Manage your clients without having them manage
you.
ClientWORKSTMis the
family of client management and networking tools that Digital Equipment Corporation
supports on its entire line of desktop personal computers. ClientWORKS extends
DIGITAL’s networking expertise to the desktop by providing a powerful set of
utilities and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) software designed to help you get the
most out of your networking environments.
Combined with DIGITAL’s ServerWORKSTM
Manager and other industry-standard management tools, ClientWORKS
provides comprehensive desktop-to-enterprise management solutions.
ClientWORKS includes:
- Remote and local manageability software, agents and tools
all bundled in at no additional cost for powerful network management right away.
- Enhanced 32-bit DMI service layers for Windows 95 and Windows NT for fast access to DMI
information.
- DIGITAL’s enhanced system Management Information Format
(MIF) file for industry-standard desktop management.
- Support of DMI BIOS extensions for fast and detailed DMI
information.
- Enhanced ClientWORKS browser, offering identification of DMI
components both locally and remotely.
- DMI and SNMP agent software, including a MIF-to-MIB
converter for powerful remote management in heterogeneous environments.
- MIFMAKER, DIGITAL’s unique utility designed to make DMI
data available to MicrosoftSystems Management Server (SMS).
- SMART IDE disk drive technology support for Windows 95
provides fault prevention through user applet and status indicator.
- Windows Explorer look-and-feel browser provides detailed
information via a familiar user interface.
- Enhanced security*
- DIGITAL SecureON technology provides secure remote wakeup to
perform time-consuming activities automatically during normal system down times.
- DIGITAL SecureBOX support for electronic system box
tampering detection.
- DIGITAL SecureBIOS for firmware tampering prevention.
- Fault protection via environmental monitoring (thermal and
voltage sensors support).
With its broad support of multiple desktop
platforms and network environments, DIGITAL addresses the most critical and difficult
requirements of today’s client-server computing model.
ClientWORKS Benefits
Asset Management
- Lower cost of ownership.
- More efficient use of support resources.>
- Saves time.
- Higher level of security administration.
Powerful Remote Management Configuration/Diagnostics (Over
WAN or LAN)
- Lower training and travel costs.
- Help desk personnel can monitor network.
- Improved end-user satisfaction.
- LAN administrator can manage distributed client PCs from
central location with new level of detail.
- Faster response time and improved accuracy of analysis.
- More client support per help desk employee.
- Simplified update of user configurations.
Industry-Standard Solution
- Unlike proprietary solutions, provides consistent API for
MIS personnel.
- Works with PCs from different manufacturers providing DMI
data.
- DMI and SNMP provide a standard set of information across
all desktops.
- Simplified administration.
Enhanced Manageability in Microsoft SMS
Environments
ClientWORKS also includes a
software extension to Microsoft SMS for all desktop products, enabling SMS to read DMI
information and report DMI data to the application. This allows network administrators to
report and display more data about their heterogeneous network than is available with
other manufacturers’ PCs. Unlike vendors offering a proprietary management solution,
DIGITAL embraces the Desktop Management Interface and is delivering it today. DIGITAL will
continue to enhance its enterprise, workgroup and desktop management solutions to give
network administrators industry-standard choices for better asset tracking and increased
productivity.
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ClientWORKS Windows 95 and Windows NT
For more information about DIGITAL's PC products, call
1-800-722-9332.
