Desktop management and software distribution have always been a challenge, but new technology developments and the sheer number of devices and applications to be managed are making them even more so.

It wasn’t long ago that the phrase “software distribution” meant lacing up your shoelaces, schlepping a disk to each end user’s machine, and doing the installation on the spot. Despite all of the ...

Software distribution features can be found in enterprise management frameworks, such as IBM’s Tivoli Configuration Manager and Computer Associates International Inc.’s Unicenter, as well as in ...

The new data center, with its rapid rate of change and growing complexity, demands software that integrates seamlessly to intelligently automate a range of IT management tasks. True end-to-end ...

If you’ve ever used a modern Linux distribution, you’ve likely experienced the convenience of installing and updating software with a single command. Package managers, the tools behind this ease of ...

To learn more about how organizations manage the software and computers in their labs, we surveyed several kinds of learning providers: Working from a Top 100 list of IT training community colleges in ...