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Intel vPro and Altiris Update

James Gaskin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:25:29 +0000

Fred Jentgen, American Marketing Manager for Intel, and Kevin Unbedacht, Sr. Manager, Strategic Alliance Channel Sales for Altiris (now a part of Symantec), discuss the continued integration of Intel’s vPro technology hooks into Altiris/Symantec software. Improvements on the initial feature set provide more ways to manage computers without actually touching them, which saves money as companies support their users. This interview was done at the fall ManageFusion 07 convention in Orlando.

Tags: Fred Jentgen, Intel, Kevin Unbedacht, Altiris, Symantec, vPro, ManageFusion

Steve Fairbanks on BackupExec System Recovery

James Gaskin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:46:48 +0000

Symantec product manager Steve Fairbanks discusses improvements in their BackupExec System Restore product during the Altiris ManageFusion user conference.

Tags: Symantec, Steve Fairbanks, BackupExec, System Restore, Altiris, ManageFusion

Dwain Kinghorn Altiris VP Engineering Speaks

James Gaskin — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:16:04 +0000

Altiris users know Dwain as one of the brain trust of the Altiris product line. At the ManageFusion 07 conference in Orlando, Dwain talks about the Symantec integration and ways to convince your management to step up to a real network management suite of products.

Tags: Altiris, Dwain, ManageFusion, Orlando, Symantec

Software Virtualization Solution to the Rescue

Brad Baldwin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:00:45 +0000

Sometimes the best way to test a new software deployment to hundreds or thousands of end users is through Altiris Software Virtualization Solution (or SVS). Such was the case with one customer who wanted to migrate from Novell Groupwise to Microsoft Outlook.

Jordan Pusey, product marketing manager at Symantec’s Altiris Division, talks with Brad Baldwin about how customers are using Software Virtualization Solution to eliminate application conflicts, instantly repair damaged applications, significantly reduce testing time for application rollouts, offer on-demand application delivery.

Tags: Jordan Pusey, Altiris

Dortch On Virtualization

James Gaskin — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:27:46 +0000

Michael Dortch, an analyst for the Robert Frances Group, speaks at the Altiris ManageFusion07 conference on The Dark Side(s) of Virtualization. Wicked smart as well as wicked funny, Michael defies convention during this guerrilla video taping. If you’ve never met Michael Dortch or heard him speak, sit back and enjoy a level of honesty rarely heard in public. The presentation can be downloaded in PDF and PPT format.

Tags: Michael Dortch, Robert Frances Group, Altiris, ManageFusion07, Virtualization

ConnectCast Weekly - 11 May, 2007

Cydni Tetro — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:03:16 +0000

Backcountry.com was acquired by Liberty Media Corp. The deal will be finalized this quarter. Backcountry.com will continue to expand and add 1250 employees this year. Utah gets $5 million from the WIRED program to train future workforce in biotech and information technology. And the winners were announced for the Utah Innovations Awards, including Altiris in the software category.

Tags: Backcountry.com, Utah Innovations Awards

Intel Releases the New Centrino

Jason Lopez — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:00:16 +0000

Intel has released its newest Centrino technologies for notebook computers. The company says the new hardware and software platform has improved processor and graphics performance, wireless connectivity, battery life, startup and loading time, as well as enhanced security and machine management for IT departments.

The new technologies are Centrino Duo, for consumer machines, and the Centrino Pro, for business notebooks. The release of the new laptop technologies comes four years after Intel first launched the platform that made wireless connectivity and mobility a standard characteristic of notebook computers. “It really was a tipping point,” said Karen Regis, a manager in Intel’s Mobile Platform Marketing Group. “It really became the new norm. People expect to be able to sit on their couch and be on the Internet.”

“Now, what we’re doing is we’re just raising the bar on ourselves with what people can do with that wireless,” she added. Regis says the new technology allows people to use their laptops at home or in business in ways that are more seamless. “Once you have that kind of throughput, coverage and reliability, you can start doing interesting things like high definition content.” The rise of Internet-delivered video is one of the factors in the design of new Centrino technologies. Both the Centrino Duo and Pro technologies are based on Core2Duo chips.

