AppleTalk: Network Manager Status Program



Do you know of any product that updates software installed on local
workstations through the network? This should act somewhat like Responder and
Inter-Poll except that the workstation software can actually be updated. Also,
the program should be able to do an analysis on each workstation and summarize
the results in report form.

For example:

System 1: (ZONE: Finance)
MS Word ver 3.01
MacWrite ver 1.1
Finder ver 6.0.5
LaserWriter ver 6.0.1 ...etc..

System 2: (ZONE: Sales)
MS Word ver 4.0b
MacWrite ver 1.0
Finder ver 3.2
LaserWriter ver 4.1 ...etc..

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.
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System n (ZONE: Engineering)
MS Word ver 3.01
MacWrite ver 1.1
Finder ver 6.0.5
LaserWriter ver 6.0.1 ...etc..

Summary:

2 MS Word ver 3.01
1 MS Word ver 4.0b
2 MacWrite ver 1.1
2 Finder ver 6.0.5

We don't know of a package that does updates, but there is a package
to be released in July, 1990 from Pharos called System Status Mac. It acts
like Inter-Poll and investigates workstations on the network, responding with
the version numbers of software. The System Manager can then compile the
results and advise users when upgrades are available.

For more details, search the Tech Info library under "Pharos Technologies,
Inc."


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012