Desktop management and software distribution have always been a challenge, but new technology developments and the sheer number of devices and applications to be managed are making them even more so.

It wasn’t long ago that the phrase “software distribution” meant lacing up your shoelaces, schlepping a disk to each end user’s machine, and doing the installation on the spot. Despite all of the ...

Software distribution features can be found in enterprise management frameworks, such as IBM’s Tivoli Configuration Manager and Computer Associates International Inc.’s Unicenter, as well as in ...