Centrino Pro laptops are designed to work within Intel’s vPro environment where I.T. departments can more easily manage fleets of PCs and stay on top of security issues.

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Tags: Intel, Centrino, notebook, Centrino Duo, Centrino Pro, Karen Regis, IntelMobility, IntelBusiness

Xcend Management Tips

James Gaskin — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:37:58 +0000

Scott Hardie, vice president of technology services for Xcend Group talks over a noisy crowd at the Altiris ManageFusion07 event in Las Vegas in April 2007. Scott explains various techniques Xcend implemented for customers small and large using Altiris management products that won them the Altiris Partner of the Year award.

Tags: Scott Hardie, Xcend Group, Altiris, ManageFusion07

Data Communications per ITS

James Gaskin — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:14:28 +0000

During the Altiris user conference in Las Vegas, April 10-13th, I had a chance to visit with Wade Wyant, directory of technology services for ITS Communications of Grand Rapids, Mich. One of the premier voice and data communications companies in the Great Lakes Region, ITS communications added Altiris network management products to their solutions toolkit to satisfy customer demand.

Tags: Altiris, Wade Wyant, ITS Communications

Intel Altiris Alliance

James Gaskin — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:26:50 +0000

Gregory Bryant from Intel and Kevin Unbedacht from Altiris explain their new, closer working relationship, including features built into new Intel processors enabling easier management.

Tags: Gregory Bryant, Kevin Unbedacht, Altiris

PR Advice for Small and Growing Companies

James Gaskin — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:20:50 +0000

It has been my pleasure to work with Cheryl Snapp Conner since early on in Novell’s salad days when they ruled the networking world. I sat down with her at the Altiris user conference and asked her to explain what small companies can expect from a PR firm, including how much (or how little) it costs, and ways to establish your PR experience as your company grows.

Tags: Cheryl Snapp Conner, Novell, Altiris, PR

ConnectCast Weekly - 13 April, 2007

Cydni Tetro — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:06:33 +0000

Forbes Magazine has rated 3 of the top 11 Best Places for Business and Careers in the Rockies. Provo, Utah (#2), Boise, Idaho (#3), and Ogden, Utah (#11). While Provo and Boise have seen lots of press over the last few years, Colin Kelly is impressed at the major shift is the business climate in Odgen, Utah. Kelly thinks much of the credit can be pinned on Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey; Grow Utah Ventures’s Alan Hall and his wife, Jeanne and Curt Geiger, vice president of Descente.

Symantec shareholders approve the $830M Altiris acquisition. Some see the acquisition as bittersweet — bitter because it means another company is moving its HQ out of state, sweet because a number of people will cash in and probably return proceeds to the local economy through reinvestment in entrepreneurial ventures.

Will Seth Godin make it to Utah? That depends on the number of pledges to to get him to set foot on Utah soil. Utah bloggers Phil Burns and Ash Buckles have donated their hair, committing Godin can shave their heads as part of a Utah event.

ConnectCast Weekly is hosted by Rocky Mountain Voices‘ own Cydni Tetro and Colin Kelly, executive editor, Connect Magazine.

Tags: Provo, Boise, Ogden, Colin Kelly, Matthew Godfrey, Alan Hall, Curt Geiger, Descente, Altiris, Seth Godin, Phil Burns, Ash Buckles, Cydni Tetro, Connect Magazine

Altiris CEO, Greg Butterfields’, 10 Principles to Build a Results Driven Team

editor — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:27:29 +0000

Greg Butterfield is chairman, president and CEO of Utah-based Altiris. Altiris was the first successful enterprise technology company IPO in the US after 9/11. Today, the company’s annual sales are over $200 million. Butterfield discusses his his 10 principles of building a results-driven team and having fun along the way. He advocates a maintaining a culture that balances discipline and fun, fitting abilities to business objectives, ’smart’ (specific, measureable, achievable, relevant and time-bound) goals and objectives, healthy debate, and giving back. He also discusses some of the ‘unfun’ aspects of being a publicly traded company.

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Tags: Greg Butterfield, Altiris