Lifecycle Management Solution aids in software deployment.
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BigFix Enterprise Suite is available with BigFix Software Distribution and Deployment Services, which accelerates distribution and deployment of third-party and proprietary software applications to servers, desktops, and laptops throughout distributed IT infrastructures. Services promote consolidated software lifecycle management using singular BigFix infrastructure and can be tailored for unique needs and IT environments.
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New BigFix® Software Deployment Service Helps Reduce Cost and Complexity of Software Lifecycle Management
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 10 / -- BigFix, a leading provider of enterprise security configuration management solutions, now offers customers a new portfolio of professional services to accelerate distribution and deployment of third-party and proprietary software applications to servers, desktops and laptops throughout their distributed IT infrastructures.
The new BigFix services, available immediately, assure fast and successful distribution and provisioning of software applications and upgrades developed in-house or from third-party vendors including Adobe, Macromedia and Real Networks. Delivered in conjunction with the BigFix Enterprise Suite, BigFix Services can be tailored for each unique organization's needs and IT environment.
Software Lifecycle Management
Using multiple point solutions for different software lifecycle and security configuration management functions generates unnecessary purchasing, deployment, implementation and maintenance costs and introduces additional risk. These expenses and risks can be particularly acute in enterprise infrastructures that number in the tens-of-thousands of desktop PCs, mobile computers and servers.
"Customers select BigFix for an easy-to-implement automated solution to meet their security, compliance, inventory management, patching and software distribution needs," said George Kellar, Chief Marketing Officer, BigFix, Inc. "Offering BigFix Software Distribution and Deployment Services is another way we help our customers quickly reap the benefits from simplified and consolidated software lifecycle management using a single BigFix infrastructure. With experience in hundreds of customer sites worldwide, managing software on millions of computers, BigFix is well-suited to take a leadership position in providing technology and services solutions for customers converging their IT security and configuration management functions."
BigFix Customer Value Proposition
Founded in 1997, BigFix provides comprehensive and innovative security configuration and systems management solutions for real-time visibility and control of computers across the distributed enterprise. BigFix solutions are proven in production at more than 400 enterprises, government agencies and public sector institutions worldwide, and currently manage over 5,000,000 desktop and mobile clients, workstations, and servers.
The BigFix solution is a scalable and extensible platform that enables IT to discover, analyze, change and maintain security and software configurations faster and more accurately throughout their distributed IT infrastructure. With BigFix, customers can view and control a wide range of device security and configuration management functions in real-time from a single management platform. BigFix's advantages in simplifying, reducing the cost and improving the quality of software management make direct contributions to improving infrastructure-wide security and compliance with prevailing laws, regulations and organizational policies.
The company has received numerous awards and industry recognitions, including the 2005 Codie Award for Best Security Product and the SC Magazine Product of the Year Award in 2004.
About BigFix, Inc.
BigFix enables organizations to better manage their global IT infrastructures with solutions to discover, analyze, change and maintain security and software configurations faster and more accurately, resulting in improved processes, greater visibility, better security and more reliable services while reducing costs. For more information, visit www.bigfix.com.
NOTE: BigFix, BigFix Enterprise Suite and the BigFix logo are trademarks of BigFix, Inc. Other trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks are property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Jason Throckmorton or Brett Weiner of LaunchSquad, +1-415-625-8555, or bigfix@launchsquad.com, for BigFix, Inc.
