Creation of common policies and software permissions.System Administration overview of the Casper suite.One perpetual or subscription software license for each managed device.Licensing for 100 devices for three years. There are a number of UK resellers of the product, all of whom were requested to quote against a standard requirements specification (as summarised below): This evaluation led to Casper being chosen as the most appropriate Apple computer management software for the GLA.ġ.3 The vendor for the Casper software suite is JAMF Software., based in the US. The products evaluated included: AssetStudio, Casper, Jira, Touchdown and Snow. These requirements were used to evaluate the range of market leading software products currently available. Apple hardware reporting (to identify what Apple hardware the GLA has and the technical attributes of each - memory, hard drive capacity, processer type, age etc). Apple software reporting (to remotely identify software and versions, performance etc.).ħ. Remote device management (ability to manage GLA Apple devices that are not connected to the internal network).Ħ. Apple OS builds (ability for the Technology Group to compile and roll out standard Apple builds including Office 2016, Anti-virus software, Fonts, etc).Ĥ. Apple OS software upgrades (ability to upgrade Apple devices to latest supported version – e.g. Apple operating system (OS) security patching (Install software updates including security patches)Ģ.
The Technology Group identified the following requirements:ġ. Given the growth in Apple devices, the Technology Group needs to procure an Apple device management system to provide the same level of services as is the case for Windows devices.ġ.2 A desktop based study was used to compare products on the market. installation of software, operating system updates etc). Whilst Windows devices are fully capable of being managed remotely by the Technology Group using an administration software called SCCM, the GLA does not have the same capability with respect to Apple devices and requires each device to be individually and directly managed (e.g. However, the use of Apple desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile devices has steadily increased in the past few years and is set to continue. 1.1 The GLA has used Microsoft Windows based software and PCs since its inception.
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