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Tools That Manage Both Macs and PCs

Posted by kdawson on from the one-tool-to-rule-them-all dept.

johannacw writes "Ryan Faas takes a look at nine tools that handle system management tasks in both Mac and Windows environments for both clients and servers. The tools span a range of tasks such as remote installation, license management, and helpdesk functions. The author gives opinions on each tool's strengths and weaknesses and does not pick an overall winner."

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  1. Re:Obligartory... by CrashandDie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they even need management tools for Windows ? Isn't it supposed to be easy ?

    I mean, put the CD in, install, reboot, install, reboot, the use it, reboot, use it, reboot, then after the weekend's over, install, reboot, inst...

    brb, gotta reboot...

  2. Re:Obligartory... by dotpavan · · Score: 4, Funny

    ahem, may I suggest a cron job? :D

  3. Re:Obligartory... by MyOtherUIDis3digits · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're lucky all the Win fanboys are busy re-installing or downloading A-V/A-malware/A-whatever updates. Tomorrow, when they get into work, you're gonna get so flamed.

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