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PC Software Deployment, P Software Package Creation, PC Asset Management, PC Patch Management.
Prism Suite from New Boundary Technologies
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Prism Suite was designed with you in mind. It combines the automated desktop management functions administrators use the most – Asset Management, Software Deployment and Patch Management – in an easy to learn, easy to use, and easy to implement modular solution.
With its flexible design, you decide which of the products/modules you want, so you only buy what you really need and Prism Suite’s open architecture lets you customise the solution to fit the way you work. You can even add your favourite tools from other vendors and launch them right from the Prism Console.
With Prism Suite, you get the most productive combination of functionality and features you need to get your job done – quickly and easily.
Prism Deploy - Software Package Creation and Deployment Module.:
Whether you have a major deployment project planned, or you just need a better way to manage day-to-day software updating, repair, patch and removal, Prism Deploy Software helps you take complete control of your networked systems.
Prism Deploy Software 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.
Automatically install, update, repair, patch and remove software on all of your networked systems – every laptop, workstation and server – quickly and easily.
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Prism Asset Manager - PC Software and Hardware Asset Management Module
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,
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.
More Information on Prism Asset Manager Software>>>
Prism Patch Manager - Security Patch and Hotfix Management Module
Finally, you can stay on top of security and software patching. Securing your network is a mission-critical job.
But keeping up with the steadily increasing number of patches takes time and money – two things that are always in short supply.
Prism Patch Manager solves the problem by automating and streamlining the patch management process.
It locates, downloads and installs the patches that keep your software updated – quickly, easily and reliably. so your network stays secure – and your IT staff stays productive.
With Prism Patch Manager you can:
Technical Specification Guide
Administrator Console, Package Builder, and Client Requirements
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.
Server System Requirements
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. Prism Suite Free Trial Download
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You know what tools you need
to do your job. But finding the right combination of features and value
can be a real challenge. Point solutions offer strong functionality, but
no integration and integrated suites designed for large enterprise
environments come with a high price tag and lots of excess baggage –
including the hidden costs of implementation consulting and weeks of
training. 
| Version 8.0 – Release Date: August 6th, 2007 | |
| Feature Modifications: | New Boundary Client supports Windows Vista (32-bit). |
| Prism Package Editor supports Windows Vista (32-bit). | |
| Broadened support for numerous “Known Folders” on Windows Vista, XP and 2000 (such as Program Files, Quick Launch, User Profile Documents, Pictures, etc.). | |
| 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. | |
| Package Editor gracefully accommodates User Account Control (UAC) on Vista and avoids excessive UAC prompts. | |
| New Boundary Client fully supports Fast User Switching on Vista and where applicable on Windows XP systems. | |
| Improved handling of protected resources (Windows Resource Protection). | |
| Prism Console now leverages .NET 2.0 framework. | |
| Enhanced logging capabilities to support multiple user sessions on Vista and terminal servers. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 8 serial number. |
| 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. |
| Module(s) Affected: | Server, Console, Editor, and Client |
| Version 7.1.1– Release Date: February 6th 2007 | |
| Feature Modifications: | Resolved issue with converting unresolved files to license units |
| ExternalRulesConfig.INI is no longer unintentionally overwritten during an upgrade of Prism. | |
| Resolved issues with hotkeys in the French and German versions. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
| 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. |
| Module(s) Affected: | Console, Server |
| Version 7.1– Release Date: January 24, 2007 | |
| Feature Modifications: | Can now load multiple Consoles and manage multiple Channels. |
| Cleaner feel to the Console: no gridlines, scrolling rather than word wrapping. | |
| Reports now remember their last size and position. | |
| Can now set a default for how computers are identified within the Console (AD or NetBIOS). | |
| Improved multilingual support. Can now open a database created in one language of Prism in a Console of a different language. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
| 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. |
| Module(s) Affected: | Console, Server |
| Version 7.0.4– Release Date: June 9, 2006 | |
| 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. |
| Removal of the Prism Console fading feature which improves the user experience when running the Console over slow connections. | |
| You can now use variables when defining the location of the Prism Client files and services. | |
| The computer “Enabled” field now displays correctly. | |
| 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. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
| 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. |
| Module(s) Affected: | Console, Server |
| Version 7.0.3– Release Date: May 15, 2006 | |
