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Product Description:
The Casper Suite provides complete life cycle management through inventory, imaging, updating, and maintenance capabilities that make managing the Mac client easy and automatic.
The Casper Suite operates through a centralized server and a single console interface, simplifying the work of Mac system administrators. The Casper Suite was developed for the Mac client running Mac OS X and runs natively on both Power PC and Intel-based Macs.
Casper Suite 6.0 demonstrates JAMF Software's commitment to developing innovative software that makes managing the Mac client even easier.
No other solution offers the breadth and depth that includes:
- Imaging
- Inventory
- Patch Management
- Software Distribution
- Remote Control
- Settings Management
- License Management
New Features in Casper Suite 6.0 include:
- Self Service
A new self-service approach provides end users with on-demand access to the software they need, while reducing IT management time. - GSX Integration
Integration with Apple's GSX Service provides a totally automated inventory solution by allowing the JAMF Software Server to query the Apple warranty database and populate warranty expirations in the purchasing information fields. - GSX Integration
Integration with Apple's GSX Service provides a totally automated inventory solution by allowing the JAMF Software Server to query the Apple warranty database and populate warranty expirations in the purchasing information fields. - HTTP Package Distribution
HTTP distribution of packages enables more efficient management of mobile and home office users by allowing them access to their updates anytime, anywhere. - CMDB/syslog Compliance
Our new Configuration Management implementation allows you to track changes made by administrators to your inventory and management systems. The implementation records the change, the user who made the change, and the IP that the change was made from to a log file or a syslog server, making internal and external audits easier. - Contract Management
This new feature enhances our inventory solution by providing the ability to attach files like purchase orders or vendor contracts to the inventory database resulting in more accurate purchasing information.
What's new in this version:
- Self Service
- GSX Integration
- Resumable Downloads
- HTTP Package Distribution
- CMDB/syslog Compliance
- Contract Management
- JAMF Software Server (JSS):
Tomcat & MySQL
Connection pooling
Tomcat 64 Bit - JSS Accounts:
More granular privileges
Group authentication - Receipts:
Receipts include running services
Smart Computer Groups, searches on receipts - Other Improvements:
Removable MAC addresses
Searchable interface - JSS Setup Utility:
Management of distribution points
Create new distribution points
Automatic replication of packages, scripts - Casper:
Interface enhancements
2 different applications
Feedback on package installation status - Remote Management (Casper Remote/Policies):
Package distribution
HTTP downloads
Lighter protocol than AFP or SMB
Also allows for resumable downloads
Remote management of Open Firmware/EFI passwords MPKGs - Casper Admin:
Transactional
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3
Additional Requirements:
- Server Software: Mac OS X Server 10.4 or later (Utilizes Tomcat and MySQL)
- Client Management: Mac OS X 10.3 or later
- Windows Inventory: Windows 2000 or later
- Macintosh Inventory: Mac OS X 10.3 or later
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Thank you for giving me my nights & weekends back! 
- Version: 6.0, 4/17/2008 01:38PM PST
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Why not ARD? - Version: 6.0, 6/22/2007 02:42PM PST
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I support over 200 geographically diverse Macs in an enterprise deployment. This used to be tedious, labor intensive, and require long hours and occasional weekends.
Since implementing the Casper Suite, my machine deployment time has been cut by 90%.
I'm rarely in the office past 5pm these days.
Asset management is now a breeze. Data can easily be exported for incorporation into other corporate databases, or you can use Casper as your main asset database. Inventory is totally automated. You run a tool locally or remotely on a client machine, and all of your hardware and software asset data is captured into the database.
Casper allows for policies that are similar to what Windows folks refer to as GPOs.
Maintenance tasks, software rollouts, reimaging, configuration, and nearly any software-based task can be accomplished by policies that are triggered on a schedule, by system events, or manually if you choose.
Casper does for Macs what Altiris or Landesk do for PCs, and thensome. Anything that doesn't require pressing a physical button or opening a case can be done via Casper.
Support is super-responsive, and you develop a personal relationship with the support team. You don't call a call center in a 3rd world country. The people who answer the phone are immersed in the product. You don't get a "help desk" experience. The person who picks up the phone is usually the person who addresses your issue. On rare occasions, they may have to call or email you back after checking with engineers, but this is rare, and they get back to you quickly.
The Casper Suite has more than paid for itself in the short few months we've had it implemented. I never want to support more than 3 Macs without the Casper Suite!