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Altiris Inc. is a subsidiary of Symantec specializing in service-oriented management software which allows organizations to manage IT assets. They also provide software for web services, security, and systems management products. Established in 1998, Altiris is headquartered in Lindon, Utah , United States. Altiris has over 20,000 customers managing more than 3 million servers and 60 million desktops and laptops. On January 29 , 2007 , Symantec announced plans to acquire Altiris and on April 6th, 2007 the acquisition was completed. CORPORATE HISTORY Altiris was started in 1998 when Jan Newman and Kevin Turpin spun off the software arm of KeyLabs . KeyLabs was, and remains, a third party testing facility. The Altiris Software had been created at KeyLabs to manage the computers at KeyLabs and that software became the start of what is now Altiris. Altiris continues to develop software designed to help IT departments manage their networks and computers more efficiently. Altiris continued to grow. In early 2000, Jan Newman who was then President and CEO brought in Greg Butterfield to take over the role of President and CEO. Under Mr. Butterfield's leadership, Altiris acquired Computing Edge in September of 2000. Computing Edge's founder, Dwain Kinghorn, had come from Microsoft and helped to develop Microsoft's original Systems Management Server product (SMS). Computing Edge specialized in extending and enhancing with functionality that SMS lacked. Altiris continued its market expansion by acquiring several other companies:
MAIN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Security and compliance Altiris has solutions to meet regulatory and legal requirements. This include auditing, security, change management and patch management of software. Asset and CMDB Altiris has asset management and Configuration Management Database (CMDB) software that allows organizations to keep track of physical IT hardware and software licensing issues. Service desk Altiris has an ITIL product to help organizations manage their Service Desk efficiently. This includes remote desktop connection software, push applications for desktops and remote troubleshooting... Client and mobile Altiris offers a lifecycle management suite to encompassing purchasing to deployment of desktop computers to mobile devices. Server and infrastructure Server management and IT infrastructure management includes the administration of server hardware, business applications, and network connectivity throughout their lifecycle, including deployment, software delivery, maintenance and support, and retirement. Packaging Altiris has a product called WISE PACKAGE STUDIO to install software remotely by capturing the software installation and making a package. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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