Software & Configuration Management

Securing IT starts by managing IT

Challenges

Successful deployment of software requires high control of systems configuration and is becoming increasingly complex and difficult to maintain, due to frequent frequent upgrades and updates.

- Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Ensure large software deployment success
- Keep control of system configurations
- Manage frequent upgrades and updates across heterogeneous environment

Software & Configuration Management

Criston Solutions

With a cost effective process, Criston helps IT operations team to plan, schedule and deploy any software throughout heterogeneous infrastructure, with real-time issue tracking.

Software Packaging

To facilitate software deployment to large numbers of devices, Criston Precision integrates a software packaging module which can automatically provide ready-to-deploy packages.

Desktop Management

MSI packager
- Leverages MSI technology investment
- Easy access to all MSI installation options
- Support for MST, network and administrative installations

Snapshot packager
- Builds system snapshot before and after installation
- Speeds up in-house developed applications

RPM packager
- Leverages RPM and linux-based technology investment
- Easy access to all RPM installation options

Custom packager
- Builds a custom package with any set of files
- Run command after installation

Fully Automated Configuration Deployment

Criston Precision includes a graphical policy editor that automates system configuration, allowing administrators to manage 10,000 desktops as easily as 10. Criston Precision includes a wide library of components that cover all aspects of desktop configuration – operating system, applications, shortcuts, drive mappings, printers, security policies, profiles, etc.

- Streamlined systems configuration
- Automated maintenance tasks
- Reduces administrator workload

The software distribution and configuration capabilities allow Criston Precision users to package and deploy standard security configurations

- Speeds up security policy implementation
- Secures end-points with simple, costly configuration settings
- Deploys standard Windows security settings

Automated deployment with detailed deployment status
- Targeted deployment through dynamic groups
- Automated synchronization at re-connect time
- Granular status and error messages

Advanced scheduling
- Criston Precision includes a comprehensive scheduler for each step in the software distribution process: order sending, package downloading, installing. Scheduling can be time or event-based (at user logon etc).

Automatic package rollback
- Packages can be automatically uninstalled in case of installation error

Advanced Network Management

Bandwidth throttling
- Bandwidth management specifies the global amount or percentage of bandwidth that the agent should use for each period of the day during the week.

Checkpoint restart
- Checkpoint restart guarantees secured transfer even in case of network disconnection.

Wake-on-LAN
- Schedulable Wake-on-LAN allows Criston Precision to automatically wake-up offline devices.

Multicast Delivery
- Multicast Delivery enables parallel software distribution to an unlimited number of client systems while simultaneously reducing server and network resource requirements and bandwidth consumption.

Support for large packages
- Criston Precision can deploy 4 Gb software packages without impacting day-to-day business.

Application Kiosk : On-demand service

Criston Precision administrators can publish available applications to a web portal, so each user can select applications to install.

- “Pull” software deployment through web-based application kiosk
- Direct software installation from a customizable web-based catalog
- User or machine profiling
- High availability of any software everywhere

Software Distribution Statistics Reports

Software distribution is one of the top-ranked requirements of most organizations. This feature provides Criston Precision administrators with details on key metrics thus enabling them to monitor software distribution activity.

- Software distribution status report
- History of software distributions
- Easy calculation of return on investment