Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of IT lifecycle management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning IT resources, today announced that it has been ranked high as a market challenger in META Group’s METAspectrumSM report for asset portfolio management tools. META Group is a leading provider of information technology (IT) research, advisory services and strategic consulting.
Altiris® Asset Management Suite™ is positioned high in the challenger segment of the METAspectrum analysis and is specifically recognized for its remarkably intuitive Web-based solution that enables organizations to quickly roll out an asset solution, powerful inventory, usage and monitoring features for any Windows- or Unix-based device, and contract management coupled with reporting to help users more effectively manage assets. Asset Management Suite is also noted for its strengths in:
- Application metering and asset usage reconciliation
- Custom and out-of-the-box Web-based reporting
- Incident and problem resolution, and change execution through a pre-integrated help desk solution
The new METAspectrum evaluation provides an objective assessment of companies providing the ability to aggregate information (through automation and/or manual process) related to managing IT assets. Target buyers are increasingly moving from technical managers solving point problems to senior-level IT executives seeking enterprise-class repositories that provide asset-related information. A key element of these offerings is their ability to enable users to understand and manage the cost and inventory of IT assets. A significant overlap exists with configuration management tools, and many customers are moving toward an integrated configuration management database and asset repository.
“IT organizations are required to manage increasingly large quantities of assets and seek solutions to automate tasks and create more efficient processes,” said Steve Morton, Altiris VP of product management. “By actively managing the entire asset lifecycle, Altiris Asset Management Suite helps organizations eliminate unnecessary software and hardware costs. Altiris is unique in delivering a complete asset management system comprised of natively integrated inventory, asset repository, contract management, help desk and system management.”
Asset Management Suite combines enterprise asset and service management disciplines into a single Web-based architecture, repository and console helping unite disparate departments and processes. IT organizations use Asset Management Suite to:
- Align asset and service management departments through the implementation of out-of-box ITIL standards
- Create a single source of IT asset information through a unified CMDB and asset repository for efficient exception management
- Actively track IT asset location, configuration, deployed versions, relationships, historical information, and software and hardware usage for reallocation and contract negotiation
- Support compliance initiatives for Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA while enabling better business decisions with real-time diagnostic information
- Eliminate overhead associated with developing and maintaining integration points between inventory, application metering, asset repository, help desk and system management tools
- Solve immediate problems while building a roadmap for the future with snap-in, modular design
“We developed METAspectrum to enable IT professionals to quickly evaluate vendors based on their ability to deliver on the presence and performance criteria that matter most in a given market,” said William Snyder, META Group program director. “We believe this market will continue growing for the next three to five years. The combination of asset management and configuration repositories will be fueled by the desire to improve overall consistency as well as efficiency of data accuracy. The ultimate result is that these repositories will provide a backbone to improved IT business efficiency.”
About METAspectrum
META Group’s METAspectrumSM methodology provides a framework for evaluating or selecting an appropriate IT vendor or product, simplifies the decision process, and enables more effective technology investments. META Group’s research efforts, which adhere to the company’s commitment to objectivity, are conducted independently, based on industry best-practice methodologies and subject to the highest levels of review by META Group’s research community. To learn more about METAspectrum, visit metagroup.com/metaspectrum or call 800-945-META.
About Altiris
Altiris, Inc. is a pioneer of IT lifecycle management software that allows IT organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, thin clients, handhelds, industry-standard servers, and heterogeneous software including Windows, Linux and UNIX. Altiris automates and simplifies IT projects throughout the life of an asset to reduce the cost and complexity of management. Altiris client and mobile, server, and asset management solutions natively integrate via a common Web-based console and repository. For more information, visit www.altiris.com
Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, the statements by META Group regarding expected growth in the asset portfolio management tool market and Altiris’ statements regarding customers moving away from point solutions toward an integrated asset management solution. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, including, but not limited to, the inaccurate assessment of, or adverse changes affecting, the IT lifecycle management and asset management markets; reductions in customer IT spending; and such other risks as identified in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004 and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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