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Prism Pack is the easy-to-use software packaging tool
that really works. Featuring the New Boundary
Technologies 11 time award-winning packaging technology,
Prism Pack makes it easy to install new software and to
update every local, mobile and remote PC across your
entire company.
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GRAPHICAL PACKAGE
CREATION - NO SCRIPTING REQUIRED
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Benefit
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Wizard Interface
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Build deployment Packages in just 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 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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PROTECT EXISTING
INVESTMENTS
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Feature
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Benefit
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Microsoft SMS Integration |
Replace the outdated SMS Installer with the robust
Prism Pack. Prism Packages can be deployed through
SMS: Prism-generated MIFs ensure that package
deployment status is correctly reported in SMS;
Prism-generated PDFs make it easy to create SMS
packages from Prism files.
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Any Suite Environment
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If you are using a network management suite like
SMS, LAN Desk, Tivoli, CA, ZENworks, you can
replace the software packager with Prism Pack.
You'll see marked improvements in installation
reliability when you use Prism Pack.
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Any Environment |
For non-suite environments, you can deploy Prism
Packages from login scripts, a web page, from a
CD-ROM or via email.
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COMPREHENSIVE WINDOWS
INSTALLER SUPPORT
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Feature
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Full Support for MSI
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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
Developer and Tuner
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Inclusion of 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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FINE CONTROL IN MIXED
ENVIRONMENTS
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Feature
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Benefit
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Smart Variables
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Smart Variables feature let 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
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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. Prism's 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 installations by using
Prism's robust scripting language. Receive instant
access to the hardware, software and network
configuration of target computers. |
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Paths Utility |
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
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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 and after a
Package runs, including animation during Package
install - 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
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Delete options
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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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Feature
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Benefit
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Robust Package Creation
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The mature and award-winning Prism packaging
technology is tested and proven. Prism's
package-creation process does a thorough job of
capturing the changes needed to replicate them
onto other systems.
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Rollback
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The unique Prism rollback feature puts a system
back to its pre-deployment state, including
tracking -but not deleting- key DLLs and other
system files as appropriate.
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Conflict Checker
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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
pre-deployment.
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Self-healing
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Prism can be set up to 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 Pack makes no assumption about target
environments, instead it puts the control in the
administrator's hands for how Prism should behave.
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INTERNET - INTRANET
DEPLOYMENTS
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Feature
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Http support
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Post Prism files at a web address for users not on
the corporate network. Prism's web support 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
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Prism Packages are automatically encrypted and
compressed 40-70% making them efficient for moving
across slower communication links.
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Differential repair
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When Prism Pack 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 Prism Pack's 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 |
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Hard-disk space: 25 MB
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Monitor: VGA-compatible or better |
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CD-ROM drive: 4 x |
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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 requirments: |
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Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP
or higher, Millennium Edition, 98, or 95 |
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Processor: Pentium or equivalent |
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RAM: 32 MB |
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Disk Space: 4 MB |
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Browser: Internet Explorer 4 or higher |
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