences:
(Prism
Pack Software
Only)
Prism Pack
Software can be purchased by PC up to 149 licences after 149 licences a
Technology Site Licence must be purchased. A Technology Site is a band
of licences and entitles the purchaser to use the software with as many
PC's as the Technology Site Licence Band allows at its maximum. Please
see below for Technology Site Licence bands:-
150 - 499
500 - 1499
1500 - 4999
5000 - 9999
10000 - 19999
20000+
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Support Contract
Pricing:
Support and Maintenance costs are based on
the current retail price per licence and are calculated using the above %
rates.
Product Support Includes
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Telephone Technical Support
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E-mail Technical Support
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Access to New Boundary On-Line
Knowledge Base of Known Problems and Solutions
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Full Provision of Product Version
Upgrades
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Full Provision of all Product Updates
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Access to New Boundary Software User
Group and Forum.
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On-Line Pricing Guides:
Want an idea of any of the
Prism Software Range
costs for your organisations IT environment?
NetWorld UK offer you the facility to obtain an immediate On-Line Price
Guide based on the Outright Purchase costs, please use the following link:
If you require a formal quotation
or further pricing options please
use contact us via e-mail on
sales@networlduk.com
A NetWorld UK representative will forward
your quotation to the e-mail address you provide.
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Please read on for details on Prism releases. In order to ensure the best results using Prism Asset
Manager, we encourage you to download and install the newest release.
If
you have not yet begun evaluating Prism, you may download
an evaluation version now by
clicking here
Current Customers: Version 8 requires
a version 8 serial number. If you do not have a valid serial number,
please
contact us
for your Version 8 serial number or to purchase an upgrade today.
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Feature Modifications: |
New Boundary Client supports Windows Vista (32-bit).
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Prism Package Editor supports Windows Vista (32-bit). |
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Broadened support for numerous “Known Folders” on Windows Vista, XP and 2000 (such as Program Files, Quick Launch, User Profile Documents, Pictures, etc.).
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Packages created by an earlier version now display an upgrade prompt when opened in the Editor, allowing administrators to convert them to the new Vista-compatible format or save a copy in the legacy format. |
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Package Editor gracefully accommodates User Account Control (UAC) on Vista and avoids excessive UAC prompts. |
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New Boundary Client fully supports Fast User Switching on Vista and where applicable on Windows XP systems. |
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Improved handling of protected resources (Windows Resource Protection). |
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Prism Console now leverages .NET 2.0 framework. |
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Enhanced logging capabilities to support multiple user sessions on Vista and terminal servers. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 8 serial number.
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 7.1.1, Prism Asset Manager 7.1.1, or any Prism Suite version prior to 7.1.1.
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Module(s) Affected: |
Server, Console, Editor, and Client |
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Feature Modifications: |
Resolved issue with converting
unresolved files to license units |
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ExternalRulesConfig.INI is no
longer unintentionally overwritten during an upgrade of
Prism. |
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Resolved issues with hotkeys in
the French and German versions. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 7.1, Prism Asset Manager 7.1, or any version
prior to 7.1. This includes customers running version 7.0.4
and before. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Console, Server |
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Feature Modifications: |
Can now load multiple Consoles
and manage multiple Channels. |
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Cleaner feel to the Console: no
gridlines, scrolling rather than word wrapping. |
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Reports now remember their last
size and position. |
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Can now set a default for how
computers are identified within the Console (AD or NetBIOS).
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Improved multilingual support.
Can now open a database created in one language of Prism in
a Console of a different language. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 7.0.4, Prism Asset Manager 7.0.4., or any
version prior to 7.0.4. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Console, Server |
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Feature Modifications: |
Major performance improvements
that include more efficient processing of task assignments.
