Automates Shutdown of Computers During Non-Office Hours; Generates Monthly Reports Used in Claiming Utility Rebates

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - January 27, 2009) - ManageEngine, makers of a globally renowned suite of cost effective network, systems and security management software solutions, today announced an update to Desktop Central, the company's web-based Windows Desktop Management Software, with new features designed to help enterprises reduce the level of power consumed by PCs. The updated Desktop Central allows administrators to virtually eliminate unnecessary power consumption, reducing their company's carbon footprint and its energy bills, while generating revenue through power-usage reporting, which is key to claiming rebates from local utility companies.

Desktop Central's power management feature allows IT administrators to standardize the power settings of all computers across the network at once from a central management console. Through Desktop Central, administrators may:

--  Create and apply different power schemes to various types of users
--  Hibernate or standby idle computers automatically
--  Schedule shutdown of computers during non-office hours
--  Schedule system start-up just prior to users arriving at work
--  Generate system uptime reports to claim rebates.

"With corporations focused on 'Go Green' initiatives and coping with tough economic times, saving energy and saving money are priorities," said Mathivanan Venkatachalam, director of product management at ManageEngine. "One of the easiest ways to cut expenses is to effectively reduce the power consumption of the computers in the organization. Desktop Central's Power Management helps enterprises save big on energy bills and protect the environment by reducing the amount of work that power plants must do, much of which produces harmful byproducts, such as air pollution and disruption of natural habitats."

Availability and Pricing

The updated Desktop Central software is available now for download directly from the company's website at http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/desktop-central/index.html?prjan09. ManageEngine offers a 30-day evaluation license of the Professional Edition. A permanent Free Edition is also available for small businesses. The annual subscription price for the Professional Edition starts at $995 for 100 systems.

About Desktop Central

Desktop Central is a complete Desktop Management Software that provides Software Deployment, Patch Management, Service Pack Installation, Asset Management, Remote Control, Configurations, System Tools, User Logon Reports and Active Directory Reports. It is a network-neutral solution that can be used to manage desktops in Active Directory, Workgroups, or other directory services based network like Novell® eDirectory. It can manage computers in multiple domains and can also manage computers across WAN (branch offices).

About ManageEngine

ManageEngine is the leader in low-cost enterprise IT management software. The ManageEngine suite offers enterprise IT management solutions including Network Management, HelpDesk & ITIL, Bandwidth Monitoring, Application Management, Desktop Management, Security Management, Password Management, Active Directory reporting, and a Managed Services platform. ManageEngine products are easy to install, setup and use and offer extensive support, consultation, and training. More than 30,000 organizations from different verticals, industries, and sizes use ManageEngine to take care of their IT management needs cost effectively. ManageEngine is a division of AdventNet, Inc. For more information, please visit www.manageengine.com.

Hi Folks

Here is the latest release of Hotfix from Desktop Central.  Please find the instructions to install the hotfix.

http://bonitas.adventnet.com/desktopcentral/29Aug2008/ManageEngine_Desktop_Central_6_0_0_SP-2_11.ppm

DC Server Build : 60211 -  Agent Version : 6.2.7

Feature Enhancements:

1. Patch Management

• Shutdown functionality added in Patch Installs
• Scheduler enhancement
  

2. Remote Control

• New RDS setting is added
• Provision to end 'Windows Remote Desktop' connection and 'Connect Anyway' (Specific to Windows XP)

2. Active Directory Reports

• Scheduler enhancements

Bug Fixes:

Active Directory Reports - Issue in displaying OUs with same name is fixed.

Cheers
Romanus

We are happy to announce the Desktop Central Free Windows Tools Release 1.2. This new release has a new tool called Join/Unjoin Computer Tool. This utility move a computer from one domain to another or from a domain to a workgroup or from a workgroup to a domain. It also provides the ability to restart the computer after this operation. The status of the operation is also displayed at the bottom of the window.

You can download the latest version from

http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/free-windows-tools/free-windows-tools.html

Please try the tool and send your feedback

Thanks

Mathi

Over all the year 2007 was good for Desktop Central ! We have released DC 6 with our new architecture which supports Work-group and multiple active directory domains. Even though it is released in the last quarter of the year we got a very good response for this new release. We have added Inventory (asset management) feature in the second quarter of this year, it provides complete hardware and software inventory. In the software part, it provides software licensing, metering and compliance. Many customers are using this feature effectively and asking more enhancements. We have enhanced the software deployment feature with Run as, copy option, support for EXE, etc. This is another important feature used by our customers. We have strengthened other features like Patch Management, Configurations, User Logon Reports, AD Reports and tools.

Thanks
Mathi

WMI is one of the coolest technologies provided by Microsoft !
If it is configured properly in all windows computers then
we can leverage its advantages and perform lot of desktop management
functionalities. Desktop Central recently released a KB article
to configure WMI in all computers, for details please refer the KB article

Thanks

Mathi

Dear All,

The much expected Desktop Central 6 is Released !!! Thanks for your active participation in the beta testing program. Most of your feedback are incorporated in our final release.

The highlights of this new release are,

1. Support for multiple domains

2. Support for work-group

3. Ability to manage domain computers without domain admin credential

4. Option to group users or computers as per your need.

Please download it from http://www.desktopcentral.com/download.html

Please send your feedback to support@desktopcentral.com

Thanks

Mathi

We take immense pleasure to introduce the Free Windows Tools ! The first release has 3 tools:

Wake on LAN Tool - It will wake (boot) up the remote computers

Shutdown / Restart Tool - It will shutdown or Restart the remote computers

GPO Update Tool - It will invoke the "Gpupdate" tool for the given remote computers

For more details please visit

http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/desktop-central/free-windows-tools/free-windows-tools.html

Please send your feedback to support@desktopcentral.com

Thanks

Mathi