My report on Lakeside Software’s new release is up. SysTrack is one of the veteran tools used in the end-user device management space and, if it can start adding in more mobile and tablet functionality, is well setup to profit from the churn in that area helping companies asses and then plan for how to migrate those fleets of aging PCs to new platforms.
Here’s the 451 take:
While end-user device management has been one of the sleepier areas of IT in recent years, the shift to mobile and the rise of non-Microsoft end-user devices looks to be creating enough churn in this space to make it more interesting. Companies are considering new ways to deliver end-user devices – desktops, laptops, tablets and smart phones – and the choices are not as simple as they used to be (namely, Microsoft Windows running on a PC). Lakeside has a 17-year history in end-user device asset scanning and the analytics around end-user device planning. The company’s SysTrack product should find several opportunities in this churning, end-user device environment. While Microsoft Windows still dominates end-user market share, the winds seem to be blowing toward a more fragmented market, which will require Lakeside to diversify beyond its core Windows domain expertise.
Clients can read the full report, or apply for a trial to check it out.
SysTrack 7.0 continues Lakeside’s ‘big-data’ push in end-user management