The degree of improvement will vary depending on the current
size and configuration of the channel. |
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Removal of the Prism Console
fading feature which improves the user experience when
running the Console over slow connections. |
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You can now use variables when
defining the location of the Prism Client files and
services. |
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The computer “Enabled” field now
displays correctly. |
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A display issue when viewing
Task Assignments has been corrected. The title bar now
displays the name of the selected item for which you are
viewing details. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 7.0.3, Prism Asset Manager 7.0.3., or any
version prior to 7.0.3. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Console, Server |
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Feature Modifications: |
All New Boundary Client files
and services can be installed to user-defined directories on
managed computers. |
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Improvements have been made to
the behavior of subscription files when running in user
login scripts or machine startup scripts. |
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Each installed Prism product can
be licensed for a different quantity of managed seats.
Improvements have been made to the management and assignment
of Prism product licenses in general. |
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is
supported. In this release, it requires the pre-installation
of an upgraded DMO component. |
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Improvements and fixes have been
made to overall performance and console refresh behavior. In
the console, focus on selected objects is retained through a
refresh. |
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Prism has been localized to
support French language markets. |
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Application Summary reports no
longer show applications that have been deleted from
computers. |
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The Administrator Action Log now
logs changes made to a computer’s description. |
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The Channel now correctly
handles databases that are configured with case-sensitive
collation. |
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Login behavior to secured
Channels has been improved. The creation of new users
prevents entering illegal names. |
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Several issues with adding,
deleting, and renaming groups have been corrected.
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 7.0.2, Prism Asset Manager 7.0.2., or any
version prior to 7.0.2. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Console, Server, Editor, Client |
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Feature Modifications: |
It is now possible to correctly
save edits to configuration group rules. |
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A problem where computers with
long Active Directory names would not be managed in the
Channel has been fixed. |
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The organizational group
structure that is automatically created for Active
Directory-named computers now behaves the same as previous
versions of Prism. |
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Directly installing the client
to an Active Directory computer didn’t always identify the
computer as being managed by its Active Directory name. This
has been fixed. |
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A Task's scheduled time is now
visible in the Console. |
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Several problems with the
permissions that are given to Prism’s various user roles
have been fixed. |
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Editing Self-Installing Files (SIFs)
that were created with an older version of Prism did not
upgrade them properly. This has been fixed. |
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Prism has been localized to
support German language markets. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 7.0.1 or Prism Asset Manager 7.0.1 |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Console, Server, Editor, Client |
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Feature Modifications: |
Improvements have been made in
the Prism Server and Console when an uneven number of Prism
Deploy vs. Prism Asset Manager licenses is installed.
Switching between tabs in the Console is much faster.
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SQL error that appeared when
running Installed Hardware Summary or What’s Changed
Hardware reports has been fixed. |
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Wake on LAN functionality now
works correctly for recurring Tasks. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 7.0 or Prism Asset Manager 7.0 |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Console, Server, Editor, Client |
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What's New: |
Integration With Prism
Console
Prism Deploy 7 is now
administered through the new Prism Console which
incorporates new features such as network discovery,
customized views, client installation, and changing the
polling interval. All information about deployment tasks and
assignments can now be fully shared with other desktop
management functions. . |
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Task Organization
Administrators are now able to organize tasks into
groups and categories. |
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Assignment of Tasks
New view panes have been added that allow you to
more easily assign tasks by dragging and dropping tasks and
computers, and to more easily view all the assignments for
selected computers. |
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Printed Reports
In Prism Deploy, you can now customize your view of
tasks and assignments by adding, removing, resizing and
rearranging columns. Then you can produce a printed report
directly from this view. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 6.0.3 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Deployment Console, Server |
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Feature Modifications: |
The Prism Deploy Console has
numerous performance and refresh improvements. |
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Report performance has been
improved, which results in faster report load times. |
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Improvements have been made to
the handling of the Prism account when doing a repair or
upgrade. |
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The Console will now show the
number of computers in a group without having to run a
report. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 6 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 6.0.2 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Deployment Console, Server |
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Feature Modifications: |
Prism Deploy reports have been
improved:
** They now provide more detail about the results of Command
tasks.
