April 2006 - Posts

• Whitepaper with Microsoft and 1E on BDD ZTI and the OSD Plus Pack

  Just published.... Automating Branch Office Desktop Deployments Using BDD Zero Touch Installation and 1E OSD Plus Pack Brief Description This white paper documents how to integrate the functionality of the 1E OSD Plus Pack to address the challenges in employing Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) guidance and Zero Touch Installation capabilities in small-office settings. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7A12E480-498F-4AC7-87D0-F7DB5BCC657C&displaylang=en%09%09%09%09%09&hash=X8WCY86 Posted Apr 25 2006, 06:06 PM by Anonymous with no comments

• If you are going to MMS next week....

  Since I lived in San Diego for over 3 years I've been asked by quite a few people "What is the one thing I have to do before I leave?” Easy answer as its just two words:   Fish Taco   San Diego is famous for Fish Tacos. Trust me you will like it! Just stay away from Rubio's since they are more of a chain. Anywhere you go in Old Town ($10-$15 taxi from downtown) will do them right and really that’s the best place to go for Mexican. -Richard (richardt@1e.com) Posted Apr 22 2006, 10:43 PM by Anonymous with 2 comment(s)

• Win a K-JAM phone at MMS

  1E will be raffling off two K-JAM phones this year at MMS! http://www.imate.com/t-DETAILS_KJAM.aspx   Stop by our stand (#201) to fill out an entry form.   Good luck!   Posted Apr 21 2006, 07:05 PM by Anonymous with 1 comment(s)

• 1E will have a HOL at MMS this year!

  Greetings, Just a note for next week we (1E) will have a Hands on Lab at the MMS for people to sit down and try out several of our tools first hand. Some of the things they will be able to do: Understand how Shopping is architected and functions. Complete common tasks such as configuring SMS Packages to be shopped for via a web page. See how users request applications via Shopping and how approvals send notifications to different managers. Understand the integration with the Policy Refresh and Wake On Lan functionality of SMSWakeUp. Use the new Agility Framework Reporting engine of 1E to track energy usage and trend data across the enterprise Proactively monitor desktops for different events with DeskMon. We look forward to letting people kick the tires next week!   -Richard (richardt@1e.com) Posted Apr 19 2006, 11:56 PM by Anonymous with no comments

• Shopping 2.5 from 1E released

  We have now just released a new version of Shopping: http://www.1e.com/SoftwareProducts/Shopping/Index.aspx The new technical features are bellow with the full feature list on the website:  http://www.1e.com/SoftwareProducts/Shopping/Features.aspx   •          Re-installation of Applications after rebuild – re-install your previous applications after rebuilding your machine   •          Copying Configuration from another machine – as it says on the tin   •          Shop for another machine – local administrator can use Shopping to shop for other users   •          Uninstalling Applications from a machine – a local administrator can request for applications to be uninstalled, freeing up unused licenses   •          SMS Unique Id and Site Retrieval from machine – additional method for retrieving machine information using a dynamically loaded activex control   •          Computer Category (Location) based Approval and Management – administer machines by AD group   •          Scheduling (Delivery Windows) – users can define windows when software delivery should occur (this will also depend on time taken to approve and the responsiveness of your SMS infrastructure)   •          Notification (SMS Advert status) – users get email notification when the SMS status messages are received   •          Deleting Applications – can remove an application from Shopping application   •          API – a very simple API for Approve Item, Reject Item and Status Notification only     This is a very powerful tool for empowering the user community. An evaluation download is available on the website along with the technical installation and administrative guides. - Richard (richardt@1e.com)   Posted Apr 19 2006, 06:14 PM by Anonymous with no comments

• 1E’s Fast Track to SMS Success at the MMS

  1E’s Fast Track to SMS Success! 1E’s Fast Track to SMS Success! Automation and Reporting - The key to an agile and low cost infrastructure - Session 1: Monday 24th April, 3pm incl. light refreshments Session 2: Wednesday 26th April, 12.30pm incl. lunch Meeting Rooms Presidio 1 & 2, 8th Floor, Marriott Gaslamp Hotel, San Diego ‘IT departments spend 70% of their budget maintaining their existing infrastructure’ - Gartner 1E Intelligent Windows Management solutions combine automation and reporting to substantially reduce the cost, time and effort involved in maintaining your infrastructure. Attend this presentation and technical demonstration and see how 1E solutions extend and enhance Microsoft SMS! “Automation & Reporting – The key to an agile and low cost infrastructure”: • Enable self-service software provisioning • Automate OS migrations • Deploy software to branch offices without local servers • Consistently manage PC power states • Save energy costs • ITIL based change management • Monitor and fix SMS client health Register Now! We hope you can join us. 1E and the SMS Alliance is a platinum sponsor at the Microsoft Management Summit 2006 in San Diego April 24th – 28th. Come and visit us at Stand #201. Posted Apr 11 2006, 06:41 PM by Anonymous with no comments