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Prism Deploy combines the New Boundary Technologies'
mature, award-winning software deployment technology
with a drag and drop deployment console and patented
Conflict Checker™ utility. Active Update™ enables the
precise targeting of computers for deployment, without a
cumbersome inventory scan.
POWERFUL, FLEXIBLE
MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
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Prism Deploy offers several options for grouping and
managing computers. |
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Active Update™
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Active Update enables the automatic grouping and
management of computers based on their hardware,
software, and network configuration without
conducting a prior inventory scan. Define criteria
for group membership in Configuration Groups and
assign deployment tasks from one interface. Once
Configuration Groups are set up, computers that
join the network weeks or months later receive the
necessary updates and patches without further
administrator intervention.
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Organizational Groups
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Group and manage computers based on organizational
function, e.g. sales, marketing, and engineering.
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Active Directory
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Import Active Directory Organizational Units into
the Prism Deploy Organizational Groups. The Prism
Deploy console gives you more flexibility and
better reporting than relying on Group Policy
objects for software deployment.
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Any Network
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Prism Deploy works across any network, including
the Internet.
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Channels
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Prism Deploy Channels make it easy to manage
different types of users and multi-site
organizations. Create unique deployment Tasks,
control where users in various locations receive
their software and more.
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Server Management
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Package and deploy server-based software to
Windows servers, including those running Citrix
MetaFrame or Windows Terminal Services.
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DEPLOYMENT CONSOLE
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Deploy any software to any computer, anywhere in the
world, across any network. |
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Benefit |
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Drag and Drop Software Deployment
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Deploy software to individual computers or groups
of computers using simple drag and drop. Since
Prism Deploy does not rely on a complex queuing
system, deployment occurs almost instantaneously.
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Deploy Anything: a Package, Script or Command.
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Push any administrative task you need, under any
account you specify. Deploy a Prism Package that
installs the entire Office suite, a Prism script
that installs five applications in sequence, or a
third party command that installs an operating
system hot fix, security patch or Windows
Installer file. Even launch a third party tool.
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Schedule Deployment Tasks
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Prism Task Scheduling lets you specify when
deployment should occur - in a week, every Monday,
at startup or after hours. The control is in your
hands. New task scheduling options give you the
ability to update tasks and to set recurring
tasks. The new options make it easy to
redistribute a task, to make any software package
self-healing and to ensure every user has the
right software.
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View Deployment Reports |
Detailed deployment reports provide immediate
feedback on the status of deployment. |
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Uninstall Software
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Deploy a task to uninstall a Prism file, or
reverse a command; uninstalling software with
Prism Deploy is just as easy as installing it.
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EASY PACKAGE CREATION AND
MANIPULATION
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Unlike most software
deployment tools, Prism Deploy is amazingly easy to
learn and use. |
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Feature |
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Wizard Interface
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Build deployment Packages in four easy steps.
Follow the easy-to-use Expert by simply clicking
"next".
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Drag and Drop Editing
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The Prism Editor makes it easy to view and edit a
Prism deployment Package, using a familiar Windows
Explorer-like interface. Drag and drop files in
and out. No more wading through pages of software
code.
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Entire Suites of Applications … a Few
Registry Updates
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Build a deployment Package representing any
software changes you need to deploy.
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Package Customization
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The friendly Prism interface makes it easy to
customize a single Package for a diverse
environment.
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COMPREHENSIVE WINDOWS
INSTALLER SUPPORT
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The Prism Package format offers the most
versatility, but if you wish to use the Windows
Installer, Prism supports you all the way. |
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Build Windows Installer Files
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Use the friendly Prism interface to build Windows
Installer files for custom applications and other
software not in that format.
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Customize Windows Installer files with
InstallShield Developer and Tuner
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The include InstallShield Developer and Tuner
products offer you full editing, customization and
"transform" support when you need to deploy
Windows Installer files.
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Deploy Windows Installer Files with Prism
Deploy
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Use the Prism drag and drop deployment Console to
assign a deployment task to install a Windows
Installer file. When you deploy software with
Prism Deploy, you receive reports on the
deployment.
