Altiris Inventory and Security Patch Management

This Altiris phase will focus on inventory and security patch management for University owned computers.  The inventory will contain information about the hardware, installed components, software licensing, and operating system information.  

Prior to using Altiris, inventories were completed by either the technology user or an ITS employee providing a physical report of hardware and software components. These inventories were time consuming to complete, usually lacked complete information and were accurate for only a brief period in time. Precise, inclusive, and up-to-date data is needed in order to accurately plan and budget for future needs.  Implementing Altiris allows for better management as well as reducing the time needed for the "hands on" approach to desktop management.

In order to accomplish the deployment of this inventory and patch management solution, a software agent will be a part of all University owned computers.  The software agent will be installed on all new incoming systems and will be installed on all existing University systems.  The software will not be visible to the user and it will not have any impact on the operation of the computer system.   A sampling of the inventory information provided by Altiris is available for your information at the following link.  Deployment of this phase will begin during the spring 2007 semester and will proceed throughout the following semesters. 

Links:

Altiris Help Desk

Office of the CIO Data Security Memo

CELO Project

Altiris Web Site

Altiris IT Lifecycle Management - Graphic Representation

Altiris Inventory Sample