Based on the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company’s core ON Command CCM management suite, iCommand is a Java-based implementation with new virtual agents for remotely configuring and managing Linux as well as any Java-based device, including mobile devices. As well as the iCommand Java Agent, the new software also includes iCommand Transport to manage bandwidth requirements for remote installation, the iCommand Self Service update request tool, and the iCommand Web Admin web-based administration portal.
ON Technology is very much focused on remote deployment, configuration and asset management, areas of the systems management market that are coming in for a lot of attention as companies look to reduce costs and regain control of their IT usage, according to the company’s EMEA director of marketing, Thomas Grohl. Companies are now more serious about managing their existing infrastructure, especially with the introduction of new devices, he said. The core discipline we deliver is software distribution, enabling software deployment tasks and system configuration to be done automatically.
While the company has previously focused on the management of Microsoft Corp’s Windows-based desktops and Unix-based servers, it has turned its attention to Linux to enable customers to manage Linux desktops and servers, as well as Windows and Unix machines, from a single management console. The company has added support for Linux because of increased customer demand, according to Grohl.
Although he admitted that the majority of Linux deployments are currently focused on the server, he believes that demand and legislation in countries such as his native Germany will increase the requirement for managing Linux as a desktop operating system. Here is a huge move towards Linux on the desktop, he said, but most projects with Linux are on the server and in mixed environments.
Source: Computerwire