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FINE CONTROL IN MIXED
ENVIRONMENTS
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Prism Deploy offers you full support for managing
your diverse environment. |
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Feature |
Benefit |
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Smart Variables
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The Smart Variables feature lets you turn a
hard-coded value in a deployment Package into a
variable that resolves itself as you tell it:
prompt a user, pull a unique setting from each
user's environment or from another variable.
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Installation Rules |
Safeguard installations by creating your own
Installation Rules to control how a deployment
Package evaluates the hardware, software, and
network configuration of an end-user environment
before installing. The Prism wizards walk you
through the process of creating rules that built
right into a Prism Package.
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Configuration-based Scripting |
Receive total control over deployments by using the
robust scripting language of Prism. Receive instant
access to the hardware, software and network
configuration of target computers. |
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Paths Utility
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Change every embedded path statement within a
Package in one easy step.
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Requirements |
Set disk space and operating system requirements
that target computers must meet before a Package
installs.
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Reboot Options |
Control how a Package reboots a computer,
including letting a user decline a reboot or
forcing one.
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Prompts |
Display custom prompts to users before, during,
and after a Package runs - or display nothing at
all.
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Overwrite Properties |
Define how a deployment Package treats files that
are within a Package and also exist on target
computers, evaluate based on version, time/date,
etc. You can set properties on an entire Package
and/or each file within a Package. |
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Delete Options |
Define how a deployment Package deletes files that
are within a Package and also exist on a target
computer. |
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100% RELIABLE
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Prism Deploy is reliable nearly 100% of the time. |
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Feature |
Benefit |
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Robust Package Creation |
The mature and award-winning Prism packaging
technology is tested and proven. The Prism
package-creation process does a thorough job of
capturing the changes needed to replicate them
onto other systems.
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Rollback |
The unique Prism rollback feature puts a system
back to its pre-deployment state. Overwritten DLLs
and registry keys are restored.
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Conflict Checker |
The Prism Conflict Checker prevents errors before
they occur by evaluating multiple deployment
Packages against one another for conflicts in the
system and program files and the registry.
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Self-healing |
Prism can check the health of an application at
login, startup, or each time an application is
launched. When Prism fixes software it only fixes
what's broken, making the process fast and
bandwidth-efficient.
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You Control the Deployment
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Prism Deploy makes no assumption about target
environments, Instead, it puts the control in the
administrator's hands to define how Prism should
behave.
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INTERNET/INTRANET
DEPLOYMENTS
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Prism Deploy was designed to manage all users
across corporate networks, including those outside
the firewall. |
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Feature |
Benefit |
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Remote and Mobile Support |
The non-intrusive deployment infrastructureof
Prism is efficient for managing users inside and
outside the corporate network, including roaming
users and those at remote sites. A TCP/IP
connection is all you need.
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HTTP Support |
Post Prism files at a web address for users not on
the corporate network. The web support of Prism
makes it easy for remote users to install, update,
and repair their software without additional help
from you.
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Package Compression and Encryption |
Prism deployment Packages are automatically
encrypted and compressed 40-70%, making them
efficient for moving across slower communication
links.
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Differential repair |
When Prism Deploy fixes software, it only
reinstalls missing or broken files or components
making the process fast and bandwidth efficient.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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The Computer on which the Prism Deploy Editor is
installed must meet the following requirements:
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Operating System: Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP or
higher, Millennium Edition (Me), 98 or 95.
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Processor: Pentium or equivalent |
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RAM: 64 MB RAM |
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Hard-disk space: 50 MB
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Monitor: VGA-compatible or better |
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CD-ROM drive: 4 x |
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TCP/IP Connection |
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Browser: Internet Explorer 4 or higher |
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Target Computers (to which software will be
distributed must meet the following requirements: |
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Operating System: Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP or
higher, ME, 98 or 95. |
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Processor: Pentium or equivalent |
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RAM: 32 MB RAM |
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Hard disk space: 4 MB space |
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Browser: Internet Explorer 4 or higher |
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