• Software management continues to be one of the highest contributors to total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Effective software deployment is key for supporting strategic initiatives and enhancing productivity, security and compliance.
• Getting the right software to the right machines quickly and easily is critical to improving IT operational efficiency.
• IT asset management is a critical function that delivers insight into computing environments so organizations can ensure software license compliance, make better use of existing software licenses and make more informed software procurement decisions.
• Organizations need to protect valuable information and IT systems from today's dynamic threat environment, especially since the Windows operating system and associated applications are insecure and constantly changing.
• Pressure exists for organizations to comply with IT security best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Managing the multitude of patches and knowing the states of individual machines across an enterprise is a complex, time-consuming process.

Market Opportunity

• Solutions are needed to help IT administrators manage and control desktops, laptops and servers from the time they're purchased, through provisioning, to retirement.
• Solutions are needed that automate desktop configuration management and simplify the most complex deployment processes.
• Solutions are needed that automatically resolve unauthorized configuration changes to ensure IT security and compliance.
• Solutions are needed to simplify and automate asset management across distributed enterprise IT networks with tens of thousands of software applications, all in various licensure stages.
• Solutions are needed to consolidate IT asset information into a single location, in order to view real-time information about the assets and generate pertinent reports.
• Solutions are needed to track how often applications are being used in order to ensure software licenses are purchased and allocated correctly.
• Solutions are needed to automate patch management and stay ahead of the thousands of software vulnerabilities discovered each year.
• Solutions are needed to quickly and accurately implement IT security best practices and comply with regulatory requirements.
• Vendor-supplied patch mechanisms lack enterprise-wide insight into the state of machines and patch deployment status.
• Vendor-supplied patch mechanisms do not undergo rigorous testing against the myriad of other patches.
• Solutions are needed that are easy to implement, easy to learn and easy to use.
• Solutions are needed that are interoperable and supported by a single vendor.

• (Intuitive Operation) Prism Suite features an intuitive Windows-style interface, making it easy to learn and use, and virtually eliminating the need for training.
• (Internet-Based Administration) Prism Suite makes managing widely distributed environments and mobile workforces simple, allowing secure administration and control from any remote location with an Internet connection.

• (Rapid Roll-Outs) Prism Deploy roll-outs are performed in minutes or hours, not days or weeks. Software packaging and deployment operations are simple and easy to learn, while advanced features automate even the most complicated tasks in complex environments.

• (Simplified Data Consolidation) Prism Asset Manager makes it easy to import non-scannable assets, discover all connected IT assets and edit asset information - delivering administrators a complete picture of assets under management to make smart and timely decisions.

• (Patch Wizard/Patch Repository) Prism Patch Manager's intelligent patch deployment wizard quickly and easily installs patches from one of the world's largest patch repositories - 15,000 tested OS and application patches.

• (Automatic Discovery) Prism Suite automatically discovers every connected device within a given environment. Software, asset and patch information is continuously updated, allowing administrators to act on information changes in real time and appropriately keep applications and patches and/or unauthorized applications on/off desktops.
• (Smart Update/Configuration Groups) Prism Suite's patented configuration groups eliminate tedious pre-deployment inventory scans by automatically grouping and targeting systems for dynamic software deployment, updating, repair, removal or patching. Computers that join the network weeks or months later receive the right software and patches without IT intervention.
• ("Set-It-and-Forget-It" Monitoring and Healing) Prism Suite environments are self-monitored, self-healing and standardized. Prism Suite allows administrators to replace repeated, time-consuming scans with a "set-and-forget" process that continuously checks computer states - including unstable states, viruses or other issues - and automatically performs specified configuration tasks to correct any problems.
• (Dynamic Reporting) Prism Suite leverages a dynamic reporting engine that lets administrators standardize and customize reports and automatically receive real-time insight into managed systems based on numerous criteria.
• (Mobile Workforce Support) A proxy server enables remote computers to securely and automatically communicate with Prism Suite, enabling complete management of mobile systems.

• (Automatic Deployment Group Creation) After specifying deployment criteria, Prism Deploy automatically populates groups based on a computer's configuration without needing to conduct a full inventory scan. Using Prism Deploy, administrators reduce installation errors and can target deployments by configuration, practice groups, department, region, location and numerous other criteria.

Asset Level

• (License Usage, v10 Feature) Prism Asset Manager provides critical insight into how often applications are being used at the individual level. This functionality allows administrators to remove and reallocate licenses accordingly to limit or eliminate overspending on software licenses.
• (Network Discovery, v10 Feature) Prism Asset Manager automatically discovers all IP connected devices (computers, printers, routers and switches) across a network, regardless of whether the Prism client is installed - enabling administrators to automatically keep or remove applications.
• (License Management) Prism Asset Manager accurately identifies all software that is installed and automatically determines compliance with available licenses, so administrators and business groups can better plan for software procurement and migration, as well as software audits.

• (Highly Scalable Architecture) Prism Patch Manager's highly scalable architecture automatically patches all enterprise Windows systems - even across large, distributed networks - to address ever-increasing security threats and meet evolving compliance requirements.

Granularity

• (Prism Console) Prism Suite is highly configurable, letting administrators make the Prism Console interface as granular as needed, including customized views, simplified client installation and changing polling intervals.
• (Security Roles) Prism Suite's security roles allow administrators the flexibility to specify pre-defined roles and customize permissions to allow or deny access to specific functions in the Prism Console.

• (Software Packager) Prism Deploy includes a snapshot technology that enables administrators to create packages - including legacy applications, registry tweaks, shortcuts, etc. - and greatly reduce the time it takes deploy software using other, more manual methods such as scripting.

Asset Level

• (Application Knowledge Base) Prism Asset Manager maintains a knowledge base of more than 10,000 software applications and component files, ensuring full asset management recognition. 

• (Threat Detection) Prism Patch Manager's patented vulnerability assessment technology delivers the most accurate and detailed threat detection available and automatically scans networked systems to detect potential security risks.

Benefits

• (Rapid ROI) Prism Suite typically pays for itself after its first few roll-outs by significantly reducing IT resources dedicated to software deployment, asset management and patching.
• (Lowers TCO) Prism Suite's "efficiency impact" from initial install through daily use drives down the cost of managing a Windows environment.
• (No Training Required) Prism Suite features an intuitive Windows-style interface, making it easy to learn and use, virtually eliminating the need for expensive training.
• (Minimal Infrastructure Costs)  Prism Suite can generally reside on existing hardware without the need for additional capital expenditures - no hidden costs.
• (Shorter Cycles) Prism Suite's simplicity, automation and granularity eliminate many manual deployment, asset management and patching processes to dramatically shorten roll-out cycles and resource usage - all with no end-user involvement or distraction.
• (Improved Plannin/Budgeting) Prism Suite's comprehensive functionality and reporting capabilities helps organizations better control existing assets and plan and budget for software and hardware procurement and migration.
• (Maximum Security) Prism Suite helps ensure maximum business productivity across the enterprise by keeping networked systems secure and protecting valuable information and IT systems from today's dynamic threat environment.
• (License Compliance) Prism Suite delivers regulatory and software license compliance to reduce operational costs and organizational risk - taking the anxiety out of software audits.
• (Standards Compliance) Prism Suite's detailed inventory information helps administrators create standard server, desktop and laptop configurations to drive improved IT, help desk and organizational efficiency.