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Altiris® Handheld Management Suite™

Altiris® Handheld Management Suite™ software is an easy-to-use set of systems management tools designed to reduce high ownership costs, strengthen corporate data security, and increase productivity for a highly mobile workforce. Developed for IT professionals who manage a heterogeneous computing environment, the suite enables administrators to discover, manage, and secure Windows Mobile based Pocket PCs, Palm OS, and BlackBerry handheld assets from virtually anywhere.

Effectively Track and Manage your Mobile Devices

Get a grip on your handheld devices...before their management costs get out of hand. Handheld Management Suite provides you with the tools you need to ensure that management of your organization's handheld devices is always within reach. The suite makes it easy to manage the heterogeneous handheld devices in your enterprise by providing centralized management from the same extensible platform you use to manage your desktops and notebooks.

Key Features & Benefits

  • Robust discovery of handheld assets
  • Comprehensive hardware and software inventory with Web-based reporting
  • Policy-based software management
  • Enforcement of strong password authentication
  • Encryption of sensitive corporate data
  • Lock down or bit wipe lost or stolen devices
  • Bandwidth-sensitive device management for mobile workforce and roaming workers
  • Centralized management of mixed hardware, OS, and device types from a central console

Need software packaging for handhelds?

Turn to Wise Package Studio® (Standard and Pro) for packaging Windows CE/Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Microsoft SmartPhone, and Microsoft .NET Compact Framework applications. Wise Package Studio's Windows Installer Editor helps administrators define and build new software packages; the Mobile Device Package Editor provides tools to edit existing software packages to meet your organization's needs. Software packages created or edited using Wise Package Studio can then be delivered to Windows Mobile or Palm OS devices using Altiris® Software Delivery Solution™ for Handhelds, a component of Handheld Management Suite.

Note: Wise Package Studio is not included with Handheld Management Suite.  For more information about Wise Package Studio's features and benefits, click here.

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Altiris Web reports provide comprehensive information about your handheld assets.
You can centrally manage handheld security policies with the Altiris Security Solution for Handhelds Policy Editor.
With Handheld Management Suite you can reduce the cost and complexity associated with application rollouts and updates.