** Several issues related to report filtering have been
addressed. |
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Prism Deploy now includes a
direct link to the New Boundary website for downloading
pre-created Configuration Group Rulesets. Use Rulesets to
create a set-and-forget managed environment. |
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Prism Deploy Packages now
correctly install shortcuts to systems running Windows XP
Service Pack 2 |
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Prism Deploy's installation has
been improved:
** Users now have more control over specifying the account
to be used by the Prism Server service.
** An issue that caused the download of Microsoft components
to fail has been fixed. |
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The Channel Manager now more
accurately reflects the connection status to the Prism
database. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 6 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 6.0.1 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Deployment Console, Server,
Editor, Client |
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Feature Modifications: |
The Prism Deploy Console has
significant performance enhancements. |
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The Prism Deploy installation
has been improved. |
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The Prism Deploy Client
installation has been improved for easier use in terminal
server environments. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 6 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 6.0 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
Deployment Console, Server,
Editor |
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What's New: |
New Infrastructure
Prism Deploy has a new SQL database as its repository for
storing information about the Channel. The SQL database
makes Prism Deploy version 6.0 extremely scalable, flexible
and powerful, and it enables companies to leverage their
existing technology investments. Prism Deploy 6.0 includes a
Channel Migration Tool to migrate pre-6.0 Channels to the
new SQL database. |
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Console Enhancements
The Prism Deploy 6.0 Console now gathers and displays
extensive information from managed clients, including
whether they are on- or offline, their last contact with the
Channel Server, their IP address, the name of the logged-in
user and more. |
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Security Roles
Prism Deploy version 6.0 allows you to create security roles
within the Console. For instance, a Help Desk administrator
may be able to create and assign Tasks, but may not be
allowed to add or remove Clients from the Channel. A manager
may be assigned the role of report reader only. Roles can be
customized and created to suit an IT organization's
structure. |
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Reports
Prism Deploy has an all-new report interface which includes
extensive filtering, report customization and export
options. Version 6.0 includes several new reports, including
Administrator Action Log, Computer Status Report and others. |
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Wake on LAN
Prism Deploy version 6.0 can now wake computers that are
powered down before deploying a Task, enabling after-hours
deployments.
Note: Target computers must have supporting hardware. Wake
on LAN is not supported on Windows 95. |
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Checkpoint Restart
Prism Deploy version 6.0 will now pick up where a deployment
left off, should the connection between the target and the
Task be dropped. Checkpoint restart ensures deployment
reliability, especially over less stable links, and enhances
support for remote users. |
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Package Authentication
Prism Deploy Packages can now be signed with a digital
certificate. Clients can be restricted to only install
Packages from a trusted source, for exceptionally secure
deployments. Packages can not be viewed or edited by
administrators who do not have access to the digital
certificate.
Note: The minimum
requirements for Client computers to support Package
Authentication are: Windows 98 and Internet Explorer version
5; NT computers must be running Service Pack 4 or above. |
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Component Installation
Prism Deploy 6.0 components can be installed on separate
systems, making Prism easy to install, configure and use.
The component installation enables greater flexibility to
separate packaging, deployment and reporting functions among
appropriate IT staffers. |
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Permissions Deployment
Prism Deploy version 6.0 can now capture file, folder and
registry permissions that may be required by certain
applications. This gives administrators the option of adding
the necessary permissions within a Prism Package and
distributing them along with the application.
Note: Permissions deployment
is only supported on computers running Windows 2000 and
above. |
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Quick Start Templates
The new Quick Start Channel, included as an option when
installing Prism Deploy 6.0, provides powerful templates for
illustrating Smart Update™ technology. Smart Update helps
users take advantage of automatic targeting and maintenance
of computers based on their configuration. |
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Feature Modifications: |
Rollback files now adjust for
daylight savings time changes when determining if a file or
folder should be rolled back.
Prism Packages and
self-installing files (SIFs) being deployed through batch
files and other processes outside of the deployment Console
now wait until they have finished applying before moving on
to the next command in the batch file or script. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 6.0 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 5.1 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
All (Editor, Deployment Console,
Server, Client, Services, Conflict Checker) |
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Feature Modifications: |
The evaluation of Configuration
Group rules that are based on IP or NIC addresses has
improved methods for managing memory and internal
configuration storage, and also eliminates a rare fatal
error.
