Few businesses have accurate, efficient methods for identifying, tracking and reporting on hardware and software assets. As a result, they expose themselves to potential security vulnerabilities, because the configurations of their systems do not align with minimal security standards. Security patches may be inconsistently or slowly distributed throughout an organization. And when new applications become available, the processes of identifying which machines need prerequisites may be done manually and on a machine-by-machine basis. It wastes IT staff time and delays the delivery of useful tools to employees.
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution is an easy to use inventory management and software distribution solution. It consists of all the capabilities included in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Inventory combined with the ability to leverage a company-wide distribution system for managing the delivery and updating of business software through a secure, Web-based interface. Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software Distribution will help you identify non-compliant users and quickly deploy critical software updates to reduce end-user downtime and the need for costly help-desk support. Flexible "push" and "pull" capabilities help administrators easily create and deliver the right software packages to individual laptops, desktops and servers that are in need of software updates. And users can self-install whenever it's convenient.