| Feature Modifications: | All New Boundary Client files and services can be installed to user-defined directories on managed computers. |
| Improvements have been made to the behavior of subscription files when running in user login scripts or machine startup scripts. | |
| 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. | |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is supported. In this release, it requires the pre-installation of an upgraded DMO component. | |
| 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. | |
| Prism has been localized to support French language markets. | |
| Application Summary reports no longer show applications that have been deleted from computers. | |
| The Administrator Action Log now logs changes made to a computer’s description. | |
| The Channel now correctly handles databases that are configured with case-sensitive collation. | |
| Login behavior to secured Channels has been improved. The creation of new users prevents entering illegal names. | |
| Several issues with adding, deleting, and renaming groups have been corrected. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
| 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. |
| Module(s) Affected: | Console, Server, Editor, Client |
| Version 7.0.2– Release Date: October 14, 2005 | |
| Feature Modifications: | It is now possible to correctly save edits to configuration group rules. |
| A problem where computers with long Active Directory names would not be managed in the Channel has been fixed. | |
| The organizational group structure that is automatically created for Active Directory-named computers now behaves the same as previous versions of Prism. | |
| 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. | |
| A Task's scheduled time is now visible in the Console. | |
| Several problems with the permissions that are given to Prism’s various user roles have been fixed. | |
| Editing Self-Installing Files (SIFs) that were created with an older version of Prism did not upgrade them properly. This has been fixed. | |
| Prism has been localized to support German language markets. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
| Who Should Install: | Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 7.0.1 or Prism Asset Manager 7.0.1 |
| Module(s) Affected: | Console, Server, Editor, Client |
| Version 7.0.1 – Release Date: September 19, 2005 | |
| 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. |
| SQL error that appeared when running Installed Hardware Summary or What’s Changed Hardware reports has been fixed. | |
| Wake on LAN functionality now works correctly for recurring Tasks. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 7 serial number. |
| Who Should Install: | Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 7.0 or Prism Asset Manager 7.0 |
| Module(s) Affected: | Console, Server, Editor, Client |
| Version 7.0 – Release Date: August 29, 2005 | |
| 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. |
| Who Should Install: | Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 6.0.3 or earlier. |
| Module(s) Affected: | Deployment Console, Server |
| Version 6.0.3 - Release Date: March 9, 2005 | |
| Feature Modifications: | The Prism Deploy Console has numerous performance and refresh improvements. |
| Report performance has been improved, which results in faster report load times. | |
| Improvements have been made to the handling of the Prism account when doing a repair or upgrade. | |
| The Console will now show the number of computers in a group without having to run a report. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 6 serial number. |
| Who Should Install: | Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 6.0.2 or earlier. |
| Module(s) Affected: | Deployment Console, Server |
| Version 6.0.2 - Release Date: January 27, 2005 | |
| 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. |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 6 serial number. |
| Who Should Install: | Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 6.0.1 or earlier. |
| Module(s) Affected: | Deployment Console, Server, Editor, Client |
| Version 6.0.1 - Release Date: September 16, 2004 | |
| Feature Modifications: | The Prism Deploy Console has significant performance enhancements. |
| The Prism Deploy installation has been improved. | |
| The Prism Deploy Client installation has been improved for easier use in terminal server environments. | |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 6 serial number. |
| Who Should Install: | Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 6.0 or earlier. |
| Module(s) Affected: | Deployment Console, Server, Editor |
| Version 6.0 - Release Date: July 13, 2004 | |
| 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. |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 6.0 serial number. |
| Who Should Install: | Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 5.1 or earlier. |
| Module(s) Affected: | All (Editor, Deployment Console, Server, Client, Services, Conflict Checker) |
| Version 5.1.1 - Release Date: December 15, 2003 | |
| 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. |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 5 serial number. |
| Who Should Install: | Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 5.1 or earlier. |
| Module(s) Affected: | All (Editor, Deployment Console, Server, Client, Services, Conflict Checker) |
| Version 5.1 - Release Date: September 16, 2003 | |
| 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. |
| Revision Availability: | Available online for immediate download. Requires a version 5.0 serial number. |
| Who Should Install: | Any customers who are running Prism Deploy 5.0 or earlier. |
| Module(s) Affected: | All (Editor, Deployment Console, Server, Client, Services, Conflict Checker) |
| 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. |
| Version 5.0 -Release Date: March 21, 2003 | |
| 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 | |