Everdream Rolls Out Industry's First Self-Provisioning Website Allowing Companies to Try, Buy and Deploy Desktop Management Services
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On-Demand Delivery Capability is a Significant Shift for IT Management; New Everdream.com Website Also Features 'The Desktop Channel' Blog and Partner Portal
FREMONT, Calif., June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Everdream, the leading provider of on-demand desktop management services, today announced the desktop management industry's first "self-service" Website (www.everdream.com) for purchasing and self-provisioning asset management, software distribution, patch management, virus protection and online backup, giving IT administrators an easy way to try, buy and deploy such software services. The announcement represents a new industry standard, creating a significant shift in the way IT administrators have traditionally acquired and managed desktop management solutions by allowing them to experience a free software service that delivers tangible value, purchase any combination of software services, and automatically deploy the services for immediate results.
The enabling try, buy and deploy capabilities of Everdream.com are made possible by leveraging Everdream's unique desktop management solution which is built as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) that uses a simple Internet connection rather than a VPN-based connection to a corporate server. This allows organizations to keep all desktops and laptops in regulatory and license compliance and in a well-managed and protected state even if the devices are not located in the corporate office. IT administrators and Managed Service Providers (MSP) can now bring more machines under management faster, making the workforce more productive while relieving IT costs.
"In order for SaaS and managed services to gain widespread acceptance, vendors must apply the key success factors of the leading SaaS providers," said Jeff Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies. "Everdream is the first company to apply an 'on-demand' model to the managed service business. This feature, in combination with the company's broad management portfolio, makes Everdream a clear leader in the managed desktop services market."
Try, Buy and Deploy Desktop Management Services
Everdream.com is now promoting a 30-day free trial of Everdream's Asset Discovery software service which enables IT administrators to automatically locate all IP-based network devices connected to a network and generate a management report for internal use. The service also scans the host computer for the IT administrator to view a complete and detailed hardware and software asset inventory for that machine. An IT administrator can now immediately experience the value of a potential company-wide deployment that aggregates all desktop and laptop inventory information into a dashboard.
Everdream.com then allows users to "self-serve" via a brand new e-commerce capability.
"The introduction of Everdream.com represents our move into e-commerce to enable more efficient distribution channels for our customers and partners, and to speed time to value," said Mark Hoffman, president and CEO of Everdream. "But Everdream.com is more than just a new service -- it is another example of our continued innovation, leadership, and dedication to becoming the most trusted, well-respected, and knowledgeable source for desktop management."
With this new service, Everdream is breaking the barriers that exist within companies everywhere -- a lack of time and IT resources to deliver well-managed desktop management services. Today, with enterprise software desktop management products, deployments require teams of people and integrators to be called onsite to customize the solution for each workplace. By developing a streamlined on-demand, self-provisioning Website that includes the Everdream Deployment Wizard, the company allows an IT manager to get his workforce up and running on asset management, the latest anti-virus software data definitions, Microsoft patches and other business software - in hours, not days or weeks.
Integral to Everdream.com is the Everdream Control Center, an easy-to-use Web-based interface that allows desktop administrators to manage all integrated desktop management functions, operations and reporting. In addition to making it easy for end users and channel partners to deploy Everdream's services, the Control Center was recently enhanced to deliver support for enhanced Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office patch management including the ability to apply and distribute multiple patches at one time. Support has also been added for McAfee and new remote access capabilities via Everdream's partnership with WebEx.
"Everdream has helped us turn hyper-growth into sustainable growth," said Sandra James, president of Private Eyes Inc., which provides pre-employment screening services and was one of the first businesses to utilize Everdream.com to procure the company's desktop management services. "With some 100 computer desktops to manage, Everdream's services freed us to focus on our core business with the assurance that our PCs and laptops will always be up to date and protected. Better yet, Everdream.com allowed us to investigate and procure these services in an efficient, effective and intuitive manner."
The Promise of Utility-Based Software Services
Everdream.com brings the reliability of a utility-based service by providing mission-critical desktop management services for its customers, ensuring the service will deliver day in and day out through the company's network operations center which operates 24/7 to provide continuity for IT departments of firms large and small.
"Running a smooth IT operation is a lot like making sure a home has its utilities -- you flip a switch and the lights work, you pick up the phone and hear dial tone. We want our employees to feel that secure about their desktop services; it all works, all the time," said Ron Ridge, Vice President & CIO of BOWE, BELL + HOWELL. "Having Everdream handle the desktop management for us works out very well."
Everdream Partner Portal Speeds Time-to-Market
The launch of Everdream.com also provides MSP channel partners a brand new Everdream Partner Portal. Through its unique organizational system focused on the different phases in a typical customer's buying cycle, partners now gain online access to sales, marketing and technical materials to aid them in selling and implementing Everdream's services. This information in tandem with Everdream's software services enables partners to bring a robust, high-margin desktop management service to market quickly and easily.
Desktop Channel Worth Tuning In
The Desktop Channel, another important addition to Everdream.com, provides a collection of blog entries, feature articles, and industry news enabling customers, prospects, partners and anyone else interested in desktop management to share ideas, concerns and best practices in an online discussion with Everdream and its experts. The site is located at desktopchannel.everdream.com/ .
About Everdream
Everdream Corporation is the market leader in on-demand desktop management services that enable greater visibility into hardware and software assets, better and more uniform desktop protection for unparalleled business uptime, and superior end-user satisfaction -- while significantly reducing the total cost of ownership of corporate PC's. Built around a powerful and cost effective "software-as-a-service" model, Everdream provides an integrated offering of on-demand software and managed services that are activated with a simple Internet connection, ensuring all desktops and laptops -- regardless of location -- are "Everdream Protected." These services are powered by Everdream's industry-leading desktop management platform and its client-based agent architecture, providing customers with 365x24x7 access to Everdream's services. With worldwide headquarters in Fremont, California and operational facilities in Dallas, Texas and Charlotte, North Carolina, Everdream manages more than 140,000 desktops for companies in 60+ countries around the globe, including ADP, Brocade Communications, Korean Airlines, Midas, Salesforce.com, Sonic Automotive, Sylvan Learning Centers, and many others. For more information, visit the Everdream Web site at www.everdream.com or call 888-307-7299.
Source: Everdream Corporation
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