Client Management Suite

The suite automates time-consuming and redundant tasks to minimize efforts and costs associated with deploying, managing, securing and troubleshooting client systems so you can gain control of your IT environment.

Comprehensive Client Discovery and Inventory - Optimize software licenses, better support end users, and reduce costs associated with OS deployments and software rollouts.
Industry Leading Imaging & Deployment - Reduce the time associated with imaging and cloning PCs. Reduce support and maintenance costs by deploying standardized, corporate approved, hardware-independent images.
Intelligent Software and Patch Management - Update software automatically, reliably and remotely.
Flexible Remote Assistance - Reduce the costs and time associated with troubleshooting and remediating client systems remotely.

Increase visibility with a comprehensive inventory of all hardware and software for each client system.
Deploy Windows, Mac, and Linux with a complete touch-free imaging and provisioning. Migrate to the latest version of Windows with less interruption to end-users. Provision applications and software with fewer errors using intelligent, policy-based software deployment. Use vendor provided packages or create corporate standard conflict-free software packages created with Wise technology.
Troubleshoot and fix client PCs with flexible remote management capabilities. Remote control client systems using Symantec pcAnywhere technology or use real-time systems management to fix problems without disrupting end-users.
Reduce energy and costs associated with client PCs by using intuitive power management policies throughout the organization without losing manageability.

Complete Process AutomationIt’s less about the tools and more about the people and process .

• Now you can expand process automation to orchestrate the timely interaction between people and systems management with Client Management Suite's workflow capabilities. In addition, the suite has expanded task management capabilities.

Better automation of day to day or redundant client systems management tasks.

• Bring people, process, and systems management together in a single tool.

Intelligent Software Management

It’s more than delivering software; it’s about managing the software. Client Management Suite's new Software Catalog features enable intelligent software delivery by creating smart policies to install the correct version of the software along with any updates and prerequisites. And it ensures that the software remains installed and is configured correctly on the client system.

• Reduce application deployment errors by ensuring software is delivered with the appropriate pre
• requisites and that it is the most up-to-date version of the software.
• Deploy conflict-free virtual software with the check of box.
• Help ensure software remains installed and is running correctly with the latest version.
• Reduce application conflicts and helpdesk costs by creating a Definitive Software Library which contains standardized software packages along with the appropriate updates.
• Get more efficient and consistent results when deploying and managing software.
• Management of software now shifts from creating and managing delivery tasks to managing a complete software library.

Best-in-class and Integrated Technologies

Now you don’t have to choose between best-in-class technology or integration. Client Management Suite 7.0 integrates the best of Symantec Ghost, Symantec pcAnywhere, Workspace Virtualization (Software Virtualization Solution), Wise, and Deployment Solution into a single, comprehensive client systems management solution.

• Get the best-in-class imaging, remote control, application virtualization, and software packaging technologies integrated into a comprehensive IT lifecycle solution.
• The most prevalent imaging and deployment solution is now the imaging engine of choice inside CMS 7.
• Get a comprehensive set of connectivity features for remote control of client systems with pcAnywhere.
• Get conflict-free application virtualization with a single click.
• Standardize and configure software for corporate-wide use with Wise.

Enhanced Day to Day Operations

Spend more time managing and less-time configuring. Client Management Suite provides enhanced centralized management and actionable information. Managing systems from within reports is as close as a right-click of the mouse. You can view all targeted activities on clients in a single calendar view, display actionable consolidated views and dashboards, and get a better view of events occurring across the system. In addition, the suite's expanded report-building capabilities provide IT with more options for creating the reports they need.

• Get a better view of the client management activities across your organization.
• Don’t just view static information from static reports. Actually manage client systems from within easy-to-use reporting features.
• Give managers and executives a consolidated view of all activities for client management.
• Globally establish power schemes that reduce power consumption and save money.
• Expanded ManagementManage more technologies, with greater efficiency, on more platforms. With simplified installation and configuration features, you can install and configure Client Management Suite in less time. The suite has greater flexibility and expandability with support for server hierarchy, policy, and data replication.
• With hierarchy and replication, heterogeneous support, and the option to add additional functions including security, availability, and application dependency, Client Management Suite will grow with your business.
• Support current trends with enhance support for Mac and Linux client systems.
• Be up and running with client systems management in less time.
• Support the most complex systems with a solution designed for both small and big.