The assignment of a recurring task to an unlicensed or
disabled computer, or the assignment of a disabled recurring
task to a computer will no longer cause performance problems
on the target computer or the Prism Deploy Server.
Configuration Groups based on user-specific settings (e.g.
HKEY current user values) will now correctly populate.
Tasks assigned through an Organizational or Configuration
group to multiple user computers will now correctly
uninstall for all users of the computer.
Self-Installing files (SIFs) will only perform a
reinstallation of the PrismXL service on the target computer
when it is necessary.
Command tasks are now better able to open documents on older
operating systems, to open web addresses, and to open
documents whose file type association contains an unexpected
parameter. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 5 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 5.1 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
All (Editor, Deployment Console,
Server, Client, Services, Conflict Checker) |
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What’s New: |
Prism Deploy is now available in
German and French. Customers may now choose English, French,
or German versions of the program files, on-line help, and
Quick Start Guide.
Prism Deploy fully supports the new privileges introduced in
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows Server 2003,
enabling software deployments to any user on locked-down
computers running these operating systems.
Administrators can now make the Prism Deploy Client
completely invisible to users by hiding the Client’s
task-tray icon. |
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Revision Availability: |
Available online for immediate
download. Requires a version 5.0 serial number. |
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Who Should Install: |
Any customers who are running
Prism Deploy 5.0 or earlier. |
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Module(s) Affected: |
All (Editor, Deployment Console,
Server, Client, Services, Conflict Checker) |
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Feature Modifications: |
Prism Deploy’s rule expert now
provides an “<Env Var>” type that lets administrators more
easily create a rule for custom information on users’
computers.
The Prism rule expert now supports special non-English
characters, such as umlauts.
Prism Deploy’s Configuration Groups have improved
performance and scalability, and a defect involving very
long rules has been addressed.
Prism Deploy now better reflects changes in Organizational
Group membership as computers change their OU membership in
Active Directory.
Repeat at Logon and Repeat at Startup tasks now execute
properly on computers that change Configuration Group
membership at user logon or system start-up. |
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What’s New: |
Smart Update™
Use the Group wizard to build Configuration Groups based on
hardware, software or network configuration and assign
deployment Tasks. Computers that match the configuration
automatically put themselves in the right group(s) and
receive the administrator-assigned software. |
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Citrix Server Management
Package and deploy server-based applications to Windows
servers, including those running Citrix MetaFrame and
Windows Terminal Services. Prism Deploy version 5.0 has a
unique server license. |
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Advanced Scheduling Options
New Task scheduling interface is more intuitive and has more
options, including scheduling recurring tasks (based on time
or system event). Administrators can also easily update or
repair a task that may have failed previously. |
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Enhanced Task Automation
New Installation Rules and configuration-based scripting
options provide instant access to hardware, software and
network configurations of target computers. Installation
rules are built directly into a package. |
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Full Windows Installer
Support
Prism Deploy 5.0 includes copies of InstallShield Developer
and Tuner products. Windows Installer files (including
Prism-built MSIs) can now be edited and customized for
deployment. Prism Deploy also deploys MSIs. |
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Microsoft SMS Integration
Administrators can now build PDFs and MIFs for seamless
integration with Microsoft SMS. The PDF option makes it
simple to deploy a Prism Package from SMS; the MIF option
ensures reporting to the SMS status and inventory reports. |
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Fixes: |
The way computers report their
names in the Channel has been completely redesigned. This
addresses the issue where computers may alternately appear
in the channel with their host name or their Active
Directory name. |
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The startup logic for all
components of Prism Deploy has been improved. Among other
things, the improvements fix the issue reported by some
customers that multiple Prism client icons appeared in the
system tray. |
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Prism no longer uses the TEMP
folder to store baseline Pictures. |
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