Altiris

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Altiris Inc.
Type Subsidiary
Founded 1998
Headquarters Lindon, Utah, United States
Key people Gregory S. Butterfield Chairman and CEO
, Stephen C. Erickson CFO
Industry enterprise management software, IT asset management
lifecycle management, service-orientated software management, systems configuration management
Products Helpdesk Solutions, Carbon Copy Solutions, Barcode solution, Inventory Solution Wise Package Studio
Revenue ▲ US$ 229.4 million (2006)[1]
Operating income ▲ US$ 15.5 million (2006)[1]
Net income ▲ US$ 31.7 million(2006)[1]
Employees 992 (2006)[1]
Website www.altiris.com

Altiris Inc. is a subsidiary of Symantec specializing in service-oriented management software which allows organizations to manage IT assets. They also provide software for web services, security, and systems management products. Established in 1998, Altiris is headquartered in Lindon, Utah, United States. Altiris has over 20,000 customers managing more than 3 million servers and 60 million desktops and laptops.

On January 29, 2007, Symantec announced plans to acquire Altiris and on April 6th, 2007 the acquisition was completed.

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[edit] Corporate history

Altiris was started in 1998 when Jan Newman and Kevin Turpin spun off the software arm of KeyLabs. KeyLabs was, and remains, a third party testing facility. The Altiris Software had been created at KeyLabs to manage the computers at KeyLabs and that software became the start of what is now Altiris. Altiris continues to develop software designed to help IT departments manage their networks and computers more efficiently.

Altiris continued to grow. In early 2000, Jan Newman who was then President and CEO brought in Greg Butterfield to take over the role of President and CEO. Under Mr. Butterfield's leadership, Altiris acquired Computing Edge in September of 2000. Computing Edge's founder, Dwain Kinghorn, had come from Microsoft and helped to develop Microsoft's original Systems Management Server product (SMS). Computing Edge specialized in extending and enhancing with functionality that SMS lacked.

Altiris continued its market expansion by acquiring several other companies:

  • July 2002, Altiris acquired system backup and recovery technology from Previo.
  • September 2004 Altiris acquired Bridgewater Technologies.
  • January 2005 Altiris acquired Tonic Software Inc.
  • March 2005 Altiris acquired Pedestal software, a software company that specializes in vulnerability assessment tools (SecurityExpressions and AuditExpress).
  • February 2007 Altiris to be acquired by Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) [2]
  • April 2007 Altiris acquisition by Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) completed.

[edit] Main products and services

[edit] Security and compliance

Altiris has solutions to meet regulatory and legal requirements. This includes auditing, security, change management and patch management of software.

[edit] Asset and CMDB

Altiris has asset management and Configuration Management Database (CMDB) software that allows organizations to keep track of physical IT hardware and software licensing issues.

[edit] Service desk

Altiris has an ITIL product to help organizations manage their Service Desk efficiently. This includes remote desktop connection software, push applications for desktops and remote troubleshooting...

[edit] Client and mobile

Altiris offers a lifecycle management suite to encompassing purchasing to deployment of desktop computers to mobile devices.

[edit] Server and infrastructure

Server management and IT infrastructure management includes the administration of server hardware, business applications, and network connectivity throughout their lifecycle, including deployment, software delivery, maintenance and support, and retirement.

[edit] Packaging

Altiris has a product called WISE PACKAGE STUDIO to install software remotely by capturing the software installation and making a package.

[edit] Similar Products

  • Novell Zenworks.
  • Intel LANDesk Management Suite 6.5
  • Microsoft System Management Server 2.0 (SMS)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Altiris Reports Strong Financial Results for Q4 and Fiscal Year 2006 - Altiris, Inc
  2. ^ Symantec to Acquire Altiris

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