The LANDesk Software Range

LANDesk is a division of Avocent Corp. that makes available security management, systems management, asset management, service desk and process management tools and solutions to business groups and organizations. This is a company that has a worldwide distribution network and having been established in 1985, it's also among the oldest companies providing these types of tools and services.

The company originally began as “LAN Systems”. However; in 1991 the company formerly known as LAN Systems was acquired by Intel and it was at that time that the name LANDesk was adopted. LANDesk remained a division of Intel until the year 2002, when it was established as a separate and distinct business entity, with its own headquarters near Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Still yet, more changes were to come in 2006. That was when the company was acquired by Avocent for the price of $416,000,000. Then again, even more substantial changes were in the works in 2008. This is the year that Avocent acquired an information technology security management vendor by the name of “Touch paper” to merge with LANDesk.

LANDesk distributes software via partners and also directly and as previously stated, has a worldwide distribution network that includes research & development centers and district offices in Britain, Mexico, Italy, Japan, Germany, Ireland, China, France and Brazil. The company also maintains an employee base in some eighteen countries.

LANDesk makes available software tools for security vulnerability remediation and detection, asset discovery & inventory, software distribution, patch management, software marketing and distribution, compliance reporting, license management and endpoint device 

The company’s products have asset inventory/discovery, security vulnerability detection and remediation, software distribution, IT compliance reporting, patch management, software license management, security policy enforcement, and endpoint device power consumption management. A brief sampling of a few of the products available from LANDesk includes the following:

LANDesk Management Suite

With (LANDesk Management Suite) you can manage and control heterogeneous environments by way of a single console that includes “anywhere anytime” support that includes inventory management, software distribution as well as software license management both outside and inside your business entities network.

LANDesk Inventory Manager

 With (LANDesk Inventory Manager) you can know precisely what devices are operating within your IT environment and also see exactly what devices that they are using. It's all done with LANDesk discovery technology.

LANDesk Handheld and Embedded Device Manager

Now with the Handheld and Embedded Device Manager from LANDesk, you can simply and easily manage mobile units with the simplicity of a single console. This tool easily offers enterprise-type support to any and all mobile and hand held devices. Once this system is integrated with Management Suite, you can immediately begin to save time, upgrade efficiency, establish and set standards, slash costs and above all, finally make it possible for all your employees who operate on a mobile basis to have direct access to the tools that they need to function efficiently.

LANDesk Application Virtualization

LANDesk Application Virtualization or “portable application creator” allows you to make available completely non-conflict access to all applications your workers require, while also supporting clean & secure desktops and upgraded control over your entire systems. With this tool it's possible to run individual machines or multiple systems without having to make any changes to your clients installing agents, device drivers or client systems.