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| Type | Subsidiary of Avocent |
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| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | South Jordan, Utah, United States |
| Key people | Steve Daly General Manager LANDesk division and Avocent Executive VP |
| Industry | enterprise management software, IT asset management lifecycle management, service-orientated software management, systems configuration management |
| Products | Management Suite, Security Suite, Process Manager, Anti-virus, Host Intrusion Prevention System, Patch Manager, Inventory Manager, Service Desk, Asset LifeCycle Manager, System Manager, Server Manager, Handheld and Embedded Device Manager |
| Website | www.landesk.com |
The LANDesk division of Avocent Corporation provides systems management, security management, service desk, asset management, and process management solutions to organizations. It is one of the oldest companies providing this type of product.[1] [2] The company's software is used worldwide.
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Corporate history
Originally founded in 1985 as LAN Systems, the company’s software product assets were acquired by Intel in 1991, forming Intel’s LANDesk division.[3] In 2002, LANDesk Software became a standalone company with headquarters near Salt Lake City, Utah.[4] The company's software is used worldwide.[5] In 2006, Avocent purchased the company for $416 million. [6]. In August 2008 Avocent also acquired Touchpaper, ITSM vendor to merge within LANDesk division.
LANDesk sells directly and through partners worldwide and has regional offices and development centers in Brazil, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and Britain. The division has employees in 18 countries.
LANDesk software is used to manage over 250 million desktops, servers and mobile devices.[7]
LANDesk pioneered the desktop management category back in 1993. That same year, IDC named LANDesk the category leader. [8] In addition, LANDesk has continued to lead the systems configuration space, pioneering virtual IT technology in 1999, revolutionizing large-packet distribution with LANDesk Targeted Multicast technologyX2. LANDesk’s software is used to manage devices running Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems.
In 2006, LANDesk added process management technologies to its product line and began integrating the systems, security and process management markets. LANDesk also extended into the consolidated service desk market with LANDesk Service Desk.
The company’s products have asset inventory/discovery, security vulnerability detection and remediation, software distribution, IT compliance reporting, patch management, software license management, security policy enforcement, and endpoint device power consumption management.
Recent Industry Awards Include:
Recent Product Reviews Include:
- Gartner PC Life Cycle Configuration Management 12/30/2008
- http://www.appdeploy.com/reviews/sw_landesk_8.0.asp
- Rolling Review
- Clear Choice Test
Products
Systems Lifecycle Management
- LANDesk Management Suite
- LANDesk Inventory Manager
- LANDesk Handheld and Embedded Device Manager
- LANDesk Server Manager
- LANDesk System Manager
- LANDesk Application Virtualization (Portable application creator)
Endpoint Security Management
- LANDesk Security Suite
- LANDesk Antivirus
- LANDesk Host Intrusion Prevention System
- LANDesk Patch Manager
IT Process Automation
- LANDesk Process Manager
IT Service Management
- LANDesk IT Business Management (ITBM) Suite
- LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Manager
Partners
Certifications
LANDesk certifications include:
- Certified LANDesk Administrator (CLA)
- Certified LANDesk Engineer (CLE)
- Certified LANDesk Asset Administrator
Sponsorships
LANDesk has worked with technology vendors and industry standards bodies to develop emerging and open standards across the systems and security management landscape, including the DMI and CIM initiatives as well as enabling technologies such as Wake on LAN and Alert on LAN.
LANDesk cofounded the Desktop Management Task Force DMTF and spearheaded the Web-based Enterprise Management WBEM initiative.[7]
See also
- Systems management
- Security management
- Process management
- Service desk
- Change management
- Configuration management
- List of systems management systems
- Software distribution
- Power management
- ITIL
References
- ^ Avocent LANDesk Acquire Touchpaper Software http://www.avocent.com/acquires_touchpaper_ergo2000.aspx
- ^ "LANDesk Management Suite 7 review: The latest update to a fully-fledged network management package," by Dave Mitchell. Techworld.com Networking reviews, July 11, 2003. http://www.techworld.com/networking/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=49
- ^ "From Intel To Independence -- How Joe Wang is transforming LANDesk," T.C. Doyle, VARbusiness, September 1, 2003, page 114.
- ^ "LANDesk eases hardware upgrade pains," Matt Hamblen. Computerworld, May 12, 2003, page 6.
- ^ e.g. "Desktop-Management im Vergleich - Mit den Administrationsprodukten von Altiris, Enteo, Landesk und Microsoft lassen sich viele Routineaufgaben in der IT-Verwaltung einfacher erledigen," Computerwoche, 2005. Volume 32, issue 19, page 24. (German edition of "Computerworld.")
- ^ Infoworld, "In Brief: Avocent to buy LANDESK for $416M" April 27, 2006. http://infoworld.com/article/06/04/27/77825_HNavocentbrief_1.html
- ^ a b http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/533976
- ^ http://www.itmanagement.com/vendors/landesk-profile/
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