My guess is that it will come down to Dell/Kace or SCCM 2012, and possibly Altiris IT Management Suite. I've never used one, but from what I have heard Kace might be a better fit for a smaller shop with less requirements than an SCCM installation. But SCCM is more full featured, but requires move time/overhead.
In regards to how many hours per week...... what is the SLA? For example, are you looking at 99.999% compliance at all times? If so I'd say a FTE is required. YMMV Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com From: David Lum <david....@nwea.org> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 03/12/2013 10:41 AM Subject: Keeping 550+ systems maintained Scenario: · 550 Windows workstations, with 100+ of them remote. · Active Directory (W2K8R2 and W2K3 DCs). · Windows 7 and Windows XP. · Users are local admins. · Some remote users VPN in daily, others only VPN in once/month, a few others almost never · 30+ onsite users frequently jump between wired and wireless (in my experience this occasionally trips up DNS and thus management agents for a bit) · Systems are cycled out at the rate of about 30 machines every quarter (relevant because finding a noncompliant machine often means knows if a system has been decommissioned or not). Systems are not always immediately removed from AD for various reasons. Task: Keep them up to date on anti-virus and patches, incl. 3rd party (Java/Adobe/Chrome/etc.). This includes coordinating (with select users) installing/testing the patches on their systems before full rollout to the rest of the org. Is this enough info to give a SWAG for how many hours/week you would you tell management this would take? A rough number works. David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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