Quoting from the Altiris official announcement:
Altiris, Inc., a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, today announced the addition of new Linux patch and virtual server management capabilities to help secure and manage heterogeneous server environments.
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Altiris provides a suite of server management solutions to help improve system availability and reliability, monitor performance, maintain operations and remediate security vulnerabilities. New features will include:
- Improved support of VMware virtual server resources now includes expanded deployment, inventory and software delivery for VMware ESX Server and GSX Server
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Altiris® Server Management Suite software is now available starting at an MSRP of $253 USD per node with volume discounts available…