BPOWER VS HP Client Management Solutions

Components

bPOWER includes all the usual processes in their service which include:

• PC Installation
• Inventory & Discovery
• Software Distribution
• Patch and Security Management Additional services can be delivered as required, examples of these are:
• Packaging, maintenance and support of applications
• Customized training
• CMDB Integration
• User Web Portal

On the other hand, HP Client Management Solutions combines:

• HP Client Manager
• HP Systems Insight Manager Connector
• Altiris Local Recovery Pro
• A Quick-Start page
• HP Systems Insight Manager Connector
• HP Open-View Connector and many more.

Senior Engineer, Edward Millar from Risk Engineering AD said, “bPOWER has reduced our difficulties to such a level that now we can enjoy our work even more.”

Francis Adelman a Technical Executive from Start Engineering AD said, “Our efficiency has never been better until we started using bPOWER.”

Edward Jones, a Senior Software Engineer of Triple-S Corporation said, "The HP Client Management Solutions has been very beneficial for us as it keeps discovering more features that keep saving us time and money".

Craig Warren, the Operational Service Provision Manager of Deakin University said, "Security on the desktop is no longer an issue for us. Any attempts at nefarious activities have been unsuccessful since we have been using HP Client Management Solutions".

Customers of HP Client Management Solutionsmay download the premium software from the official website of HP. The potential customers of HP Client are Triple-S Corporation, Deakin University etc.

Functions of bPOWER are stated below:

• To ensure complete security of your system.
• To increase productivity by reduced cost.
• To ensure that your software suites easily.
• Web solutions are one of the major function of this software.

The key functions of HP Client Management Solutions are:

• Integrated software management
• Security patch management
• Software distribution
• Integrated Web-based reporting
• A rapid time for evaluating data

Installation

The bPOWER solution is based on technology from BMC Software.

• It includes systematic approach on adaptation to meet the specific needs and deployment of the service.
• It allows certification and packaging of targeted software and hardware.
• It makes automatic distribution of Windows operating systems and applications possible.
• All deliveries of bPOWER are protected by proven CSC ISO processes, and are associated with the ITIL framework.
• CSC pledges access to their members but only to the following facilities only.

Prerequisites for HP Client Management Solutions are:

• First, we need to ensure that we have set up the prerequisites to ensure that we have everything in place on installing HP Client Management Solutions.
• Server Requirements requires dedicated server
• Windows Server 2003 SP2 or Windows Server 2008
• Microsoft .NET 2.0 or greater
• Adobe Flash Player
• Sun Java installed
• Minimum of 2GB up to 4GB RAM
• Dual Core CPU
• Minimum 3GB up to 20GB free space is recommended
• SQL or Oracle Database Server
• The Microsoft SQL Express has to be 2005 version or 2008 version

Process includes:

• You need to ensure prerequisites are met as per above.
• Then install HP Client Management Solutions.
• Finally, log on to start the setup wizard for the first time.

bPOWER is supportive because:

• It decreases the cost for clients.
• It increases IT security.
• It ensures efficiency due to compact outages.

HP Client Management Solutions allows you to:

• Streamline management for desktop administration.
• Threats to data security are reduced because it keeps all  your data within the firewall.
• It enables you to recover your lost data.
• It allows you to improve end-user flexibility for users with virtual desktops so they can access their applications and datas anytime, anywhere and from a variety of devices.